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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLine of residents in Durham, NC attempting to turn themselves in
for 'crime' of removing Confederate Monuments
Link to tweet
eShirl
(18,507 posts)packman
(16,296 posts)MuseRider
(34,136 posts)Can I turn myself in for the crime of wishing I was there with them?
California_Republic
(1,826 posts)calimary
(81,565 posts)onetexan
(13,078 posts)SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)but especially so now. The good guys showed up.
If I weren't living in a cabin in a forest I'd be there, too.
Here's a hug for you.
Cosmocat
(14,583 posts)I do think the people who did it need to be held accountable to the law, but this is a really great thing.
MuseRider
(34,136 posts)people doing that either. It is so much better and makes a bigger statement if they stand together and demand their local government do it. They do not need these statues for remembering history, it is absurd.
When watching the video they all looked like students. I remember feeling very connected to my friends during the Vietnam war. We protested but never were violent or destructive but I do remember those feelings of being in a group with such an emotional tie. These days acting out seems the norm and is not always a good thing.
All in all I can forgive them with all the recent uprising and fear and anger but yes, they do need to think it out a little better. Acting on sheer emotion might feel good but I am not certain it gets the real point across well. Times have changed, this may just be my inner fuddy duddy speaking.
not a fuddy duddy.
The pretty clearly got caught up in the moment, but you are right, have to do it the right way, get active in working to have it taken down by the local government.
The Mouth
(3,169 posts)Personally, I'd frame the citation
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)leftstreet
(36,118 posts)Nice tweet and responses!
Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Stuff like this gives me hope for this country. God bless you folks!
iluvtennis
(19,897 posts)sarge43
(28,946 posts)A blessing on their house.
bigtree
(86,015 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)nolabear
(42,001 posts)Three college towns in a tight triangle gives rise to a shocking amount of thinking.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Which it sure don't..
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bluepen
(620 posts)melm00se
(4,997 posts)murielm99
(30,780 posts)but I am crying.
handmade34
(22,759 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)IMO.
I love these people!
Duppers
(28,130 posts)What are the authorities going to do NOW!
johnp3907
(3,734 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Old Vet
(2,001 posts)What brave americans
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)IMHO.
God bless them all!
Squinch
(51,075 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,267 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)These people are heroes.
I'm so proud of all the people standing up to the madness. They are the hope for our country.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I also like what the Mayor of Baltimore did, removed those disgraceful statues, ALL of them.
Bladewire
(381 posts)Made my day thank you
TNNurse
(6,931 posts)Real Americans.
progressoid
(50,011 posts)floWteiuQ
(82 posts)One and all!
calimary
(81,565 posts)That, they are! I can only guess that there are probably millions of other Americans who are there with them in spirit.
And the law that I think Virginia has on the books now, thanks to the GOP, that mandates those "monuments" not be touched or defaced or removed - THAT has to be done away with, TOO. How many other state legislatures in the South have laws like that on the books? ALL of such stupid-ass laws have to be done away with. Left in the garbage. With those hurtful mementos of slavery, division, human degradation, and TREASON.
floWteiuQ
(82 posts)And agreed!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)handmade34
(22,759 posts)Solly Mack
(90,798 posts)Indeed!!!
What an OUTSTANDING tweet!!!
docgee
(870 posts)Richard D
(8,811 posts)hibbing
(10,112 posts)ananda
(28,891 posts)I'm loving this!
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)in days. That's beautiful.
marybourg
(12,648 posts)in a long tome. I teared up also.
spanone
(135,921 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,785 posts)Wow! Those people are why I'm proud to be american!!!! Beautiful!!!!
MichMan
(12,001 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)And then the state has to present evidence against them.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)Clog up the court system. I just talked to a couple of young comrades today who were both arrested, one in D.C. on Inauguration Day and one at Standing Rock and they BOTH asked for jury trials. Instead the charges against both were dropped during their first appearance. Well first appearance after they made bond anyway.
That's the idea with mass civil disobedience like this. You make the system incapable of handling the traffic.
MichMan
(12,001 posts)Trying to understand the logic here
1) "I was wasn't charged with any crime, but arrest me anyway because I did it"
followed by;
2) "I plead not guilty and demand a jury trial because I didn't do it"
sinkingfeeling
(51,490 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,785 posts)OxQQme
(2,550 posts)Willie Nelson's bus getting pulled over.
Cop say's, "who's weed is this?"
Everybody on the bus say's, "It's mine."
Yonnie3
(17,515 posts)"The gesture remained symbolic when law enforcement officials declined to take anyone who hadn't had a warrant issued for their arrest into custody"
HAB911
(8,932 posts)oswaldactedalone
(3,491 posts)I lived in Durham for six years! One more great job, Durhamites!!!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)rurallib
(62,477 posts)coincidence or on purpose?
crosinski
(413 posts)They're just calmly making a point and taking a stand for the kind of America they want this place to be.
They're makin' me cry!
randr
(12,418 posts)docgee
(870 posts)HAB911
(8,932 posts)LOL, hope no one complains!
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Response to HAB911 (Original post)
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bora13
(860 posts)i'd be all like yah, i did this and i did that.
Opened a door for a black elderly lady,
contributed money to 1% protesters,
slapped a nazi 3x.
Persondem
(1,936 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I hope the city takes advantage of that. It should help pay for any damage and refurbishment work to the area.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Turn something bad into something good. Something people can be PROUD of.
Ilsa
(61,710 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Do we have to throw away EVERYTHING? There's no need. Re-use it. Or they might want to put it in a museum.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)KewlKat
(5,624 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Good for them!
GaYellowDawg
(4,452 posts)Wow. That is awesome.
Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)Can any group remove any statue on public property if that group deems it offensive? Is there absolute right and wrong or does popular vote determine every bit of public policy?
Lars39
(26,117 posts)had resisted these statues being installed.