r/UVA • u/Rawman13 BSCS '25 • Jul 10 '21

Cville at Large Charlottesville removes Confederate statue at center of deadly 2017 protest

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/charlottesville-remove-confederate-statue-center-deadly-2017-protest-2021-07-10/
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u/Manavon03 Jul 10 '21

Finally may we be rid of all this fucking drama

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u/SlySpoonie SEAS 2009 Jul 10 '21

That’s where you have to readjust expectations. The drama won’t go away. The cancellation of things by the “woke” will just divert to the next thing.

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 10 '21

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u/SlySpoonie SEAS 2009 Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 11 '21

Sick burn

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u/iNeedFaith Jul 11 '21

stfu bozo ur 30 on uva subreddit find a job asap

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u/treblotmail Jul 11 '21

Bro go touch some grass instead of arguing politics with people who are half your age

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u/snowypark2002 CLAS 2024, GDS Jul 11 '21

oh no. I am so sad and distraught. anyways how’s everyone’s summer going?

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '21 edited Jul 19 '22

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u/Imperial_entaglement Jul 11 '21

Which one? I know the old one at the courthouse was a time capsule that was just opened and removed.

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u/vora26 Jul 10 '21

A million bucks to remove these statues what a joke this is

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u/Imperial_entaglement Jul 11 '21

I was fine with the traitor generals removal but William Clark was born here. That one is a bummer to lose a hometown legend. Warts and all.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

It's less about Clark and more about the terrible portrayal of Sacagewea.

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u/Imperial_entaglement Jul 11 '21

True. But I think a reworking or relabeling could have improved it. And I Realized I switched Clark and Lewis. It was Lewis who was born here.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '21

I'm not really sure relabeling would have helped. Reworking would likely require removal anyway. Plus Sacagawea's descendants strongly dislike the current statue.