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Australian police arrest 2 after Captain Cook statue defaced; thousands protest in NZ

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These young hooligans would, I guess, have found themselves quite at home in China during the Cultural Revolution.

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Don’t deface statuses, deface racist textbooks

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I am worried that a just and appropiate protest for equal civil rights is turning into an excuse for riots and violence. Your level of outrage and emotion do not justify property damage or any other actions against the law.

It is important to review our history in a critical way, especially in regard to prominent historical figures, whose contributions and/or crimes are often unknown to the large public. However, I would choose education in e.g. explanations right next to such statues, over mob violence.

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Taliban blowing up the Buddha statues at Bamiyan. There's no difference between any of these that I can see.

Huge difference, the Taliban's acts are based upon some misguided belief in some god.

These people are protesting against historical (factual) people in history who treated people of color like guano!

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MableToday 03:05 pm JST

I am worried that a just and appropiate protest for equal civil rights is turning into an excuse for riots and violence. Your level of outrage and emotion do not justify property damage or any other actions against the law.

Drunken English Defence League thugs attack the police in London yesterday 1:

https://twitter.com/damiengayle/status/1271800253419831297

Drunken English Defence League thugs attack the police in London yesterday 2:

https://twitter.com/damiengayle/status/1271804427733778434

Drunken English Defence League thug urinates on plaque commemorating policeman stabbed to death by a knife-wielding terrorist.

https://twitter.com/doctor_oxford/status/1271830891900395520/photo/1

A bit of paint on a statue seems mild in comparison.

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@Alfie Noakes

I agree with you, but please do not try to claim that violence, property damage, uncivilized behaviour, etc is only instigated by some right-wing idiots.

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Yubaru:

Huge difference, the Taliban's acts are based upon some misguided belief in some god. These people are protesting against historical (factual) people in history who treated people of color like guano!

Actually, these mobs on the street exhibit all the signs of misguided individuals in thrall to a new cult. Theyre very much like the Taliban, or the red guards.

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Statues are inert objects incapable of harm-people are thick!

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@BigYen

Very good comment

I am glad you mentioned Churchill. He is a good example for a historical figure to be considered in a more reflective way. Yes, he was powerful and strong leader, but he also held views that are not comprehensible nowadays. Instead of defacing his monuments and throw out ahistorical claims, we should analyse his character, political views and actions in a critical and objective manner to gain historical and social understanding and perspective.

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Mobs are mobs regardless of their political stripe: brainless, irrational and dangerous. I pride myself of never being a member of a mob at any point in my life.

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So what's the answer? How do you deal with these "hooligans" and stop them from vandalizing more historical statues?

Don't interfere, for fear of being accused of "police brutality, racism and oppression?"

Dialog won't work as BigYen pointed out, there's no reasoning with them.

And the vandalism, defacing and destruction, etc., continues.......

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Calls are now being made to remove Ghandi's statue in the UK because of his racist views:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53025407

With Ghandi's statue being targeted, we are now almost at the end of the statue toppling stage. The scarier stage is soon to follow.

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Big Yen

Cook died in 1779 you write. Yes, indeed, but you failed to mention how he died. He was hit on the head and then stabbed to death while trying to kidnap the King of Hawaii! Not exactly Captain Peaceful.

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Well we cannot exactly make universal deals with everyone on which of the million statues in the world should be honored and which not. Either its open season on all of them or none of them. I say none of them. The only way I see forward is to change the plaques to reflect the truth as best as a democratic vote on said plaques could offer.

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these days I’m in the majority.

You aren't.

Most people want to be left alone. Most people don't want this type of activism thrown in their face.

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I guess you must be a sleep in a cupboard somewhere that you need to request examples. There are thousands every single day. The media is full of them.

That means you can't provide any.

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And again, you are completely choosing to ignore the fact that you posted misinformation.

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So what's the answer? How do you deal with these "hooligans" and stop them from vandalizing more historical statues? 

Don't interfere, for fear of being accused of "police brutality, racism and oppression?" 

Dialog won't work as BigYen pointed out, there's no reasoning with them.

And the vandalism, defacing and destruction, etc., continues.......

Its a problem. The left outright lies, twists the facts and default hobbles any opposing opinion with accusations of racism, bigotry, fascism, etc etc. We all know the score. And a ton of projection is involved - what they accuse others of is exactly what they themselves are - just look at Antifa. They make Hitler’s SA look like Sunday picnickers. And as for the racism accusations, all you have to do is be black and disagree with their leftism and you’ll be inundated with racial slurs and abuse. But this is all the leftist playbook - accuse your enemies of exactly what you do.

People are waking up though now. The latest leftist insanity is just too crazy to ignore. Mental illness.

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Protesters in Auckland carried Black Lives Matter signs and marched through the city's central district towards the U.S. consulate, chanting "Shame"

It’s a shame there are people insisting that it’s necessary to raise some people over others. Supremacy doesn’t promote the cause of equality under the law.

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Collectively, the 101 black teens participating in the study reported more than 5,600 experiences of racial discrimination over two weeks. That boils down to an average of more than five instances per day for each teenager. That’s more than 70 over two weeks.

This does not provide any details of the racism you claimed your daughters face as soon as they leave the door. It also states that it is data related to African-Americans, so the US, not the UK.

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