Comments on: Crews Begin Removing Confederate Monument In Downtown Pensacola

By: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine — Sat, 31 Oct 2020 15:21:37 +0000

@Proud Of My Southern Heritage

You have a very loose interpretation of what a hate crime is.

Racists gonna turn snowflake when the monuments to their racism are torn down.

Find something real to cry about.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 04:48:23 +0000

Or maybe you are illiterate- the parcel was originally “Florida Square” , in 1889 liberal democrats and the Chipley family that donated the stone changed the name to reflect their personal opinions… But, yeah, let’s keep pretending this is about history…..

By: Proud of my Southern Heritage

Proud of my Southern Heritage — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 02:19:59 +0000

Removing this statue and renaming Lee Square to Florida Square is a hate crime!!

By: James

James — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:08:51 +0000

We learn from history, next the library, remove all books that talk about slavery. Same thing happened in Germany, anybody remember WW2. When the minority rules this is what you get, especially with leaders who bend to their wants and wishes. This has happened all over the United States. If something offends someone they have it removed. Guess what abortion offends me, think the left will stop it..NO WAY. This is a product of the Democratic Party, the party that thinks it is ok to abort a Baby that has just been born. Today this Democrat party is running a man with the early stages of dementia as their best man for the job!!!

By: Lou Ellen

Lou Ellen — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:45:16 +0000

It offends me that this was removed. This statue was to honor all that died.There were a lot of blacks who were not slaves that fought and died in the war. Our leaders have caved in to the movement that wants to erase our nations history be it good or bad. I am saddened that future generations won’t even know how America came to be. Our founding fathers must be turning over in their graves.

By: katherine

katherine — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:34:20 +0000

with all the problems the city is having ; debris everywhere form the hurricane, people out of work and needing food and home repairs and THEY decide to spend a ton of money o this issue???? really??? its time to get rid of the people in charge of this WASTEFUL spending. you can take down ALL the statues you want; IT DOESN’T CHANGE A THING.

By: Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:08:25 +0000

@Bewildered

You’re totally right, it would be completely acceptable today. I mean, just look at Trump having his lawyer pay off a porn star to keep their affair quiet while Melania quietly plays along. Or having a Playboy model sign a non-disclosure agreement and take a payout to keep quiet about her affair with him. Or the non-disclosure agreement he had his ex-wife sign during their divorce to keep quiet about his abuse towards her. I mean, it’s totally acceptable behavior now!

The only difference being that Trump is an unapologetic white nationalist that thinks hate groups have some “very fine people,” and has done nothing to improve race relations in our country.

By: CHARLIE ODOM

CHARLIE ODOM — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:02:35 +0000

I can see both sides to this argument, but why only remove certain statues and monuments and not all of them if the thinking is “because it reminds people of slavery”??

Are we to remove statues of slave owning presidents as well? Where does the line get drawn?

Why is there still a BLM banner painted on a public street in downtown, when it is proven to be biased political propaganda?

What would this city’s leadership say if we painted a Blue Lives Matter banner right next to it? What about All Lives Matter?

The hypocrisy of the left is appalling, and needs to be addressed. If you are going to be removing statues, renaming streets, renaming schools, etc, then it should be done equally across all viewpoints and not just to please one group!

By: Wise years

Wise years — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 15:02:04 +0000

It feels like it is not mine to move.

By: Taylon

Taylon — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 03:41:34 +0000

@bewildered

As others have mentioned there is a difference between what is basically a museum for education purposes so that we don’t repeat our stupidity and what is a glorified tribute. I’m willing to bet that any plaques at those concentration camp museums don’t paint the nazis in a good light unlike the confederate statues.