Poll of the Day > Hurricane Laura DESTROYS a CONFEDERATE STATUE that was voted to REMAIN up!!!

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Full Throttle 08/27/20 6:48:17 PM #1:	Do you support mother nature's destruction of this statue? Yes No Do you support mother nature's destruction of this statue? - Results (36 votes) Yes 75% (27 votes) 27 No 25% (9 votes) 9 If only one good thing came of Hurricane Laura was the destruction of a controversial statue of a CONFEDERATE STATUE that was DESTROYED by mother nature just 2 weeks after local officials voted to KEEP it displayed in the public!! The South's Defenders Monument was shattered to pieces while the pedestal holding it stood empty on the lawn of Calcasieu Parish Courthouse in Louisiana It had stood there since 1915 with no disruptions and was the subject of dismantling from Black Lives Matters groups They voted 10-4 to keep it there despite calls calling it a symbol of racism that glorifies slavery Hurricane Laura however had other plans for it and destroyed it in minutes from the Category 4 hurricane Parish officials took heat from voting to keep it but said they received several comments supporting the statue to remain Resident, Gordon Simmons said "This is political insanity and the scrubbing of our history has to stop" who came from a family of confederate soldiers Resident Lois Malveaux however called for its removal stating "being a black woman, the pain is real in my soul" Do you support mother nature's destruction of this statue?. https://i.imgur.com/Zre7AHV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KRviZAV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mP1wvuG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/62654UR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Uhi2Zfm.jpg --- The News Will Continue...For Now call me mrduckbear, sweater monkeys. I'm an Asian Liberal. RESIST The Alt-Right <cite>Full Throttle posted [p:943901599] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote> Do you support mother nature's destruction of this statue? Yes No Vote View Results Do you support mother nature's destruction of this statue? - Results (36 votes) Yes 75% (27 votes) 27 No 25% (9 votes) 9 Show Voting Form If only one good thing came of Hurricane Laura was the destruction of a controversial statue of a CONFEDERATE STATUE that was DESTROYED by mother nature just 2 weeks after local officials voted to KEEP it displayed in the public!! The South's Defenders Monument was shattered to pieces while the pedestal holding it stood empty on the lawn of Calcasieu Parish Courthouse in Louisiana It had stood there since 1915 with no disruptions and was the subject of dismantling from Black Lives Matters groups They voted 10-4 to keep it there despite calls calling it a symbol of racism that glorifies slavery Hurricane Laura however had other plans for it and destroyed it in minutes from the Category 4 hurricane Parish officials took heat from voting to keep it but said they received several comments supporting the statue to remain Resident, Gordon Simmons said "This is political insanity and the scrubbing of our history has to stop" who came from a family of confederate soldiers Resident Lois Malveaux however called for its removal stating "being a black woman, the pain is real in my soul" Do you support mother nature's destruction of this statue?. https://i.imgur.com/Zre7AHV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KRviZAV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/mP1wvuG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/62654UR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Uhi2Zfm.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 08/27/20 7:25:45 PM #2:	idk, couldn't it have been torn down and blamed on the storm? --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:943903082] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>idk, couldn't it have been torn down and blamed on the storm? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
papercup 08/27/20 7:28:36 PM #3:	Go God! Zeus posted... idk, couldn't it have been torn down and blamed on the storm? Who the hell would be tearing down statues in 150 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding, in the middle of the night? --- Nintendo Network ID: papercups 3DS FC: 4124 5916 9925 <cite>papercup posted [p:943903179] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>Go God! Zeus posted... </cite> <quote>idk, couldn't it have been torn down and blamed on the storm?</quote> Who the hell would be tearing down statues in 150 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding, in the middle of the night? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fierce_Deity_08 08/27/20 7:36:47 PM #4:	Everyone blames the woman for these things. Personally I think weve pissed off God and Hes doing all this to punish us. --- Official Fierce Deity in my own mind. GT: OnikaraStar, PSN: Onikara, NNID: OnikaraStar <cite>Fierce_Deity_08 posted [p:943903482] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>Everyone blames the woman for these things. Personally I think weve pissed off God and Hes doing all this to punish us. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FrndNhbrHdCEman 08/27/20 7:42:04 PM #5:	papercup posted... Go God! Who the hell would be tearing down statues in 150 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding, in the middle of the night? With Zeus being a left leaning democrat hes only asking the questions were all thinking. /s --- Official nosy neighbor and gossip https://imgur.com/uGKwGsK <cite>FrndNhbrHdCEman posted [p:943903679] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>papercup posted... </cite> <quote>Go God! Who the hell would be tearing down statues in 150 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding, in the middle of the night?</quote>With Zeus being a left leaning democrat hes only asking the questions were all thinking. /s </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackScythe0 08/27/20 7:57:39 PM #6:	papercup posted... Go God! Who the hell would be tearing down statues in 150 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding, in the middle of the night? A left leaning centrist thought to do it. <cite>BlackScythe0 posted [p:943904224] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>papercup posted... </cite> <quote>Go God! Who the hell would be tearing down statues in 150 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding, in the middle of the night?