Seattle mayor calls for both the Confederate and Lenin statues to be removed - Double the removal, double the fun, it's double autism gum!

http://www.dailywire.com/news/19884...m_content=062316-news&utm_campaign=benshapiro

http://mynorthwest.com/722573/seattle-mayor-requests-removal-of-lenin-confederate-statues/

“In the last few days, Seattleites have expressed concerns and frustration over symbols of hate, racism and violence that exist in our city. Not only do these kinds of symbols represent historic injustices, their existence causes pain among those who themselves or whose family members have been impacted by these atrocities. We should remove all these symbols, no matter what political affiliation may have been assigned to them in the decades since they were erected. This includes both confederate memorials and statues idolizing the founder of the authoritarian soviet regime. Both are on private property, but I believe the confederate memorial at Lake View Cemetery and the Lenin statue in Fremont should be removed. We should never forget our history, but we also should not idolize figures who have committed violent atrocities and sought to divide us based on who we are or where we came from.”

I wonder how long before antifa and blm are attacking cops, rioting in front of his office demanding he retract his statement and say that they're not like confederates and are totally peaceful? Also lol "Seattleites"

 

[AnOminous]

That actually sounds like fun. It's not like they are honoring Lenin and worshiping him. It's the total opposite. The fact that no one wants to buy the statue should be pretty telling of what everybody really thinks of it. But this is the no fun allowed age so it has to go.

No, it's just an obvious joke but one that will actually piss off antifa because they are actually unironically Communists.

 

[Trash Eater]

That's actually a pretty equitable way to keep extremists on either side from fighting. Provided they can do this like Baltimore and remove them quickly of course. Personally I'd rather they both be left alone, but then again I don't live in Seattle.

 

[Absolutego]

No, it's just an obvious joke but one that will actually piss off antifa because they are actually unironically Communists.

Within the first few weeks of Freshman year in college our RA took us to go paint the statue/explore the neighborhood around it as a floor event and a couple snowflakes threw a fit over it. When the RA's response was "that's ok, you don't have to paint the statue" they filed a complaint with the building director claiming having the event at all constituted discrimination.

Needless to say when another RA let it slip they'd done that they were so relentlessly teased by other residents that they moved out the following semester.

 

[ICametoLurk]

(((Lenin)))

 

[Woodcutting bot]

If they do end up removing the Lenin statue, I hope it's as comical as this

 

[Duke Nukem]

If they do end up removing the Lenin statue, I hope it's as comical as this

OMG that rope formed a noose which is a symbol of white supremacy!

 

[melty]

I KNEW CLEANING THE GUM WALL WOULD LEAD SEATTLE DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE

 

[Chris did nothing wrong]

Hey man, as long as you keep the Bettie Page House up, I'm cool.

 

[glass_houses]

Here's what custodians of rare and old books should be doing right now:

Dragging out every volume in their collection, taking one digital photograph of each page and putting that mofo straight into the cloud at breakneck speed. Hopefully there'll still be time afterwards to go back and take better quality photos, but right now, time is of the essence. Once these fuckers start tearing down monuments, you know that their next targets are going to be archives and libraries.

 

[Duke Nukem]

Hey man, as long as you keep the Bettie Page House up, I'm cool.

That painting is promoting heteronormative beauty standards though! #TRIGGERED

Never ever underestimate the insane mental gymnastics of the Antifags.

 

[Trilby]

Within the first few weeks of Freshman year in college our RA took us to go paint the statue/explore the neighborhood around it as a floor event and a couple snowflakes threw a fit over it. When the RA's response was "that's ok, you don't have to paint the statue" they filed a complaint with the building director claiming having the event at all constituted discrimination.

Needless to say when another RA let it slip they'd done that they were so relentlessly teased by other residents that they moved out the following semester.

And that's what we should be doing! These assholes don't deserve to be going there if they can't participate or choose not to as a regular gentleman/woman. This is NOT how I was raised! This is like losing a baseball game because you struck out the first time and immediately went home, ruining the game for everyone. These jerks are the sore losers in all this who want to make the rest of us the same. These are the ones that deserve to be grounded!

