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2020-06-18 -PC Follies

Christopher Columbus statue near entrance of Detroit-Windsor Tunnel has been removed

[FREEP] The 110-year-old bust of Christopher Columbus near the entrance of the bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit
... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang...
-Windsor Tunnel could be gone for good. The city has decided to place the statue in storage. "The mayor decided it ought to be placed in storage to give us time to evaluate the appropriate long-term disposition of the statue," said John Roach, a front man for the mayor's office.

Last week, a sign that read "Looter. Rapist. Slave Trader." was placed around the neck of the bust. It was one in a series of attacks on depictions of the explorer across the nation.

More: Detroit's Christopher Columbus statue among those targeted across the nation

Below the three words, the sign continues with the Ojibwe phrase, "Debwen maadash ge gwaya da wiindmaage," which translates to, "Tell the truth or someone is telling."

The display is no stranger to attacks. In 2017, Detroit City Councilwoman Raquel Castañeda-López called for the removal of the bust alongside the designation of Indigenous peoples' day.

Senora Raquel Castañeda-López clearly is a cultural appropriator. She is the one who should have to sit in front of everyone with a sign around her neck to properly honour the current cultural revolution.

Posted by Fred 2020-06-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top
File under: Antifa/BLM

#1 Well, Columbus did burn down Detroit's neighborhoods and force businesses to close by robbing them.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-06-18 08:49|| 2020-06-18 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Sounds like you may be the product of the current public educational system, Rob.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-06-18 09:09|| 2020-06-18 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 They are also removing the Christopher Columbus statue in California's Capitol Rotunda. Sad. I recently read a book about Columbus. The guy was a genius; an extreme geographer, navigator, explorer and sailor. I like to believe that his is the spirit that will one day take humans to colonize (ooops, there's that word) other planets and thereby enrich us all whether white, black, brown, red, yellow, grey or green. If the so-called indigenous people who characterize Columbus as a looter, slave trader and rapist had been capable, they would have done the same. Never forget that the Spaniards who colonized Mexico put an end to the warfare, conquest and human sacrifice that was practiced by the Aztecs.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-06-18 12:35|| 2020-06-18 12:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Columbus was a dope!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-18 12:56|| 2020-06-18 12:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Please explain, grom.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-06-18 13:13|| 2020-06-18 13:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Heinlein

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-18 13:25|| 2020-06-18 13:25|| Front Page Top

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