Confederate Monuments Are Coming Down | NowThis
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2020
- Confederate monuments are being removed-both officially and unofficially-across the U.S.
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In US news and current events today, Americans are toppling
statues that glorify white supremacy. A statue of Confederate leader Jefferson Davis was torn down in Virginia. Davis served as president of the Confederacy during the Civil War, defending states’ rights to own and enslave human beings.
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Only in America do we memorialize our country’s traitors
This is the most ignorant thing to say
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 Do explain
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 why Jefferson Davis was imprisoned for betrayal due to him serving as the Confederate president so op is right we memorialized a traitor
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 oh so you must be the kinda guy who thinks his heritage is that of slave owners
@Obi One No doubt : P
If anyone gets angry that a racist statue is being torn down they are racists too simple
Damm Right!
ALFONSO , - it doesn’t take a great deal of thought to recognise that your statement is ridiculous: there are a variety of reasons why people might get angry ... being a racist may be one of many 🙄
@@PaulGappyNorris He's being hyperbolic, clearly, Prof. Literal
Not racist but this statue has survived 130 years, kinda unecessary to get rid of, it is merely piece of history than a means to glorify racism.
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 Except you're mostly wrong. The vast majority of confederate statues were erected from the beginning to middle of the 20th century during Jim Crow laws as a way to keep black people in their place after the reconstruction era where black rights were finally expanding for a change. They're the embodiment of "glorifying racism".
History always judges soon or later, but always does.
The statues should be in a Museum they aren't apart of the UNITED States history. They are apart of the confederate states which no longer exist these leaders don't deserve to be respected they wanted to separate from the United States therefore are not part of the United States history. America history yes, which is why they should be in a Museum not a monument to celebrate. At least that's my point a view but everyone is entitled to their opinion. 🤷🏽♀️
Squichybug23 yeah true as a reminder to never go back. People that don’t know history will repeat it.
@@siroc0610 what's wrong with simply correcting the history books or how ever the method used that we teach children? After all, since now in 2020 we all know better there is no excuse for there to be the continuation of fallacies being told under the guise of American history.
Besides...Apparently it's not necessary to have to physically be in the presence of something to believe in it's teachings so there's that.
I say a getty image in a book or a pic from an online search will do. That's about the amount of time we need to spend providing examples and glorifying losers. Just saying
They're waisting time destroying a statue instead of building something productive.
@@ese_cholito you mad bro? That garbage had to go
The ones crying about these statues are the same that cheered when we tore down statues in other countries. They are scared they can't control everyone else anymore!
Lol
When america tore down saddam's statue millions cheered on
@@Monarch_Prime Because people thought he did 9/11 when he didn't. Even the man who tore down the statue now regrets it.
@@rickardkaufman3988 i know that
I watched the documentary too bro
America installed puppets everywhere
In my home country they installed a dictactor...
But in iraq they installed corruption
@Moon Paints Yup you right. 💯
People are scared of things they dont understand and angry of things they cant control. Its human nature
Fine, i'll do it myself.
-BLM protester
“It’s like having Hitler statue in a Jewish community” Well said
She isnt wrong and i can have a better way of how to feel for these people
Dragon1717 Why not?
Right exactly what I was thinking
@Dragon1717 GET BACK UNDER YOUR BRIDGE TROLL!
U are 100% right. ✌🏽
'Bout ****in' time.
No
You’re right. Should’ve been sooner.😃
@@rommelthememer7131 suffer
Good! This country needs no reminder of racism any further. It's time for change, for the greater good of this country and our beloved children of the future.
@Brady Productions yep lol
They say "slavery is over your free now"
But now they say "Its a reminder of our history" why do you have to remember a painful past when you can look to the future?
Kelly Johnson ^
I’m just here for the comments...but yeah take um down!!
Racist can't go to Nascar BLM is having their statues torn down🤣🤣 they HATE BLM✊🏿✊🏿✊🏾✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
@@ionly6805 Honestly, most of the big businesses are doing it for the money
@@ionly6805 fake news boi
MrJohnson19 didn’t NASCAR ban the confederate flag? If so then their comment isn’t fake news
They asked nicely for these things to be removed for years. And for years they were ignored, lied to, or placated. To anyone saying "well the statues should have gone into a museum" the local governments had their chance to do that already and they refused to. So now the statues are getting pulled down and destroyed. And good riddance.
We gave you your chance, now we will do it ourselves.
Isn't it illegal to do that though?
