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You spend all day worrying about this kind of stuff, huh?
The City of Corsicana, Texas, this week removed a popular gorilla statue from its cage in a community park playground after people complained it was racially insensitive.
A makeshift memorial cropped up Tuesday at the empty cage in Community Park, where “Dobby” the gorilla stood for the past 19 years. A Facebook page called “In Memory Of Dobby” reached more than 1,100 supporters, and a pe ion on Change.org calling for the statue to be returned fetched more than 2,300 signatures. A candlelight vigil took place Wednesday night and a protester sat inside the cage, vowing to remain until the statue was returned, a local CBS affiliate reported.
In response to the backlash, Corsicana city council member Jeff Smith announced on Facebook Wednesday that the city would return the gorilla to the park “as soon as weather permits.”
In an earlier post, he said the decision to remove the statue was “rushed into” and invited community members to express their opinions during a city council meeting on March 12.
Corsicana Mayor Don Denbow sent a letter Tuesday evening to the Corsicana Daily Sun, saying the gorilla was initially removed after “it was determined to be potentially racially insensitive.”
“This was brought to our attention by a few citizens,” the mayor said. “The cir stances were evaluated and determined to be valid. It was not possible to leave the gorilla without the cage due to safety reasons. The statue was top heavy and was caged initially to protect the children. The cage will be left and turned into a climbing feature. The City will look at replacing the display in the future.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news...la-statue-bei/
You spend all day worrying about this kind of stuff, huh?
further oppression of the white race
"planet of the apes... yeah i hang around gorillas!"
Saw this on the news last night. Seems ridiculous unless there was some missing information.
So depressed this statue I never heard of or cared about until now is going to be gone.
If it still existed i could go back to not caring about it.
For 19 years not a problem until: Liberals.
Complaining about this is beyond re ed
"Hazardous waste of space removed from playground."
funny huh? so damn ridiculous... not that i care about that gorilla statue at all but everything is a "trigger" for some dip and thus the dip wins as always because our society is such a ing pussy that bends over to the loons.
Luckily the citizens stepped up to bat. It will be returned "when weather permits". It is funny how all it takes is one person to get triggered, and all of the sudden we have to change policy to make them feel better. Social justice - crazy .
less funny and more abhorrent.
Yet here you are complaining about it.
It's not as re ed as being offended by a fake gorilla in a cage.
The problem is that now people won't look at the gorilla the same way again.
True. I even took the time to post an article, some pictures, even a youtube .... oh wait ...
"First, they came for my playgrounds, but I said nothing ...."
Sure it’s ridiculous, but who cares? Government does stupid all the time and nobody bats an eye, but there’s one specific reason why Chris is being a whiny about this.
And I guarantee you a white person is the one who complained about the statue in the first place.
white people shouldn't have been racist in the 1st place and that gorilla could have stayed there. y'all are paying for the sins of your fathers unfortunately.
Was this you chris?
A candlelight vigil took place Wednesday night and a protester sat inside the cage, vowing to remain until the statue was returned, a local CBS affiliate reported.
Chris needs to be a Proud Boy who isn’t ashamed to be a white male! But unfortunately he tries to hide his blatant sexual tendencies because he is clearly ashamed of that.
Endless projection is endless.
seems to be the ST way unfortunately...Endless projection is endless.
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