Here’s one of those weird little media predictions. Last night on CNN’s Anderson Cooper show he stated he was on assignment in New Orleans, but never clarified what exactly for. Given the notorious history of CNN as a propaganda tool, could his assignment be for further advancement of the insufferable confederacy syndrome issue?…
New Orleans – Opponents of the proposed removal of Confederate memorials in New Orleans are using social media to organize the fight to keep them where they stand.
What started out as an effort to keep the statue of Robert E. Lee atop his column in Lee Circle, has expanded its mission to include defending all of the statues and monuments dedicated to the Confederacy.
The City Council, at Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s request, has begun a formal hearing process that could result in the removal of Lee and monuments dedicated to P.G.T. Beauregard, another Confederate general; Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy; and the Battle of Liberty Place, a bloody confrontation instigated by ex-Confederates who launched a failed coup against Louisiana’s Reconstruction government.
Led by Tim Shea Carroll, the “Save our Circle” movement has collected nearly 15,000 signatures on a change.org petition opposing the removals and united 3,465 users in a Facebook group dedicated to the same cause.
Both have seen rapid growth recently, with hundreds joining and signing each day.
The group has also started a fundraising campaign to raise money to buy T-shirts and materials to build protest signs to show a united front at rallies and public hearings. It’s nearly reached it’s goal of $1,000.
Attempts to reach Carroll were not immediately successful, but he told WGNO-TV that he is pro-statue, not pro-slavery.
The city’s streetscape is replete with monuments and road names dedicated to Confederate heroes. Supporters of Landrieu’s proposal have called for all such monuments to be removed and such streets to be renamed. Some have gone as far as calling for the statue of Andrew Jackson, who owned slaves and oversaw the genocide of Indians in the Southeast, to be removed. (read more)