@Coelophysis democracy was obstructed by the will of some people. It is time we bring back power to the people.
@Coelophysis fair enough
@Coelophysis People have always protested, and yes, broken the law when it was because the law itself was either wrong or protecting the wrongful act. To say "well you should always follow the law anyways" is sort of ignorant towards history. Would you have been one of those people back in the days of slavery going "guys... i know you dont like it, but it's illegal to hide a runaway slave from her master. Giver her back guys, dont be breaking the law".
Or more recent look towards the American civil rights movement. TONS of laws broken there because the law itself was either racist or protected racist actions. Im sorry, but just saying "you should always follow the law" doesnt work. Part of democracy _IS_ protesting. And sometimes in protests property gets damaged. Again, look to the American civil rights movement.
They protested and now they are just done asking people to do the right thing. Just do it.
Yes! Anarchy! Lawlessness! Taking down memorials of people that fought for their home like in the American revolution and also had people that called slavery evil and prayed for it to end, while the union also had 8 slave states in 1864.
All hate comes from ignorance
just do it: catch a vandal trying to take down a Confederate monument and find some good alternatives to do with the destructive traitors themselves. Some 3 bit thug ods and fentanyl and it's the fault of a statue? how about blaming the idiots themselves? FGF
@@SouthernGentlemanbecause your pathetic
The jazz playing was the best
I wouldn't call that jazz. Those are just matching band riffs.
New Orleans brass band
Anyone knows the name of music that they were playing?
Right?? Made me want to bust a move!
@@TheCharlycroki I was about to ask that question myself.
Love that one lady who ran over to put her foot on the head of the Columbus statue.
'WAAAAAIT' *tiny boop 'OK I'm done, you can take it away'
Ooof thats a lotta damage
Really? You mean white woman kick in their situate head. It look like white to me much.
Italy here. I'm pleased for her, anyway please try to consider the opportunity to put the statues in a dark place in a very big warehouse, it is art and a bad history, that can be reminded in one better day. Cariatidis in Greece have a bad history behind them but fortunately they were not destroyed
@@quelodequelo I get what you're saying, but... do you guys keep statues of Mussolini around?
Tyler’s bust and his Presidential portrait should be removed as well. That man sat as a senator in the Confederacy’s illegal Senate.
Skywalker Horus Some of those faces were against slavery or didn’t even have slaves.
Nah, I like Tyler, if I remember correctly he joined the confederacy because of the states right to secede from the union.
All democrats that party formed the KKK and filibustered all the civil rights acts.
@@silencedogood5766 all southerns
@@leviathannathan92 they don't know history. Probably can't even read.
Is a good day to sell sledgehammers.
Stonks
It is good day to sell jackhammers
Capitalism at its finest
@@steveohare4666 coronycapitalism, eh?
Miley Cyrus would start licking them
It’s about time they took those down. It’s a stain on America’s history. An embarrassment.
I would say its part of the history
Carlos Sanchez most of the statues were placed and created around the mid 19th century: The purpose was to glorify racism and segregation. They weren’t made during the secession of the Confederate States. The Confederate leaders themselves said that they didn’t want statues to glorify
them
Our current president will leave a stain all people should remember he is a traitor to all USA citizens.
@@JamesMcCutcheon you must be dumb...
colonel 100 but theyre destroying them not preserving them in museums
This is moving on
Progression isn't a bad thing. Living in the past is. 🇺🇸💪
Not when the past still exists
MAGA lives in the past. You are the future
@Brady Productions it's basically "primitive life, work get done"
ok, but can i still like things from the past?
@@yeoldeseawitch Yes of course. Depending on what you like?... Something's you need to keep to yourself.
I'm okay with this. Leave these people in the history books, yes, in the past, where they belong. But they have no business serving as idolatries.
Nice
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*NICE*
Noice
Bring em all down!!
Might as well borrow a shotgun and start blasting em statues, not like theyre bulet proof or something
If you think this is erasing history then you have never heard of books.
@Brady Productions looks more like changing the future rather than his choice of words, "erasing history"
Conservatives dont read books they prefer traditions and monuments because they cant read
Ikr wtf
Books are for knowledge and referencing, those statues were honoring, thieves and murderers. Melt them down for scrap.
@@D33Lux honoring traitors*
To those saying this is erasing history, when I went to college, curriculum was taught by these things you read called books, not statues.
@Matt Bergman Yeah, keeping telling yourself that.
I'd like to see this in Australia.
