America riots after Police kill unarmed Black Man

[Cannot think of a name]

Country wide riots fueled by racial tensions...two pages of pearl clutching over a museum for the Confederacy, the part of the country that fought for their right to keep people as slaves.

NSG. You can't even blame this on summer.

[Kanadorika]

There isn't a single 150 year old Nazi artifact.

Like civil war artifacts from the 19th century.

If the museum is like any other I've ever been too, it likely had important documents, historical letters, and the personal clothing of various soldiers.

Shitty as their cause may have been, destroying 1st hand accounts of events and the physical evidence of the most troubling time in our nation's history is not helpful in the least bit.

[Lord Dominator]

Country wide riots fueled by racial tensions...two pages of pearl clutching over a museum for the Confederacy, the part of the country that fought for their right to keep people as slaves.

NSG. You can't even blame this on summer.

It's May, that's basically summer

[Slavakino]

Fucking idiots, risking theirs and others lives to ram a police van

https://twitter.com/breaking911/status/ ... 48832?s=21

[The Black Forrest]

There isn't a single 150 year old Nazi artifact.

Like civil war artifacts from the 19th century.

Some? Sure. The status in question? Over 1/2 were placed in 1902 - 1912.

There are arguments for battlefields and grave yards. State grounds? Not so much.

[Kanadorika]

Country wide riots fueled by racial tensions...two pages of pearl clutching over a museum for the Confederacy, the part of the country that fought for their right to keep people as slaves.

NSG. You can't even blame this on summer.

I don't see anyone here defending the Confederacy, but rather the loss of physical pieces of history.

[Albrenia]

Country wide riots fueled by racial tensions...two pages of pearl clutching over a museum for the Confederacy, the part of the country that fought for their right to keep people as slaves.

NSG. You can't even blame this on summer.

I mean, I think it's sad if historical items are destroyed. Even if they are historical documents from abhorrent powers.

It's not exactly the most troubling thing that's happened before or during these riots though, you're right.

[Stellar Colonies]

Well, I wonder what the beginning of June will bring.

Will this keep snowballing into something that causes genuine change, similar to what we still idealistically* hope for in Hong Kong, or will it gradually fizzle out and return to the status quo, with the only remnant being damaged and destroyed lives and property?

* "Idealistically" probably meaning something more like "unrealistically"

[South Odreria 2]

Like civil war artifacts from the 19th century.

If the museum is like any other I've ever been too, it likely had important documents, historical letters, and the personal clothing of various soldiers.

Shitty as their cause may have been, destroying 1st hand accounts of events and the physical evidence of the most troubling time in our nation's history is not helpful in the least bit.

Yeah. That's the history of our country, and it's the history of my family and a bunch of other people's families as well. There's no sense in forgetting.

[-SARS-]

Country wide riots fueled by racial tensions...two pages of pearl clutching over a museum for the Confederacy, the part of the country that fought for their right to keep people as slaves.

NSG. You can't even blame this on summer.

It's May, that's basically summer

Yeah, it was like 90F earlier this week.

Shitty as their cause may have been, destroying 1st hand accounts of events and the physical evidence of the most troubling time in our nation's history is not helpful in the least bit.

Also this.

[Kanadorika]

Ignore the title, but this is the video of the museum being burned

[Slavakino]

Ignore the title, but this is the video of the museum being burned

I was looking for that. Its fucked

[Brunswick-upon-Raritan]

Ignore the title, but this is the video of the museum being burned

That’s a lot less burning than expected.

Hopefully the Daughters of the Confederacy closes forever and donate their collection to the Smithsonian or something. It was never meant to exist.

[South Odreria 2]

This is officially the biggest riots since 92 right

[Shrillland]

This is officially the biggest riots since 92 right

At this point, yes.

[The Alma Mater]

Ignore the title, but this is the video of the museum being burned

I was looking for that. Its fucked

The title you mean ? Yes, it is.
Burning the museum is regrettable as well.

[Slavakino]

I was looking for that. Its fucked

The title you mean ? Yes, it is.
Burning the museum is regrettable as well.

I don't care for the title, the burning is fucked. ANY burning or arson is fucked

[Stellar Colonies]

Ignore the title, but this is the video of the museum being burned

The vertical orientation is almost as offensive as the arson.

This is a joke

[The Alma Mater]

The title you mean ? Yes, it is.
Burning the museum is regrettable as well.

I don't care for the title

Why not ? It (literally in this case) is adding oil to the fire.

[Slavakino]

I don't care for the title

Why not ? It (literally in this case) is adding oil to the fire.

Because 1. freedom of speech 2. its just a title

[Vassenor]

Ignore the title, but this is the video of the museum being burned

That’s a lot less burning than expected.

Hopefully the Daughters of the Confederacy closes forever and donate their collection to the Smithsonian or something. It was never meant to exist.

It's kind of where the neo-Confederate movement kicked off, yeah.

[The Alma Mater]

Why not ? It (literally in this case) is adding oil to the fire.

Because 1. freedom of speech 2. its just a title

1. Trump says freedom of speech is bad and he therefor wants to restrict it. Do you disagree with the president ?
2. You do get the reference I hope ?

[Slavakino]

Because 1. freedom of speech 2. its just a title

1. Trump says freedom of speech is bad and he therefor wants to restrict it. Do you disagree with the president ?
2. You do get the reference I hope ?

1. Don't care, not American, my thoughts are my thoughts
2. Yes I know about the jogger shit, who cares

[Vassenor]

More video of police tear-gassing reporters for covering the demos.

[Brunswick-upon-Raritan]

1. Trump says freedom of speech is bad and he therefor wants to restrict it. Do you disagree with the president ?
2. You do get the reference I hope ?

1. Don't care, not American, my thoughts are my thoughts
2. Yes I know about the jogger shit, who cares

It seems like something Tito would suppress