"When the people of Iraq pulled down Saddam Hussein's statue, Western media praised it as an act of independence and freedom from tyranny. When black people pull down statues of the people who enslaved them, it's 'damage to public property.'"

As funny as this is, this is a perfect example of how desperately white people cling to an eternal symbol of the subjugation of Black people. This man is acting like he can't live without seeing this slave trader immortalised. The investment in anti-Blackness is DEEP.

Imagine climbing into a harbor to defend [checks notes] slavery

If we’re gonna talk about the UK’s history with slavery, how about we talk about the MPs whose money + power comes from slavery? Thread:

BLM protestors took down Edward Colston’s statue 56 hours ago. Since then Belgium has taken down King Leopold II, London’s taken down Robert Milligan, Liverpool Uni will rename its halls, Plymouth will rename a square and memorials for Windrush have been planned. Protest works.

Bristol BLM activists pulled Colston 72 hrs ago. Now Columbus is in a lake in the US, Milligan has come down in London, King Leopold II is down in Belgium, Manchester, Leeds & London are to review all statues and memorials planned for Windrush. Still think protest doesn’t work?

Who knew statues held the ability to completely wipe history by simply being taken down???

Trans people are who they say they are and deserve to live their lives without being constantly questioned or told they aren’t who they say they are.

If you think that pulling down a statue is erasing history (it isn't), then wait until you hear about Operation Legacy. The UK government destroyed documents from colonial administrations that could shine the country in a negative light. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation…

All post WW2

Yemen before Yemen now

Weston-super-Mare

"SCRAP FOREIGN AID. LOOK AFTER OUR OWN FIRST 😡😡🇬🇧😡🇬🇧😡😡🇬🇧🇬🇧" "IF YOU CAN'T FEED YOUR KIDS WHY HAVE THEM. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR KIDS NOT TO STARVE 😡😡🇬🇧🇬🇧😡🇬🇧🇬🇧"

Quick reminder that the govt closed almost 800 public libraries from 2010. These complaints that removing statues erases our history would have been useful when they literally were getting rid of our access to history books.

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