Black Lives Matter Rioters Deface Statue Of Famous Abolitionist, ‘He Was BLM Before There Was a Slogan’

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People are saying that this shows the ignorance of the rioters, and it certainly does. But even if these Black Lives Matter rioters had known who Matthias Baldwin was, they’re unlikely to have cared. They want to rewrite American history as an unbroken record of racism and hatred and oppression. Someone like Matthias Baldwin, who fought against racism, hatred and oppression, has no place in their new, woke, totalitarian America.

“BLM Protesters Deface Statue Of Famous Abolitionist, ‘He was BLM [Black Lives Matter] before there was a slogan,’” by Damjan Tutarkov, LaCorte News, June 13, 2020:

Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Philadelphia have vandalized and defaced a monument of Matthias Baldwin, an American inventor and a strong supporter for the abolition of slavery in the United States.

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Photos of the defaced statue with the words “colonizer” and “murderer” written on it quickly went viral online, prompting a flood of critical comments.

The exact date on which the vandalism occurred is unknown and the statue has since been cleaned.

“We can confirm that the statue of Matthias Baldwin, along with other statues in the area of Philadelphia’s City Hall, was tagged with paint and graffiti at some point during the first days of protests that took place in Philadelphia,” said a spokesperson for Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s office. “There has been no subsequent vandalism of the Baldwin statue in recent days. So, while the Baldwin statue was in fact defaced, it did not take place yesterday as the tweet and accompanying image claim.”

Baldwin was the founder of Baldwin Locomotive Works, which was for decades the world’s largest manufacturer of steam locomotives, and also the founder of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia.

During the 1837 Constitutional Convention, he openly supported the rights for African Americans to vote and helped found a school for African American children where for years he paid teachers’ salaries out of his own pocket.

“He hired blacks in his shops when that was not the norm,” Joe Walsh, a member of the Friends of Matthias Baldwin Park, told National Review. “He was BLM [Black Lives Matter] before there was a slogan.”

Jim Fennell, the president of the group, said he was saddened to see Baldwin’s statue desecrated in such a way.

“He was not the man to whip, because he was ahead of his time,” Fennell said. “It seems like people are suddenly looking at him and finding out he was an abolitionist and did all sorts of things to support African Americans, including integrating his work force.”

Demonstrators also vandalized Philadelphia’s Civil War Soldiers and Sailors monument with graffiti reading “BLM.”…

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patd
patd
3 years ago

When they rewrite history make sure they identify the black lies murder, antifa and the new & old black panthers are the biggest bigots and haters to ever hit the US soil!!!! Can’t fix STUPID with moronic libturds!!!!

DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
3 years ago
Reply to  patd

They are just ignorant fools, acting like a mob. SO MUCH like the French revolution of 1789. In a bizarre paradox, the French were inspired by the American Revolution. The slogan ‘Liberty, Equality, Fraternity’ was roughly parallel to the US Constitution. But it was its evil twin, replacing the democratic free-enterprise constitutional republic with simple mob rule.
https://www.britannica.com/event/French-Revolution

Rob Porter
Rob Porter
3 years ago
Reply to  patd

patd, you hit the nail on the head. These Black Lives Matter lunatic are “the biggest bigots and haters” ever, but they are also glaringly anti-white racist, anti-Semitic, stupid and ignorant, so Matthias Baldwin’s statue just had to be defaced. Why would poorly educated black who fall out of school in droves know anything abotu Matthias Baldwin. Winston Churchill, or Abraham Lincoln. All they know is that they were white, so when you read the drivelling rubbish for the likes of Sasha Exeter, Black Lives Matter is good and everyone should support them – in their gross ignorance.

Kathyf
Kathyf
3 years ago
Reply to  patd

Just continuing the weather underground playbook. All of need to go back and do some history research. Like what is antifa, where did blm actually originate from???? It will make your head explode.

Halal Bacon
Halal Bacon
3 years ago

take down that Muhammad Ali statue, dude is legendary for beating the crap out of black folks for the entertainment of white folks
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IndigoRed
IndigoRed
3 years ago
Reply to  Halal Bacon

There’s a statue of Jimi Hendrix in the Seattle CHAZ in from of the Blick’s Art Materials store on Broadway. They won’t tear down that either.