Next September were going to be done with trump. Just do an appointment and he'll be there
They are Captain Cooks statue in Sydney has been destroyed
Hating explorers?
Cook was nothing more than an explorer. He made Allies with the good like in Fiji and fought those that threw a spear at him.
If you hate Cook, you’re just racist towards Europeans or dumb
The people that hacked Cook’s flesh off are heroes, but Cook who was just an explorer and made friends to friendly Pacific Islanders is the villain?
Leftism is a disease
Censoring History is what they do in our school history books, not this.
If only people gave as much energy to demanding better public achools
I don't know what an achools is but I certainly wish people would fight for better public schools
One thing at a time
Thats actually part of the reason police are having a lot of their funds moved to other parts of the communities
@@arianadonis4099 the problem is the cops who broke rules before will still break rules,same as any corrupt person not held accountable.which would be all of congress,senate and every local leader and govt agent everywhere in the us by theirnown def of accomplice to a crime and other factors
Not related to this.
RESIDENTS OF SPAIN: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE.
Confederacy is totally bad while imperialism wasn't bad in the past so you shouldn't remove statues of emperors
Change is coming👏🙏❤
By forgetting our own history
If change is coming then how about we denounce both political partys and stop getting ourselves involved in foreign affairs
@@alpha20o27not really,nobody will forget about the confederacy when all the monuments are torn down. Those statues have no place on this planet and should be destroyed.
Yes it is. Your asking for it.
They should have melted iron statues instead of polluting rivers
I just hope the kids are really doing this from the heart, because if it is to just something because they go nothing else to do, you’re all wasting your time.
I disagree.. the statue is still down.. would it .want more if they did it with purpose and meaning? Absolutely,but it's down and no longer there to revered by bigots
Roger Allan - You seem to be missing the Point ...
Yep lol
Down with the traitors and up with the stars!!!
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Genocide was committed in Tulsa 100 years ago 💯
well done
Good!!!
Funny we had these traitor statues in the first place 🤦♂️ and the names of the military bases. How ironic
I love this, all over the world this is happening..... and it’s terrifying white men...
It’s like watching a revolution
When equality hits the one who are priviliged, for them it's like losing their medal.
White Men are the minority now.
Im a white man and im not terrified, im over the top HAPPY AND EXCITED that these terrible monuments are being torn down. I fought side by side with AMERICANS not white people and black people, athiests or christians. My country is of all races and religions. This is a huge step forward. Now i say replace them with monuments to the GREAT leaders of color who shaped this path and helped hold this country up for so many decades!
This IS a revolution! ✊🏾🔥 If you can't see that STEP ASIDE and let History Wash YOU AWAY
Whites are the only race that hate themselves and their culture.
Replace the statues with Civil rights leaders problem solve
Down Traitors! Up with the Stars!
The Union forever!
Down with the Traitors! Up with the stars!
I was thrilled to hear the woman who said the confederate statue is like having a statue of Hitler in a Jewish neighborhood. I had reached the same conclusion myself. I would be glad to see every one of those hateful things pulled down and smashed. Nothing says white supremacy like slavery and nothing says slavery like the Confederacy. To keep slavery is the reason why the rich southerners created the Confederacy.
I didn’t know that those things existed in the first place
Yeah it shouldn't be up in the first place!
People have had enough! Good on ya! Proud of everyone who's taking matters into their hands.
Yes! Anarchy! Lawlessness! Taking down memorials of people that fought for their home like in the American revolution and also had people that called slavery evil and prayed for it to end, while the union also had 8 slave states in 1864.
All hate comes from ignorance
If you're offended by any of this you're the problem.
I'm a conservative and I agree with this cause. Traitors must not be part of the representation of US History for the public eye but destroying down the memorials of those who were killed in wars is just wrong. And hence, the monuments should be reloacted to a museum where it should belong.
But...but they're part of history! Waaahhh!
Shameful history.
The memory of those who wronged the people in the past belongs in museums, not in public *monuments* . They are history, but where they fall on the positive/negative impact scale matters when it comes to deciding which figures to honor their memory.
@@CogitoErgoSumFortis I these people in the video are enjoying the fruits of privelege these confederate figures brought for them economically. These statues were put up even before the modern concept of racism came into effect. Tearing these pieces of history down for the feelings of activists is really sad honestly.
