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Related: About this forumSomeone Turned the Confederate Memorial at the Capitol Into a Second-Place Trophy and It's Amazing
Courtesy of Rebecca Olsen McHood
Despite repeated requests from the East Valley NAACP and Black Lives Matter Phoenix, Governor Doug Ducey has stubbornly refused to remove Confederate memorials from state grounds even in the wake of the recent white supremacist attack in Charlottesville.
So on Tuesday afternoon, after watching the president claim that there were "very fine people on both sides" in Charlottesville, Rebecca Olsen McHood decided to take matters into her own hands.
"I was just so outraged by Trumps press conference," the Gilbert-based activist tells Phoenix New Times. "I thought, I have to do something."
That's when she got the idea to turn the Confederate memorial at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, outside the Arizona Capitol, into the world's largest participation trophy.
Read more: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/activist-turns-confederate-memorial-at-arizona-capitol-into-participation-trophy-9596953
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Someone Turned the Confederate Memorial at the Capitol Into a Second-Place Trophy and It's Amazing (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Aug 2017
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MLAA
(17,360 posts)1. Thanks for posting. I am from Tucson but hadn't seen it. I love it.
TexasTowelie
(112,620 posts)4. You're welcome.
i hope that it made your Sunday night a bit brighter!
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,498 posts)2. Love it!!
I love the wit of our progressive folks, it helps keep me sane. Rebecca is a champ!
TexasTowelie
(112,620 posts)5. Yes!
The conservative meme that are liberals are into participation trophies comes into play with this display. I spewed a bit of my drink when I saw it.
VigilantG
(374 posts)3. Love this! Thank you!
TexasTowelie
(112,620 posts)7. You are most heartily welcome.
A protest that does not do any permanent damage and is poignant makes an effective response to the continued display of Confederate monuments. Remember the Confederacy so as to not repeat the mistakes, but don't revere the Confederacy for any reason.
trixie2
(905 posts)6. Very clever
pamela
(3,469 posts)8. Brilliant framing
They always talk about the "participation trophy generation" and then put up monuments for coming in second in a war with two sides.
Bladewire
(381 posts)9. Brilliant! Let it trend
safeinOhio
(32,745 posts)10. It's even better than calling them
Surrender Monkeys