tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post1603293916089763912..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: The Statue of the Best Known White Supremacist Was Just Destroyed: Frederick DouglassClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-89380579738953061502020-07-07T19:18:10.266-06:002020-07-07T19:18:10.266-06:00Maybe unrelated to BLM, but no sillier than the ot...Maybe unrelated to BLM, but no sillier than the other acts of vandalism against other abolitionists.Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-9541073338938330492020-07-06T23:02:03.719-06:002020-07-06T23:02:03.719-06:00Ah, but because he didn't continue fighting ag...Ah, but because he didn't continue fighting against Whitey, he became a "sell-out". That's as bad as a white supremacist. Maybe worse.Karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09767954910569442805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-50953167007222398352020-07-06T19:06:30.812-06:002020-07-06T19:06:30.812-06:00this increasingly irrational vandalism
It's n...<i>this increasingly irrational vandalism</i><br /><br />It's not irrational. BLM and antifa want to destroy the legitimacy of the American regime itself, which is why they destroy statues of abolitionists and black patriots like Douglass that implicitly endorse that legitimacy. The left doesn't want a rapprochement between America and its black citizens, and it intends to erase any reminder that black people every desired that.Che Dolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04969186793638404876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-14783230383926810852020-07-06T18:16:25.984-06:002020-07-06T18:16:25.984-06:00At this point what we know is that the statue was ...At this point what we know is that the statue was broken off its pedestal and thrown over a fence, and that it is non-repairable.<br /><br />We don't know who did it nor why. <br /><br />I've seen a report that "the last time" this happened it was drunken college students from St. John Fisher college who had no reason to damage that version of the statue other than that they were drunk and rowdy:<br />https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/public-safety/2019/04/03/frederick-douglass-statue-vandals-rochester-new-york-fine-essay-sentenced-former-st-john-fisher-students<br /><br />A local former NAACP chapter president is convinced it is a 'revenge' attack by those upset at the tearing down of slave-owner monuments:<br />https://twitter.com/CornellWBrooks/status/1280125023798386689<br /><br />I think that before we assume or ascribe a motive, it may be worth seeing if any evidence turns up about who did the destruction.Douglas2https://www.blogger.com/profile/11290012200563917585noreply@blogger.com