Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Tarheels Topple Shitheel Statue
The good students at University of North Carolina showed us that they are in favor of the United States and not in thrall to the state's treasonous bastards.
Protesters toppled the towering Confederate monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday night, perhaps ending — or perhaps only intensifying — a debate over the propriety of a divisive symbol at a renowned public institution.The times they are a-changin' and it is good to see a positive step towards removal of these monuments to treason and slavery.
The statue, erected in 1913 and known as Silent Sam, fell after nightfall on the campus, brought down by demonstrators who condemned it as an enduring tribute to white supremacy. Although university officials had signaled their misgivings about the statue’s continued presence on their campus, they had argued that state law forbade them from moving the monument without a panel’s approval. It was not clear on Tuesday what would ultimately become of the damaged statue.
Critics of the monument celebrated its downing on the night before classes began, and some tried to bury the soldier’s head in the North Carolina dirt. But officials soon secured and removed the fallen statue from the area where it had stood, and by midday Tuesday, university leaders were criticizing the protesters’ actions.
Carol L. Folt, the university chancellor, acknowledged in an open letter on Tuesday that the statue “has been divisive for years, and its presence has been a source of frustration for many people not only on our campus but throughout the community.” Still, in a possible signal of repercussions to come, the chancellor said Monday night’s events were “unlawful and dangerous.”
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