Hey man, as long as you keep the Bettie Page House up, I'm cool.

Oh I didn't know they fixed it, that's excellent news!

Here's what custodians of rare and old books should be doing right now:

Dragging out every volume in their collection, taking one digital photograph of each page and putting that mofo straight into the cloud at breakneck speed. Hopefully there'll still be time afterwards to go back and take better quality photos, but right now, time is of the essence. Once these fuckers start tearing down monuments, you know that their next targets are going to be archives and libraries.

This is why I do keep photographs of things I shoot with my cell phone daily. You never know when it'll be gone, either man-made or not.

That painting is promoting heteronormative beauty standards though! #TRIGGERED

Never ever underestimate the insane mental gymnastics of the Antifags.

Those people can go take a hike (literally, it's good for them)!

 

[tehpope]

Here's what custodians of rare and old books should be doing right now:

Dragging out every volume in their collection, taking one digital photograph of each page and putting that mofo straight into the cloud at breakneck speed. Hopefully there'll still be time afterwards to go back and take better quality photos, but right now, time is of the essence. Once these fuckers start tearing down monuments, you know that their next targets are going to be archives and libraries.

Places like Google Books and Internet Archive already do this.

The main archive of IA is in SanFran. I hope it doesn't get affect by any of this non-sense.

 

[melty]

That painting is promoting heteronormative beauty standards though! #TRIGGERED

Never ever underestimate the insane mental gymnastics of the Antifags.

The Bettie Page house was already vandalized last year with basically that logic, lol. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...ge-house-say-some-feminists-missed-the-point/

Spoiler

:powerlevel: I'm acquainted with the people who own that house actually. it's a pokemon go gym

 

[Trilby]

The Bettie Page house was already vandalized last year lol. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...ge-house-say-some-feminists-missed-the-point/

Spoiler

:powerlevel: I know the ppl who own that house

This link suggest they restored it and also added Divine.
http://www.seattletimes.com/enterta...le-house-mural-of-bettie-page-and-now-divine/

 

[Duke Nukem]

The Bettie Page house was already vandalized last year lol. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle...ge-house-say-some-feminists-missed-the-point/

Spoiler

:powerlevel: I know the ppl who own that house

Completely and totally unsurprised there. I'm just concerned that the next attempt will be far worse.

Places like Google Books and Internet Archive already do this.

The main archive of IA is in SanFran. I hope it doesn't get affect by any of this non-sense.

Yeah but then some triggered dangerhair snowflake is going to catch on and eventually demand the destruction of all hard drives with your books on them.

 

[glass_houses]

Completely and totally unsurprised there. I'm just concerned that the next attempt will be far worse.



Yeah but then some triggered dangerhair snowflake is going to catch on and eventually demand the destruction of all hard drives with your books on them.

That too. And honestly, there's still many thousands of volumes out there that haven't even been catalogued. In the British Library, for example, material that no one knew existed keeps turning up in weird places. Project Gutenberg and the like are incredible archives of knowledge, but there's still decades to go before we can even get close to the bottom of that archeological excavation.

 

[AnOminous]

If I owned the private property that Lenin statue was on, I'd be all "what's it worth to you?"

I bet I could get some serious bucks out of that.

 

[Trilby]

If I owned the private property that Lenin statue was on, I'd be all "what's it worth to you?"

I bet I could get some serious bucks out of that.

That's what I hope. This guy could play his cards right if they take his offer.

 

[Duke Nukem]

That's what I hope. This guy could play his cards right if they take his offer.

If he sets the bar high enough, he might never have to work again in his entire life if he doesn't want to.

 

[glass_houses]

If he sets the bar high enough, he might never have to work again in his entire life if he doesn't want to.

He won't have to work for the rest of his life, as the duration of that period of time could well be very, very short if he doesn't do what he's told.