With the growing surge in support for the Black Lives Matter movement, which has sparked global protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, a number of petitions have emerged demanding controversial monuments in the UK are taken down.
All 526 sold by fellow Africans
...and now for something completely different.
George Washington owned 124 slaves!
Good
That was easy... Milligan who? Spike? Now for something munch more difficult, knocking Cecil Rhodes off his pedestal, and removing all traces of him......
Such stachu is nothing now a day Mental approach need to change against racism, either it reflect in skin color, religion or in continents
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Break in to pieces or dust. No more statues of anyone.
Yay! Now all the statues are gone, that means the police will stop racially profiling, harassing and killing black people!
And? Black people owned slaves too. They rounded up they’re own people and sold them.
My question is, What if someone changes later in life. Then goes on to fight for the thing they’re being tarnished for doing I know that’s not the circumstance in this situation, but we’ll inevitably face that day, and it’s important to show people can change for the better
After all the statues are removed who will I blame for my miserable life?
How much compensation did his heirs receive?
HIS101: The first slave traders were chiefs of the strongest tribes in Africa who are fully aware of the privations, hardships and cruelty that was being commonly inflicted on their neighbors and yet continued to supply them nonetheless to foreigners. Keep that historical fact.
Did he fund 9/11?
I never liked Spike Milligan, never liked the Goon Show, couldn't understand the jokes !
Winston Churchill next then?
bookburning
Can't believe how many of these statues there are...surprised that they have lasted as long as they have!
Why on earth have we still got these anywhere in the UK in the C21st!? I mean am I missing something here? There must be a department keeping track of all British public statues. 'Geoff are we still ok with slave traders?' 'Don't see why not Tim' 🤯
A picture says a thousand words. The left is full of violent thugs who hate the UK, hate our history & want to attack anyone & anything that disagrees with their views. Meanwhile the right is full of people who respect out country & society. Don't let the criminals win
So we're not getting a John Hawkins statue anytime soon then?
Unbelievable this is our history
Was he a slave trader or jude? It`s the 1930s all over again. The Indy is a pro Nazi publication.
In its place a new statue of Herman Goering will be erected to recognize his important contribution to slum clearance in the East End.... 😂😂😂😂
Well done dudes 😎 It shouldn't last that long 😀
See how easy that is America
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