Monuments MONUMENTAL MISTAKE?

[CMWinkler]

MONUMENTAL MISTAKE?
Did the Mayor and City Council get it wrong?

Tear Down Those Monuments
It appears the proverbial tail is wagging the dog in New Orleans as City Council members voted 6 to 1 to tear down four monuments by declaring them "public nuisances." Among the four slated for removal is 131-year-old General Robert E. Lee, erected in 1884. Sadly, the call for a referendum allowing New Orleans citizens to vote on the issue was ignored as a handful of angry protesters, led by the Mayor, clamored at the council members for the monuments to be torn down.

The four monuments (Lee, Davis, Berugard and Liberty) are caught in the crosshairs of a racially divisive agenda, touting a cleansing of all Confederate symbols and monuments from public display. The council chambers resembled a kangaroo tribunal as the monuments were tried and convicted of being "offensive" and a "public nuisance." They were sentenced to indefinite exile from public display.

More: https://neworleanscitynews.wordpress.com/2290-2/

 

[Rebforever]

"New Orleans on Monday began removing four monuments dedicated to the era of the Confederacy and its aftermath, capping a prolonged battle about the future of the memorials, which critics deemed symbols of racism and intolerance and which supporters viewed as historically important."

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/us/new-orleans-confederate-statue.html?_r=0