[NotFromAroundHere]

Originally Posted by NoMoSno

My point is if we are going to remove symbols of racism on public display, remove them all or none. Not pick and choose.
IMO none should be removed, and use them as a learning tool for future generations.

So nobody should ever try to remedy any problem unless they can guarantee 100% success in one fell swoop. Sounds like a recipe for never getting anything done.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by NoMoSno

...and now thugs are tearing down George Washington statues
Protesters topple George Washington statue in Oregon - New York Daily News
Will they be burning their dollar bills?

The stupidity is disgusting. I do not understand the govt standing by and letting this destruction continue

[Bay Kid]

Monument Ave. in Richmond, VA is now the armpit of the country, 2nd only to Portland. Filthy, rude, and destructive. The history they represent is not our beautiful country.
Do these people ever work?

[alwann]

Now it's getting silly:

Following the graffiting of the signs, though, Liverpool’s Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram made international news after proclaiming the famed street name may be changed if there was evidence it was named after 1700s slave trader James Penny. “If it is as a direct consequence of that road being called Penny Lane because of James Penny, then that needs to be investigated,” Rotheram said. “Something needs to happen and I would say that sign and that road may well be in danger of being renamed.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by alwann

Now it's getting silly:

Following the graffiting of the signs, though, Liverpool’s Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram made international news after proclaiming the famed street name may be changed if there was evidence it was named after 1700s slave trader James Penny. “If it is as a direct consequence of that road being called Penny Lane because of James Penny, then that needs to be investigated,” Rotheram said. “Something needs to happen and I would say that sign and that road may well be in danger of being renamed.

I blame the Beatles for this as they made Penny Lane famous as well as Liverpool.

[Bay Kid]

Still trashing Richmond, VA last night/this morning. 2 AM trying to destroy history.