@@cupcakemcsparklebutt9051 as a matter of fact, actually no. The confederate men being 'honored' in those statues were fighting to keep those protesters as *property* that is to say, without them being able to own anything, not even their own life. It doesn't matter when were those symbols stablished, if those symbols represent something no longer acceptable in our times: they are brought down. There's a reason you don't see any swastikas in any German buildings today. And to the history they represent, that's why I'm saying museum, and not the trash. Putting them in a place to learn history is as good an outcome you can get for symbols as heinous as those, because maybe in their shame and display they may redeem their own figures by serving as reminders of the mistakes in conceptions made by those very ancestors. Trust me, I know about this. The Mondragon bit of my name comes from the same family of the man who invented the Mondragon rifle and cannon, the general who invented those was quite a controversial figure. But I recognize where he went wrong, I see the impacts of his actions, the mistakes in his conceptions and world views, I understand and accept the villainous role he holds in the eyes of history. And in learning from his mistakes I become a better person.
Idk why but I feels like I want to replace all the statue with SpongeBob statue & I still don't know why & don't ask me why
I second your request, there!
SOLD !!!
Sorry, but i dont see many of those guys threatening with their guns in UA-cam comments doing much to stop this.
They always say BS about "mah gunz and mah freedom". What happend with all those guys with AR's at goverment buildings last month?
We always knew they were cowards.
Cause you only look at this media. Most people don't support the raids and looting, which NowThis has supported. Aswell as most educated people are likelier to oppose the vandalism of this monuments. If you visit lib media you'll find libs, If you visit cons media you'll find cons, and if you read actual reports and not mainstream media you'll find rational people who do proper research, that's common sense.
Was so glad to see the statue of that horrid racist Rizzo taken down in Philly. This needed to happen
Bout time
Well done!
You know, we Germans don't even have Hitler statues in museums, I think. (I haven't been to a lot of ww2 museums, but my friends have and they told me some details)
Basically the statues are like: "They See me hanging. They Hatinnn...They paint me and take me awayyy~!"
Removing this statues is not the same as erasing history.
The name of this people will still be in history books displaying the atrocities they committed.
They don't deserve monuments in the city, is that simple, just put this statues in a museum or something, surrounded by the right context.
Since this reminds people of slavery I think they should stop making movies about slavery and teaching it in schools. Besides isn’t that the whole point of taking down statues? So they won’t remind people of something that happened a long time ago.
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 This is where the healing begins. Don’t you want us healed?
No they don't, there are still alot of racial supremacists out there of all types.
As a white Texas Cajun and veteran. I'm proud to see these effigies of hate come down. I'm sorry my generation could do it for you.
But, I stand with you and your movement.
It is awful seeing these Christopher Columbus statues torn down.
0:48 - What's that music called that the bands were playing?
why would they have that up there in the first place
it's a good start.
I rejoice with my indigenous brothers and sisters. They too have waited a long time...
Statue of Colombus getting toppled down and Native American rituals performed on it. It is pure genius. In India we removed all the statue of the colonial occupiers and kept them out side public view, in parks away from the cities. None glorified anymore. Thanks a lot Americans for taking steps, late but better late than never.
Imagine having statues of traitors of your own country
It would help me to remember historical facts in Canada we have statue of louis riel and he was a traitor same goes for the patriote their have statue in Quebec and they are traitor
@@alpha20o27you don’t need a statue to remember. That’s a BS excuse
Going to be a lot of statue toppling if it's done for every Founding Father who owned slaves...
Ahh, the old slippery slope fallacy. If those "founding fathers" you're sighting happened to betray the US and tried to dismantle the union in the name of preserving slavery, then yeah, they should probably start to worry about the safety of their monuments...
3:04 I thought that was a cop patting her down all weird for a second lol
It's not the symbols that need to go. It's the ideology and the system that need to change
Now I'm just curious on what they are going to do with them. Will they be destroyed? Placed in a warehouse?
Hopefully not just sitting in a canal, I thought they would destroy the rock statues and melt down the metal ones
Dont forget that these rioters also tore down statues of Abe Lincoln
But why though?
@@krish9983 Lincoln is the one that worked to free the slaves, but these rioters are too stupid to know their history
Now protest for universal healthcare like in Canada.
That jazz part was awesome.
I have to be honest...
I'm hoping one of you yanks can send me a bottle of alt/far-right tears. They must be losing their minds right now.
lol it would be hilarious seeing racists cry at their "heroes" being "vandalized"
This was very satisfying to watch. Love from Canada!