Michael Copeland
Michael Copeland
3 years ago
Reply to  Halal Bacon

He was named Cassius Clay after the abolitionist Cassius Clay.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Thanks to modern day “education” the outcome is obvious.comment image

LittleRoot_48
LittleRoot_48
3 years ago

The stupid runs deep in this bunch.

IndigoRed
IndigoRed
3 years ago

The illustrative photo was taken in 2016 during the Occupy Wall Street era under Obama*. Even at that, it does show that the radical participants have neither changed nor learned anything.

AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
AR154U☑ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖ DEPLORABLE 2020
3 years ago

85 shot, 24 fatally, over Chicago’s most violent weekend of 2020…………Whatever?!!comment image

Bikinis not Burkas
Bikinis not Burkas
3 years ago

When are ‘they’ going to attack Mosques as Muhammad was a slave trader and a slave owner, his favorite sex slave was Mary the Copy.
The Quran authorises sex slaves “what your right hand possess “.
He hated black Ethiopians calling them “raisin heads”.

stephen5970
stephen5970
3 years ago

With all the vandalism and damage being done to statues and monuments, why do the police stand around and watch from not too far away.

Their decision or the bosses decision? City council decision or the mayor’s decision? I’m so tired of seeing history destroyed in the name of insane political correctness.

Beverly
Beverly
3 years ago

Same thing is happening in Texas.
“In 2017, calls for the removal of the statue grew. However, Texas A&M University President Michael Young made a statement at the time ensuring that the statue would never be removed because, “without Sul Ross, neither Texas A&M University nor Prairie View A&M University would likely exist today.”
“In 2018, Texas A&M Chancellor John Sharp responded to Zollo’s letter requesting the removal of the statue. He cited Ross’ creation of health facilities for black Texans that were nonexistent before his governorship and the fact that he saved one of Texas’ black only colleges, Prairie View A&M, as evidence that Ross was not a racist figure. He stated that Ross had “NO ties to white supremacy” and that the statue would remain “forever.”
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=15032

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
3 years ago
Reply to  Beverly

I’m so sick of the racist slur being bandied about so readily that I have decided to reject previous principles and become a racist. So looking forward to answering the next tosser who shouts that same tired abuse at me????

Kathyf
Kathyf
3 years ago
Reply to  Dave Glynn

I told my husband last night that all the blm ranting and raving and the telling everyone else that only BLACK lives now matter is the fastest and surest road to arguments and violence about the color of one’s skin. No matter how hard one tries to be objective these days and even try to have a conversation about what is happening will always go sideways because once the radicals take over all semblance of decorum is gone. You cannot talk or reason with someone that refuses to uncover/unmask their face. All they will do is scream at your face. No one on either radical side believes in talking things through. The only change the radical left will accept is total change that they dictate.

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
3 years ago
Reply to  Kathyf

They’ll get No prostrative knee bending from me.
The more they push us the harder we become????

arthur facteau
arthur facteau
3 years ago

Nobody ever said they were smart, but then again if they were, they wouldn’t be doing this, now, would they?

BuzzyBeeInYourEar
BuzzyBeeInYourEar
3 years ago

Frivolous Liberal Fools of renownedly retarded brain function. Performing acts of reverse racism because a simian always climbs the tree high enough for its ass to be seen.

mackykam
mackykam
3 years ago

Instead of dissing whites BLM should be kissing the feet of whites for setting them free. They sure as hell didn’t set themselves free.

So What?
So What?
3 years ago

The Taliban wing of the Democrats party in action….BLM and Antifa.

blackfeather
blackfeather
3 years ago
thult
thult
3 years ago

If “Black lives matter,” TRULY, why do fewer than 40% of Black males CHOOSE to graduate from High School, securing a foundational education that is FREE for the taking? If “Black lives matter,” why are FULLY 2/3rds of American Black babies KILLED BY BLACK community members before they are born? If “Black lives matter,” why are 73% of ALL American Black babies illegitimately born (read that, born into FATHERLESS families)? If “Black lives matter,” why do Blacks KILL FAR MORE Blacks, and commit FAR MORE crimes against Blacks, than Whites do, whether against Blacks or other Whites? If “Black lives matter,” why do ONE OUT OF THREE Black men CHOOSE to become part of the American jail/prison system? Why does it seem that “Black lives matter” ONLY when a White cop shoots them?

Mike Kevins
Mike Kevins
3 years ago

These idiots are mere un-educated pawns being led by a new master. They just destroy whatever is in front of them, no matter what.

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