I am outing myself a bit, but here goes. I reside in the greater Birmingham area, and I have been following the insanity going on here since last night. As others have noted in other topics, there has been a fair amount of violence and destruction, largely concentrated in downtown Birmingham. Located there is a small space, Linn Park, about a city block in size. In that park are several monuments, but two of them have been the focus of the mob's hatred: the statue of Charles Linn and the an obelisk atop a base that serves a tribute to Confederate military. The statue of Linn, a city father and Confederate veteran, is relatively small and was torn down by the mob at maybe around 10 p.m. last night. For several years, the obelisk has been the target of leftists, anti-white racists, commies, and similar vermin. A few years ago, during the national purging of all acknowledgments of anything having to do white European extraction, that very contagion made its way here. The loser mayor enclosed the monument in a sort of sarcophagus made of exceptionally thick and heavy plywood - not the kind you can find at your local home improvement store. He could not remove the monument as the state legislature made such acts illegal as a response such hatred. There were many times that I wanted to go down there and tear off the enclosure, but of course people like myself could not get away with it. In contrast we now have the mob that attacked the city last night. They operated with impunity since the "mayor" is on their side and withheld police intervention. He is useless, contemptible trash. So the mob proceeded to tear off the plywood enclosure and do all it could to tear down the monument, but it proved too large and sturdy for them. Instead, they settled for defacing it and hacking away at it with hammers. This was so evil and shameful. I really wanted to show up with a flamethrower and "persuade" them to leave. I first learned of Parcak through this site. It is clear that she is referring to the Confederate monument - she is at UAB, she issued her statements the same day as the attacks occurred, and the monument is an obelisk! These are not coincidences. Pushing for her firing is not "cancel culture". Free speech is not total and absolute. Parcak should be forced to answer for her part in this, as should everyone in the mob and all those that enabled them and coordinated the riots.
I am outing myself a bit, but here goes. I reside in the greater Birmingham area, and I have been following the insanity going on here since last night. As others have noted in other topics, there has been a fair amount of violence and destruction, largely concentrated in downtown Birmingham. Located there is a small space, Linn Park, about a city block in size. In that park are several monuments, but two of them have been the focus of the mob's hatred: the statue of Charles Linn and the an obelisk atop a base that serves a tribute to Confederate military. The statue of Linn, a city father and Confederate veteran, is relatively small and was torn down by the mob at maybe around 10 p.m. last night. For several years, the obelisk has been the target of leftists, anti-white racists, commies, and similar vermin. A few years ago, during the national purging of all acknowledgments of anything having to do white European extraction, that very contagion made its way here. The loser mayor enclosed the monument in a sort of sarcophagus made of exceptionally thick and heavy plywood - not the kind you can find at your local home improvement store. He could not remove the monument as the state legislature made such acts illegal as a response such hatred. There were many times that I wanted to go down there and tear off the enclosure, but of course people like myself could not get away with it. In contrast we now have the mob that attacked the city last night. They operated with impunity since the "mayor" is on their side and withheld police intervention. He is useless, contemptible trash. So the mob proceeded to tear off the plywood enclosure and do all it could to tear down the monument, but it proved too large and sturdy for them. Instead, they settled for defacing it and hacking away at it with hammers. This was so evil and shameful. I really wanted to show up with a flamethrower and "persuade" them to leave. I first learned of Parcak through this site. It is clear that she is referring to the Confederate monument - she is at UAB, she issued her statements the same day as the attacks occurred, and the monument is an obelisk! These are not coincidences. Pushing for her firing is not "cancel culture". Free speech is not total and absolute. Parcak should be forced to answer for her part in this, as should everyone in the mob and all those that enabled them and coordinated the riots.