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”we will experience more extreme version of racist soon good luck America
This is great
Most southerners view these statues and memorials as part of their history so tearing them down after recent tragedies is kinda like slapping the faces of those killed in 4 years of divisive bloodshed which still impacts American society today.
About time
Is burning the American flag necessary?
@Brady Productions That last part is gold.
Ok I don't support the confederacy but no need to take them down
So.....when they storming Mississippi? I need to know so I can be there
Now put a Rosa Parks statue somewhere ^-^
@reshi p She still changed something in the world.
Whats the name of that jazz song in the video?
Yahweh is judging the gods of this country
So amazing to see this happening and see so many beautiful people coming together for justice!
Are they going to Take away Columbus day???
It should be Indigenous day
@@MagicallyElenano it shouldn't barbarian
It didn't change any thing in Atl. Ga., it's still 3rd World.
YASSS even the statue of Gandhi is taken down for being a racist... So we better get moving.
*Burns an American flag on a Confederate statue*
“Black lives matter this morning.”
That statement and a date should be engraved where the statue was.
FINALLY!! Why were they there anyway?
To intimidate minorities.
Someone plz send me the link to that moment and song !
Tears of joy these are my people. We are the lightworkers. ❤🙏
Why the statues were put up in 1898
TO THE SOLDIERS OF FLORIDA / THIS SHAFT IS BY A COMRADE RAISED IN / TESTIMONY OF HIS LOVE, RECALLING DEEDS / IMMORTAL, HEROISM UNSURPASSED. WITH RANKS UNBROKEN, RAGGED, STARVED / AND DECIMATED, THE SOUTHERN SOLDIER, / FOR DUTY'S SAKE, UNDAUNTED STOOD TO / THE FRONT OF BATTLE UNTIL NO LIGHT / REMAINED TO ILLUMINE THE FIELD OF CAR- / NAGE, SAVE THE LUSTRE OF HIS CHIVALRY / AND COURAGE. / "NOR SHALL YOUR GLORY BE FORGOT / WHILE FAME HER RECORD KEEPS, / OR HONOR POINTS THE HALLOWED SPOT / WHERE VALOR PROUDLY SLEEPS / 1861-1865
Not very hateful, looks pretty loving. And the people taking them down look pretty hateful to me.
I love how even if it started with George Floyd and black lives matter, against police, other races and people are using this as an opportunity to speak up against racial discrimination or inequality.
Yes! Celebrate the guy that died from drug overdose in police custody. (Knee restraint is a legitimate harmless restraint that you can learn in karate class)
Everyone talks equalities unless they were non whites that fought for the confederacy like native Americans, Latinos, Hawaiians, Asians, Jews, and yes even free blacks in militias and the navy and as soldiers thanks to confederate order 14.
@@SouthernGentlemanThen why are there experts in self defence who say that that position literally choked him in the most painful way possible😀
@@SouthernGentlemanKnee restraint pushing into his neck tho😂
Unbelievable a nation's history overthrows by insects..hopefully these statues will be erected soon
Don't bank on it. 👊🏾🤣
This is so wrong
Nope. This should have been done a long time ago. Those statues should have never been put up in the first place!
What is wrong?
Most of those statues are of people who commited treason against the Union or the United States of America.
It is an insult that there are statues remebering the traitors of America.
leandro guarteche I do agree to what you’re saying. But I do believe that some of these should belong in a museum so that the future generations can understand who these people were in how they were famous in racist ways. Also you can’t just delete history.
Isn't there a danger that erasing this part of history could lead to people minimizing it in the future?
Perhaps these statues should be saved and put into museums where history, the good, bad and ugly, belongs?
No one is removing them from a history book. But we do not need a monument to an evil person to remember their deeds. Germany does not need a statue of Goebbels in the middle of Munich so people do not forget about "history". Also the government had their chance to move these to a museum or other such area, and did not. These statues have been asked to be taken down for YEARS and no one listened. If they really cared about preserving them they should have done something about it years ago.
@@__Andrew Fair points.
Beautiful! And The cracking of those putrid statues is Music to my ears 😁
There's so much wrong in using today's view to condemn Columbus' actions 500 years ago. Also curiously it happened in US but not in most Latin American countries.
The feelings that the indigenous people have against Columbus has been the same since 1492.
I'm glad these are gone
Accountability and consistency. Finally, people are starting to acknowledge and take action!
Absolutely beautiful moment in history!
Social distancing???
I’m a Filipino, and we’re inspired by this. Might as well we should remove the statues of our evil conquerors. Los demonios.