On the same weekend in which famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass 168 years ago delivered one of his most historically resonant speeches, a statue of Douglass was toppled from its base and left near the Genesee River gorge.
Located in Maplewood Park, the statue “had been placed over the fence to the gorge and was leaning against the fence” on the river side, according to a statement from Rochester police. The statue was left about 50 feet from its pedestal.
The base and lower part of the statue was damaged, as was a finger on the statue’s left hand.
There is historical significance to the timing of the vandalism — though no one can now say whether the timing was mere happenstance — just as there is historical significance to the statue’s very location. The Maplewood Park location includes Kelsey’s Landing, where Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and others helped shuttle slaves to safety along the Underground Railroad.
Across the United States, Douglass’ July 5, 1852 speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July,” has been shared widely on social media and elsewhere as a reminder of the country’s legacy of slavery and racism.
ht/ all too much
This BLM crap ain’t about racism. Racism is only the excuse.
Antifa is doing this, it turns out. Why? THEY are the real neo white supremacists. They hate history and what came before them, as they are trained to think.
BLM is Marxist also but they, I don’t think, are this dumb.
The animals doing this are young white anarchists.
We’re getting to the point where NO LIVES MATTER. 🙁
Black Lives Matter is part of a network of anarchists and communists (that includes antifa), opportunistically joined by jihadist groups, all toward the goal of overthrowing America.
These disgusting groups have been infiltrating and agitating for decades. Obama the Organizer helped give them a massive boost. The names and superficial “goals” are pretext.
For more information, see:
The Russian Origins of Black Neo-Marxism
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/06/the_russian_origins_of_black_neomarxism.html
and
Reds Exploiting Blacks: The Roots of Black Lives Matter
https://www.aim.org/special-report/reds-exploiting-blacks-the-roots-of-black-lives
-matter/