Trump supporters converge on Seattle’s Lenin statue, shout ‘tear it down’

[LAGC]

A handful of self-described supporters of President Donald Trump converged on Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood Wednesday to call for the removal of a statue of Russian Communist revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin that has stood in the neighborhood for 22 years.

Protesters Wednesday wore Make America Great Again hats and held signs that said “Lenin = Hitler,” “100 Million Dead” and “Alt-Left Hate,” and they chanted slogans such as “Shame on Seattle,” “Tear hate down,” and “Genocide is not a joke” at passing cars and people grabbing lunch in the arty, tech-heavy neighborhood. Fremont is home to offices of such tech companies as Google, Adobe, Tableau, Outreach and Pixvana.

The protest comes in response to violence in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend during a rally around a statue there of Civil War Gen. Robert E. Lee, and the subsequent removal of Confederate statues in other cities.

https://www.geekwire.com/2017/trump-...ate-passersby/

Oh boy. Here we go.

I tell ya, those old Confederate generals can go, but if you dare mess with Old Major, the gloves are coming off.

I'll be dusting off my black BDUs and washing my balaclava, I tell ya.

It is ON, boys. It is ON.

[alismith]

Tit-for-tat.

[LAGC]

Aw... all those old statues are eventually going to come down, aren't they?

No one has any appreciation for fine art these days. Too "offensive", I guess.

That's why we can't have nice things, any more.

[alismith]

Aw... all those old statues are eventually going to come down, aren't they?

No one has any appreciation for fine art these days. Too "offensive", I guess.

That's why we can't have nice things, any more.

Same thing happened in Africa, from the 60's on.

[rci2950]

The native statues should come down as well. They also lost the the Federal govt and had slaves.

[Krupski]

https://www.geekwire.com/2017/trump-...ate-passersby/

Oh boy. Here we go.

I tell ya, those old Confederate generals can go, but if you dare mess with Old Major, the gloves are coming off.

I'll be dusting off my black BDUs and washing my balaclava, I tell ya.

It is ON, boys. It is ON.

Sad thing is, all of this "Confederate statue" nonsense is misguided... the war of northern aggression was not about "slavery", it was the federal government exercising their control on those who didn't want any part of them (sound familiar?)

[tank_monkey]

Tit-for-tat.

You're absolutely right. The ONLY REASON why 'counter protestors' are trying to tear down the Lenin Statue is to MAKE A POINT. It's funny how the media (and some left wingers ... okay.... MOST left wingers) can't understand making an "IRONIC STATEMENT". LOL

[NAPOTS]

You're absolutely right. The ONLY REASON why 'counter protestors' are trying to tear down the Lenin Statue is to MAKE A POINT. It's funny how the media (and some left wingers ... okay.... MOST left wingers) can't understand making an "IRONIC STATEMENT". LOL

I don't know if we are going to accept public statues based on what the individual stood for I would think lenin should be first to go. Private property, do what ever

[Justin]

I never knew there was a Lenin statue in Seattle. That's pretty disgusting, Lenin was a cold blooded murderer and is just as bad as Hitler IMO.

[NAPOTS]

I never knew there was a Lenin statue in Seattle. That's pretty disgusting, Lenin was a cold blooded murderer and is just as bad as Hitler IMO.

Is sad that lefty here would defend him, like he actually believes lenin stood for all of that working class bs and wasnt just about replacing one ruling class elite with another

[l921428x]

I never knew there was a Lenin statue in Seattle. That's pretty disgusting, Lenin was a cold blooded murderer and is just as bad as Hitler IMO.

Got one of a Mexican bandit in Az.

[JTHunter]

Monuments to be removed:
Washington monument
Jefferson memorial
Stone Mountain
the St. Louis Arch (aka the Jefferson National Expansion memorial)
all Confederate statues
all statues to Martin Luther King, Jr.
George Washington Carver
schools named for ANY person of controversy
etc.

[Helen Keller]

OOh oooh


I go one step above ..


100% Anti-Idolatry.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.