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ECSkeptic

(73 posts) Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:21 AM Jul 2020

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I didn't see this coming!

Some good news from Pensacola!

"BREAKING: Pensacola City council just voted to remove & relocate the Lee Square Confederate Monument from downtown Pensacola."

https://weartv.com/news/local/city-council-votes-to-remove-pensacolas-confederate-monument?fbclid=IwAR15hzZFk3gccDZQdE44WhSFMYQI6TIpBdBMoTiLrM183F_emQcnmNd-DOU

I thought the good ole boys would win the day, but the vote was 6 to 1 to take the statue down!

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I didn't see this coming! (Original Post) ECSkeptic Jul 2020 OP

Wow! FM123 Jul 2020 #1

the aurora of the Confederacy finally been tarnished enough with the reality of what it stood for beachbumbob Jul 2020 #2

And isn't that in the Alabama part of Florida? yellowcanine Jul 2020 #3

"Alabama part of Florida?" mitch96 Jul 2020 #4

I always called it Baja Georgia Zorro Jul 2020 #5

Right! That's the district Matt Gaetz represents, not even in the same time zone as Florida. Towlie Jul 2020 #7

They should break those statues into little pieces like the Berlin wall. Towlie Jul 2020 #6

FM123

(10,337 posts)

1. Wow!

Reply to ECSkeptic (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:24 AM

Jul 2020

Great to wake up to such good news, especially here in Florida.

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)

2. the aurora of the Confederacy finally been tarnished enough with the reality of what it stood for

Reply to ECSkeptic (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 07:39 AM

Jul 2020

and politicians no longer afraid to make the right call

yellowcanine

(36,719 posts)

3. And isn't that in the Alabama part of Florida?

Reply to ECSkeptic (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 12:04 PM

Jul 2020

mitch96

(15,673 posts)

4. "Alabama part of Florida?"

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 01:03 PM

Jul 2020

Yup,,, aka L.A. Lower Alabama...
Beautiful part of the state... A ride along coastal 98 is a beauty in many parts...
m

Zorro

(18,352 posts)

5. I always called it Baja Georgia

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 15, 2020, 09:55 PM

Jul 2020

Baja Alabama works, too.

Towlie

(5,557 posts)

7. Right! That's the district Matt Gaetz represents, not even in the same time zone as Florida.

Reply to yellowcanine (Reply #3)

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:24 AM

Jul 2020

Towlie

(5,557 posts)

6. They should break those statues into little pieces like the Berlin wall.

Reply to ECSkeptic (Original post)

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 09:20 AM

Jul 2020

Distribute the pieces as souvenirs of an ugly past gone forever instead of preserving the statues as if saying "the South will rise again."

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