Another statue downed by a mob

[Benton]

(07-05-2020, 06:28 PM)Millhouse Wrote: It was a statue of Columbus in Baltimore near their little Italy area apparently.

I don't have a problem if statues come down. Most that have come down should have, mainly the Confederate ones in public areas imo.

But I am 100% against these statues coming down by a protesting mob. Let them come down by a vote of a city council, or by legal means, but there needs to be some serious push back against these mobs that are getting away this.

Unfortunately that pushback probably wont come from Democrats in these cities or elsewhere, nor will they try to stop it because, well, nevermind this part. But give that kind of mob mentality an inch, they will just keep wanting more & more.

I agree.

On the other hand, I live in a county where a commissioner recently dedicated a new Confederate flag raising as a "Confederate Civil War veterans memorial" on our court square. It came down after weeks of protest, but there's still that mindset in some areas. As other places are taking things down the right way, you've got places looking to put up more.