Confederate statue removed from Florida park as Civil War monuments start coming across US

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“The confederate monument is gone. And the others in this city will be removed as well,” Mr Curry said. “We hear your voices. We have heard your voices.”

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When all of this knee jerk response to BlackLivesMatter comes to an end, slavery continues. It's a pity we can't invest all this activity towards contemporary issues around slavery rather than tearing down statues. Learned behaviour shapes people's attitudes, not statues.

Horny statues.

This is madness

SheLovesBubbly So Democrats want to remove statues of Democrats in hopes it will help with the re-election? 🙄

Uncle Billy approves!

One day,the US will be destroyed by black community. You must realize this truth.

It's Traveller I feel sorry for. By all accounts, he was a lovely horse.

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Shit! The sculpture business is going downhill a bit quick isn't it

The madness being, majority of the black community still vote for the Democrats, the very people responsible for the Confederates in the first place! Now go figure.

I hope they’re not coming.

These slave owners deserve worse. None of them should be memorialized. They treated us worse than animals. May their souls never know peace.

RyersonU, ToBeNameLaterU, are you watching?

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