(August 20, 2017 at 4:36 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: The recent spate of controversies seems to be getting ahead of the ACLU, but I admit in this rural backwater I'm in, I'm not plugged into that anymore.

NPR was reporting the other day that they have so far this year collected almost $80 million in donations, compared to LY numbers of around $5 million in the same time frame.

As for the  Bust of Lincoln

Quote:While the photograph of the damaged Lincoln statue is real, those commenting on who was responsible or why the damage occurred are merely speculating. As of press time, that information is not available. We’ve reached out to the Chicago Police Department, Commander Kenneth Johnson of the Chicago Police’s 7th District, and the 17th Ward’s office (Raymond Lopez is not the alderman of the 17th Ward) for more information. 
It’s also unclear when the damage actually occurred. Lopez told the Chicago Sun Times that the statue was vandalized in the days following the rally in Charlottesville, but this has not been confirmed. An Englewood resident told the  that the statue may have burned over 4th of July when the statue was used as a platform to set off fireworks:

Quote:A West Englewood resident interviewed Thursday speculated that some burn damage to the Lincoln bust may have been caused by fireworks set off on July 4th.
“People were out partying on the 4th of July and lighting fireworks off of it,” said Christopher Jackson, 22, who lives two blocks from the statue and saw the revelers also light newspapers on fire on top of the statue.
“It’s f—– up, honestly,” said Jackson, who works as a cook at a downtown eatery and chatted while waiting for a bus steps from the statue.
“You’d think people would appreciate it,” he said. “Abraham Lincoln is Abraham Lincoln. He’s one of the people who helped us. He freed the slaves. That’s a big one.”

Jackson also said that whoever vandalized the statue may not have known that it was a bust of Abraham Lincoln. Photographs dating back to 2006 show that the statue has been in a state of disrepair for more than a decade. Local news web site DNA Info wrote in 2013:

Quote:A little-known statue of Abraham Lincoln in Englewood has fallen into such disrepair that some residents wonder if passersby even know who the statue pays tribute to.
The 3-foot high concrete statue of Illinois’ favorite son has been a fixture at 69th Street and Wolcott Avenue for nearly 90 years. However, in the last several years it has become dilapidated, and residents want it restored to its previous glory.
“There used to be a time when it was cleaned up. Now no one takes care of it,” said Pearlin Fields, 74, who lives in the 6900 block of South Wolcott Avenue. “If the statue is going to be there, the least someone could do is wash it every now and then.”

We’ve collected various photographs of the statue over the years and found that this was not the first time that the bust had been vandalized:

I point out also the statue has been vandalized over and over

(August 20, 2017 at 4:26 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Oh noooooes, all those peaceful statues are getting targeted by violent leftists!  Quick, somebody get the keys to the dodge!

We must all change our Facebook avatars to some kind of flag, and light candles in protest! That'll teach these libleftcucktards a thing or three!

And if that doesn't work, let's take to Twitter!

We'll show them how true patriots fight for liberty and justice! (as long as it doesn't involve actually getting up from the computer or anything, cos doughnuts and KFC)

Oh and A hole using the dailycaller as a source very telling ....

(August 20, 2017 at 11:13 am)Anomalocaris Wrote:

(August 20, 2017 at 11:12 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "Communism was just a red herring." Tim Currey, "Clue".

Thought it was a red hammer and sickle.

Actually, it was the butler in the kitchen with the gun.

(August 20, 2017 at 1:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:

(August 20, 2017 at 12:50 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: To my knowledge, only one statue was torn down by a mob.  And the people who tore the statue down turned themselves in the very next day, with the line of people going around the block.  The rest of the statues have been removed by various city and town governments.

And, yeah... I'm generally a non-violent person, but when it comes to Nazis you punch them in the fucking throat.

Has any supremacist at all even come out to say they denounce the car murderer?

Not to my knowledge.  The best I've seen are tepid "both sides" statements.  Plenty of people, however, have praised the murder.

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(August 20, 2017 at 4:20 pm)A Theist Wrote: Predictable. Leftists now want to purge the country of Monuments dedicated to George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson (who kicked the dog shit out of the invading British armies at The Battle Of New Orleans), Thomas Jefferson, and last year Theodore Roosevelt's name was on the list of monuments and statues targeted by the bigoted and radical alt left. 

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017...go-an-abs/

http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/17/cnn-co...come-down/

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/08/16/j...ve-owners/

One pastor and a small number of Facebook likes constitutes the majority of leftists now?

LMAO, you're dumb.

(August 20, 2017 at 8:06 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: One pastor and a small number of Facebook likes constitutes the majority of leftists now?

LMAO, you're dumb.

You're asking the man to practice nuanced thinking when that clearly is not his forté, libtard.

The statues are going down. They can be removed in one piece but they will be removed.

It's a shame that the alt-right has to be so damn sensitive about it though. 😉

(August 21, 2017 at 1:17 am)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The statues are going down.  They can be removed in one piece but they will be removed.

They don't have to go down, they just have to stop be supported by taxpayers' dollars.