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archiemo

(493 posts) Thu Aug 17, 2017, 12:28 PM Aug 2017

Where was all of the outrage when US soldiers and Iraqi forces/citizens toppled statues of Saddam

Hussein? I guarantee the people sooooo upset about removing Confederate statues in the US were on their feet cheering when Saddam's statue came down. Wasn't that the perfect thing to leave in place so the people of Iraq would always remember their "history"?????? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

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Where was all of the outrage when US soldiers and Iraqi forces/citizens toppled statues of Saddam (Original Post) archiemo Aug 2017 OP

Where was the outrage when exboyfil Aug 2017 #1

Or when the Taliban blew up those non White Christian religious artifacts Not Ruth Aug 2017 #2

That was someone else's heritage. Not important. sinkingfeeling Aug 2017 #3

exboyfil

(17,865 posts)

1. Where was the outrage when

Reply to archiemo (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 12:52 PM

Aug 2017

our Revolutionary fathers pulled down the statue of George III and turned it into musket balls?

http://www.teachushistory.org/american-revolution/resources/pulling-down-statue-george-iii

William Pitt's statue came down for a while because of his resistance to Colonial Independence. It eventually went back up.

http://www.halseymap.com/flash/window.asp?HMID=11

Joe Paterno's statue was removed as well

National Review mentioned that a statue of Lenin is on public land in Seattle. It is actually a subject of comedy and derision. It was a funny analogy to make. It is not placed in a position of prominence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Lenin,_Seattle

A glowing Soviet-style red star or Christmas lights have been added to the statue during the holiday season since 2004.[5][19] For the 2004 Solstice Parade, the statue was made to look like John Lennon. During Gay Pride Week, the statue is dressed in drag.[5]

Not Ruth

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2. Or when the Taliban blew up those non White Christian religious artifacts

Reply to archiemo (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 12:53 PM

Aug 2017

Buddhas of Bamiyan

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan

sinkingfeeling

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3. That was someone else's heritage. Not important.

Reply to archiemo (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 01:08 PM

Aug 2017

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