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2020-12-08 -PC Follies

Virginia Military Institute removes Confederate statue

LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Virginia Military Institute removed a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson on Monday, a project initiated this fall after allegations of systemic racism roiled the public college.

Around 9:45 a.m., a crane plucked the larger-than-life statue that freshmen were once required to salute off its base and slowly hoisted it to the ground. A small crowd gathered on the mostly empty campus in Lexington where Jackson taught, quietly looking on amid flurries of snow.

The statue was the latest in a long list of Confederate tributes to be removed across the U.S. in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the racial justice movement that followed. The college, which had resisted calls to remove the Jackson statue over the summer, changed course in October after The Washington Post published a story that described an “atmosphere of hostility and cultural insensitivity” at VMI, the oldest state-supported military college in the U.S.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-12-08 05:40|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Just imagine how doughty a warrior mindset will henceforth come from such a sensitive woke campus now that this historic wrong has been removed from their sight. The purity of woke trumps the wisdom of knowing anything about the context of this great warrior’s time or the beliefs that motivated southern patriotism.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-12-08 12:25|| 2020-12-08 12:25|| Front Page Top

#2 That George Floyd character brought down more Southern generals than Sherman's boys ever could. When will we see statues go up across the land to commemorate Great Floyd?

Posted by Gragum Pheans7230 2020-12-08 12:36|| 2020-12-08 12:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Woke nightmare. A shot at a whinny.
Slaves keening. A dark, ignominious
End. "Don't blame Barry,
You ninnies, just carry
Me back to ~~Wakanda~~ old Guinea."

Posted by Zenobia Grumble6610 2020-12-08 17:29|| 2020-12-08 17:29|| Front Page Top

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