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Jesse Gauthier
Jesse_jwg
A common right-wing response to protesters tearing down the John A. Macdonald statue is to claim that "those same protesters wouldn't tear down a Pierre Trudeau statue." Two strange assumptions
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Tom Malinowski
Malinowski
If one group can take down a statue of Jackson, others can topple one of Dr. King.The right way to do this is to petition your local gov't, and demonstrate
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Graeme Menzies
GraemeMenzies
1/8 Vancouver’s “Gassy Jack” statue has been in the news recently. The statue dates back to 1970 and was commissioned by people wishing to and some novelty to the Gastown
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Richie🎥McG🍿
RichieMcGinniss
This man just walked in with his own megaphone:“Y’all don’t even know the history of this statue, but you want to tear it down!” Now the guy running the event
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curious ordinary
curiousordinary
In Tokyo there is a statue of Hachiko the faithful dog near the busy Shibuya crossing. Legend goes that after the dog's owner died unexpectedly he continued to wait for
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Justin McElroy
j_mcelroy
In awe of the lack of explanation or backstory for this statue of a cow in Hastings Park bold of vancouver to make a statue for history’s first mansplainer Drinking
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AGD.
TheLexGabrielle
On the quad sits a statue of Thomas Jefferson, a man who owned slaves. Your students asked you to remove it; you all decided not to for the sake of
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Young Daddy
Toure
Had a very unpleasant moment today with some disappointingly predictable white people when I tried to explain to them how the statue depicted below is insanely racist. It sits on
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Michael Harriot
michaelharriot
On July 9, a few years ago, a speech about fighting oppression got out of control. The protest organizer wanted it to be nonviolent but protesters started destroying property and
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Andrew Ringle
aeringle
BREAKING: Police have occupied the Robert E. Lee statue and are firing at protesters. Follow @hannaheason_ and @theCT for updates. At least 50 demonstrators are facing a police line inside
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🇹🇹Micki |關小花
Mickileequi
I’ve commonly heard in response to the removal of Columbus's statue is: 'Why not rip out pages from books too?'The removal isn’t an attempt to erase history, rather to stop
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caitie delaney
caitiedelaney
Starting a thread for rich people’s homes I see on Zillow that display an absolutely death-defying lack of taste. Here’s a $6 million dollar home with a huge crying clown
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Stew Rogers
stewerogers
Where to even begin. MacLeod saying it's a travesty the statue was damaged, Ramsay looking to get @lnueypei to pitch in funding for alterations. I didn't catch who but a
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Benjamin Soskis
BenSoskis
1: Quick thread on statues and the relation btw how they are funded and what they represent, both figuratively & more broadly, w/ a focus on the Freedman’s Memorial in
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Ian Mosby
Ian_Mosby
A final thought on the Sir John A Macdonald controversy. Steve Paikin published an essay condemning the toppling of Macdonald statues and calling for "more debate" and problematically (in my
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Louis de Bourbon, Duc d’Anjou
louisducdanjou
As the heir of #LouisXVI, and attached to the defense of his memory, I do hope that the damage will be repaired and that the statue will be restored. I
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