Following the lead of radical racial agitators in Charleston, Black Lives Matter ‘protesters’ have vandalized and defaced monuments in two other states, once again endearing only the most ardent radicals to their cause.
In Texas, The Albert Sidney Johnston statue at the University of Texas was vandalized with graffiti:
Albert Sidney Johnston, a Confederate General. Statue at UT. pic.twitter.com/jBSRbGFwdo
— Ralph Haurwitz (@ralphhaurwitz) June 23, 2015
Albert Sydney Johnston was a general in the Texian army, the United States Army and the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
The Jefferson Davis statue was also vandalized.
Jefferson Davis statue was vandalized on UT Austin campus with "Black Lives Matter" pic.twitter.com/kcyBU16oJw
— Adam Hammons (@AdamHammonsKEYE) June 23, 2015
Found on a confederate statue this morning. UT knows what's up. #hookem #UTAustin #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/pxSedbHDtT
— Anna Maria (@AnnaMariaWard) June 23, 2015
They're working hard to scrub #BlackLivesMatter off the Jefferson Davis statue @ UT Austin. pic.twitter.com/LhjHdPBTC7
— Christen A. Smith (@profsassy) June 23, 2015
Jefferson Davis was President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
In Baltimore, a Confederate monument to soldiers who lost their lives was defaced:
A Baltimore statue's message honoring #Confederate soldiers has been written over. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/FKqNSpC6ma
— Kevin Rector (@RectorSun) June 22, 2015
It is clearly becoming somewhat of a trend to deface these historical monuments to make a point about racial division in 2015.
#WhiteFolkWork #StandWithCharleston #BlackLivesMatter #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/O1xUUmJMy8
— #ShenequeProctor (@VSouza_STL) June 21, 2015
Similar monuments and memorials were the target of radicals in Charleston at the weekend:
From @ShaunKing: The Confederate statue in downtown Charleston has been tagged with #BlackLivesMatter. pic.twitter.com/0Gs5l00ZNk
— Independent US (@IndyUSA) June 21, 2015
Professional race baiters praised the action, and referred to it as ‘tagging’:
Confederate statue in downtown Charleston tagged. pic.twitter.com/QDXjWDwpdK
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 21, 2015
However, the vast majority of people simply see the action as mindless vandalism that will solve nothing, and turn off rational thinking Americans.
ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER But #BlackLivesMatter movement is a joke/keep proving to be the problem
http://t.co/EgXS9diOTz pic.twitter.com/e3TkbYo9v2
— Alysia Stern (@AlysiaStern) June 21, 2015
@RectorSun So breaking the law and defacing public property some how make people ensured to a cause? No.
— Jen Olney (@OLNEY_JEN) June 22, 2015
@RectorSun @DavidCosner written over? It's called vandalism regardless.
— BMoreGrrl (@BMoreGrrl) June 22, 2015
@RectorSun @justin_fenton Can't these people get their point across without breaking the law?
— Jacob Finkelstein (@JPFinkel) June 22, 2015
@RectorSun @kayewhitehead Respect the war dead. Focus on the aristocracy that starts these insane wars & continue to divide us & exploit us.
— Tom Tito (@TomTito1) June 23, 2015
@RectorSun The worst, most unproductive way to get one's #message across. #Sigh
— Kris A. (@rightnow2k15) June 24, 2015
Many have equated the activity to the backwards mentality of ISIS extremists, who have spent the last year tearing down historical statues and monuments because they offend their radical belief system.
Taking their cues from ISIS, the Left is now demanding all "evil statues" be destroyed. @LukeRussert #Charleston pic.twitter.com/iSQQoJ1oET
— LeftyBollocks (@LeftyBollocks) June 23, 2015
This call to destroy confederate statues sounds like ISIS tactics to me. We want to improve race relations not obliterate our history.
— Lynn Marie (@GramFulks) June 23, 2015
There's no difference between #ISIS destroying churches, cemeteries, artifacts & history w/ Leftists defacing #Confederate statues & flag
— Darren Young (@DarrenRYoung) June 23, 2015
How far can this be taken? There are now people, backed by the mainstream media, calling for targeting statues of Thomas Jefferson, citing a fallacy that he endorsed slavery.
Scarily fast & ISIS-like: take down Confederate flag at state capitol becomes get rid of everywhere to tear down Thomas Jefferson statues
— Sean Collins (@americansitu) June 24, 2015
I support taking down flying Confederate flags, but tearing down statues like ISIS? https://t.co/3g3ZD3udFb
— Dean Clark (@earldean71) June 23, 2015
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Steve Watson is a London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.com, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham, and a Bachelor Of Arts Degree in Literature and Creative Writing from Nottingham Trent University.
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