Where will the movement to take down Confederate statues end? That has yet to be determined, but we do know now that it’s not only monuments to Confederates that are being targeted — monuments to Christopher Columbus have been defaced and smashed, and a statue of Francis Scott Key in Baltimore was vandalized, apparently because of his “racist anthem.”
Just this week, the Pittsburgh Art Commission unanimously recommended that a statue of songwriter Stephen Foster (“Oh! Susannah,” “Camptown Races”) be removed from public view.
City's art commission unanimous: Statue of Stephen Foster needs to go https://t.co/vF0cozSeup
— Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (@PittsburghPG) October 25, 2017
Oh, and Teddy Roosevelt was splashed with “blood.”
Here's a look at the Teddy Roosevelt statue at American Museum of Natural History, vandalized last night. More: https://t.co/QBrAo7udNW pic.twitter.com/mgQw4nT8r9
— CBS New York (@CBSNewYork) October 26, 2017
A group says it splashed red liquid on the statue because it views Roosevelt as a white supremacist https://t.co/GJDvceRNj1
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 26, 2017
Is George Washington next? It looks that way, at least at Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
George Washington's Church Says Plaque Honoring First President Must Come Down https://t.co/5l1XB3qaFg
— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 28, 2017
Leaders at the church that George Washington attended decided that a plaque honoring the first president of the United States must be removed.
Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia will take down a memorial marking the pew where Washington sat with his family, saying it is not acceptable to all worshipers.
“The plaques in our sanctuary make some in our presence feel unsafe or unwelcome,” leaders said, a reference to the fact that Washington was a slaveholder.
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Boy, that escalated quicklyhttps://t.co/zNXMSMRBuU
— David Hines (@hradzka) October 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/924379874135068672
It was never going to stop with the Confederates. https://t.co/Z5wyeuiFNm
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) October 28, 2017
No, they said. The movement to sanitize American history won't go too far, they said. You're being silly, they said. https://t.co/gKHdpdZSFX
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) October 28, 2017
It’s not so much a slippery slope at this point as it is a completely frozen precipice. https://t.co/2llWgP589T
— Chase D. Troutner (@Captain_Strongo) October 28, 2017
This is so fucking stupid it makes my head hurt. https://t.co/HiHLMi6q2f
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 28, 2017
I remember someone saying something about this. https://t.co/baOAzD3LvS
— SUBJΣКT (@FriendOfTheABC) October 28, 2017
The President was right, George Washington is next https://t.co/GMKsfn6pZe
— Foxhound (@Fox____Hound) October 28, 2017
So dumb. If they fear lose parishioners from keeping the plaque up, I wonder how many they lose from taking it down. https://t.co/OIVMv6X14S
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) October 28, 2017
I've had the privilege of sitting where Washington sat at this Church. It saddens me that this is where we are heading. https://t.co/TbBCoW4vtc
— Mark (@Griddlemarks) October 28, 2017
https://twitter.com/david_shane/status/924322299196641280
"The plaques in our sanctuary make some in our presence feel unsafe"
Why are we pretending being afraid of a plaque is normal? https://t.co/yZKJByjjAg
— Violated Norm (@BillySullivan7) October 28, 2017
When is enough, enough? You can't rewrite history. Let's educate. https://t.co/odL15Isdjg
— April (@april_laman) October 28, 2017
This feels wrong on a fundamental level. https://t.co/kVBzgR2sa4
— David Giffin (@D_Giffin) October 28, 2017
This is why I'm worried about America's future. It's just truly sad that this type of stuff is going on https://t.co/uV5kYqEioA
— Jeffrey (@Jeffrey_1106) October 28, 2017
If this is real…It can't be long before the Earth is hurled into the Sun… https://t.co/YSv3L67c15
— Jeffy (@JeffyJFR) October 28, 2017
Problematic …
Also, his picture is on all your dollar bills. You'd better give them to me for disposal. https://t.co/cuCY56nGfh
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) October 28, 2017
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Not Confederates: Vandals behead statue of Catholic priest, deface Francis Scott Key memorial https://t.co/jSDA0lMxyk
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 14, 2017