This editor has been to Washington, D.C. only twice, but he’s glad for the opportunity he had to take in things like the Lincoln Memorial on an eighth-grade field trip. But as President Trump presciently asked during the news conference where he did not call neo-Nazis “very fine people,” where would the taking down of Confederate statues and monuments end: George Washington? Thomas Jefferson? What’s going to become of things like the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Washington Monument? (One professor posted a Twitter thread explaining how to topple the Washington Monument, while Popular Mechanics magazine published an article on ways to use science to rid your town of any statues of which you don’t approve.) What’s going to happen to Mount Rushmore?
There’s no stopping this movement, and as if to prove it, a blizzard of liberal white snowflakes gathered around to hear that the Emancipation Monument would be toppled at 7 p.m. Thursday. We’re not sure how the dude in the red shirt got to run the show; maybe he was the only one with a megaphone.
Protester at Emancipation Monument claims that they will be tearing down the monument Thursday at 7 PM.
Also calls for them to show up at Senator Mitch McConnell’s home. pic.twitter.com/LJ8e2f5KRG
— Richie?McG? (@RichieMcGinniss) June 23, 2020
“Thursday at 7 PM, we tearing this motherfucker down!”
(loud cheering) pic.twitter.com/hLTqlhocZR— Richie?McG? (@RichieMcGinniss) June 24, 2020
A speaker at the protest against the Emancipation statue of Lincoln in DC said it represents how black people are inferior to white people. He added they aren’t going to wait for the police to give them their liberation. pic.twitter.com/s2zZpCr1nU
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) June 23, 2020
So we know Lincoln’s not safe. Heck, not even Mahatma Gandhi and Stevie Ray Vaughn have escaped vandalism. So again, where does it end?
How the hell does this make any sense?
— Kevin Autrey ?? (@autrey_kevin) June 24, 2020
Hahaha all the people cheering are white.
— TheDukeofAulthouse (@DukeofAulthouse) June 24, 2020
I see so many white people!! pic.twitter.com/xENareJ01b
— Anna Banana ? (@fleurdelys10034) June 24, 2020
I look at the crowd and this is what I see…. pic.twitter.com/KrQoWtezHG
— Jon (@Jojo68647789) June 24, 2020
Repeat after me. I’m a robot. I have no spine. I have no idea why I’m here. I have no job. I do not work. I do not contribute in any positive way to helping other people or our country.
— Sophialmr (@Sophialmr) June 24, 2020
premeditated, i think there is a RICO prosecution available here.
— Adam Ruetz (@adamruetz) June 24, 2020
Add in the 10 years for vandalizing statues and monuments.
— ₿itcoin Cowboy ? (@rt395minerals) June 24, 2020
This is definitely felony incitement. @FBI
— Paul “TᕼE ᗷOOK GᑌY” ? (@PaulTheBookGuy) June 24, 2020
Not gonna happen!
— tammy mcquilliams (@frostycake12) June 24, 2020
I’d like to see 200 armed American citizens show up at 6:45 to explain very slowly that they will not be doing that.
— Valannin (@valannin) June 24, 2020
Lets make it 1000. It shouldn't be too hard. This is the USA.
— Jimster480 (@Jimster4801) June 24, 2020
I think a group of concerned citizens should congregate to protect their property, public property, and stand their ground if assaulted. Words are violence now, remember, which would require self defense.
— RaiderJ (@raidermanz) June 24, 2020
Someone get a good picture of this guy so he can be charged with inciting a riot.
— cornellm7201@gmail.com (@cornellm7201) June 24, 2020
"We want you to donate"
What do the kids call people who ask for money on social media?
— John Fubka (@JohnFubka) June 24, 2020
He’s telling them to get up off of their knees and now they want to cut off his head. Why would anyone want to erase this history?
— Pandajerk (@chriscirca) June 24, 2020
Because they want destroy all heritage and history.
— Corrine Miklosh (@CorrineMiklosh) June 24, 2020
This monument was paid for by FREED slaves. 11 years after Lincoln was assassinated, a freed black woman wanted to erect a monument to him. She donated the first $5, and other freed slaves contributed until there was enough money for it. These people are effing idiots!
— LassieSoSassy⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@LassieSoSassy) June 24, 2020
This statue was paid for and actively approved by former slaves as hope for the future reflecting the rising slave with Lincoln’s help and in gratitude to Lincoln. Now a group of ignorant oppressed “progressives” want to disrespect the decision of those former slaves and… (1/2)
— Havid Dogg (@fjsohotrn) June 24, 2020
…tear it down because this statue makes them feel uncomfortable. It was meant to make us uncomfortable. What a damn shame. Lock them all up for their blatant ignorance. (2/2)
— Havid Dogg (@fjsohotrn) June 24, 2020
“Frederick Douglass spoke as the keynote speaker at the dedication service on April 14, 1876, with President Ulysses S. Grant in attendance.”!!!
— Anna Banana ? (@fleurdelys10034) June 24, 2020
They don't care about actual history. Everything is offensive to them and must go.
— Mydarkaddiction (@Dawn87595829) June 23, 2020
Oh, we're doing Lincoln now too? So basically we're just slowly tearing down American history with zero disregard for…anything significant really. Nice…ok.
— Tim McKay (@NamesTim) June 24, 2020
We know these clowns can destroy, but can they create? The only thing we’ve seen them build is their “autonomous zone,” and that place is just beautiful.
Related:
R.I.P. Teddy Roosevelt statue, 1940-2020 https://t.co/EdKoa6rHJD
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 21, 2020