</quote>A left leaning centrist thought to do it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SKARDAVNELNATE 08/27/20 8:15:15 PM #7:	Full Throttle posted... They voted 10-4 to keep it there despite calls calling it a symbol of racism that glorifies slavery Hurricane Laura however had other plans for it and destroyed it in minutes from the Category 4 hurricane Cancel the Hurricane. It's clearly biased. --- No locked doors, no windows barred. No more things to make my brain seem SKARD. Look at Mr. Technical over here >.> -BTB <cite>SKARDAVNELNATE posted [p:943904861] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>Full Throttle posted... </cite> <quote>They voted 10-4 to keep it there despite calls calling it a symbol of racism that glorifies slavery Hurricane Laura however had other plans for it and destroyed it in minutes from the Category 4 hurricane</quote>Cancel the Hurricane. It's clearly biased. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GGuirao13 08/27/20 11:07:41 PM #8:	Even the elements say the Confederacy shouldn't be commemorated. --- Donald J. Trump--proof against government intelligence. <cite>GGuirao13 posted [p:943910816] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>Even the elements say the Confederacy shouldn't be commemorated. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
faramir77 08/27/20 11:11:14 PM #9:	There were people claiming these statues weren't glorifying slavery, yet that one says "OUR HEROES" at the base of it, smh. --- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiCtAUrZbUk -- Defeating the Running Man of Ocarina of Time in a race since 01/17/2009. -- <cite>faramir77 posted [p:943910929] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>There were people claiming these statues weren't glorifying slavery, yet that one says "OUR HEROES" at the base of it, smh. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Entity13 08/27/20 11:28:45 PM #10:	The sad part is how the rich and powerful folk in charge of the area will put together a fundraiser to have everyone else finance the reconstruction of that statue, despite the apparent will of nature for the statue to not remain. <_< --- http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/EntityXIII/entityfn7.jpg <cite>Entity13 posted [p:943911474] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>The sad part is how the rich and powerful folk in charge of the area will put together a fundraiser to have everyone else finance the reconstruction of that statue, despite the apparent will of nature for the statue to not remain. <_< </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 08/28/20 12:14:21 AM #11:	papercup posted... Who the hell would be tearing down statues in 150 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding, in the middle of the night? Extremely zealous vandals looking for the perfect cover? >_> And that's assuming that they didn't do it before or after the storm. That statue had a lot of enemies -- including around here -- so it might be worth asking some questions to see if people have alibis --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:943912735] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>papercup posted... </cite> <quote> Who the hell would be tearing down statues in 150 mph winds, torrential rain and flooding, in the middle of the night?</quote> Extremely zealous vandals looking for the perfect cover? >_> And that's assuming that they didn't do it before or after the storm. That statue had a lot of enemies -- including around here -- so it might be worth asking some questions to see if people have alibis </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unit7 08/28/20 12:53:49 AM #12:	Well they cant fix or repair it. I mean, wouldnt that erase the history of it being torn down by nature? We must preserve all history both good and bad. And what happened to that statue is now part of history. <cite>Unit7 posted [p:943913706] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>Well they cant fix or repair it. I mean, wouldnt that erase the history of it being torn down by nature? We must preserve all history both good and bad. And what happened to that statue is now part of history. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Entity13 08/28/20 1:44:34 AM #13:	Unit7 posted... Well they cant fix or repair it. I mean, wouldnt that erase the history of it being torn down by nature? We must preserve all history both good and bad. And what happened to that statue is now part of history. Logic! shh --- http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb179/EntityXIII/entityfn7.jpg <cite>Entity13 posted [p:943914787] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>Unit7 posted... </cite> <quote>Well they cant fix or repair it. I mean, wouldnt that erase the history of it being torn down by nature? We must preserve all history both good and bad. And what happened to that statue is now part of history.</quote> Logic! shh </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Zeus 08/28/20 2:15:16 PM #14:	Unit7 posted... Well they cant fix or repair it. I mean, wouldnt that erase the history of it being torn down by nature? We must preserve all history both good and bad. And what happened to that statue is now part of history. At least you tried, dear. Entity13 posted... Logic! shh Where? Certainly not in the post you quoted. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:943931269] in Hurricane ... [t:78937829]...</cite> <quote>Unit7 posted... </cite> <quote>Well they cant fix or repair it. I mean, wouldnt that erase the history of it being torn down by nature? We must preserve all history both good and bad. And what happened to that statue is now part of history.</quote> At least you tried, dear. Entity13 posted... </cite> <quote>Logic! shh</quote> Where? Certainly not in the post you quoted. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Poll of the Day > Hurricane Laura DESTROYS a CONFEDERATE STATUE that was voted to REMAIN up!!!