It was a memento, a souvenir from the Cold War. Maybe the guy who brought the statue really wanted a piece of the Berlin Wall but couldn't get one, so he went for second choice. Didn't you bring a souvenir from Vietnam, like a strawhat or the funny-looking NVA helmet? A Chinese AK-47 maybe?

Yeah, malaria anti-bodies. I ask again, so what?

Jeez, you are getting testy, maybe too emotional, dude.

In 'answer' to your continuous deflection, it wasn't antifa, it wasn't BLM, it wasn't the Hoodlums 'controlling' CHUD (or whatever), it wasn't a group of commies, it wasn't AOC (who I don't like), it was a simple American who brought it to Washington. He wasn't a commie, it is just a plain and simple souvenir.

Understood?

GOOD!

Yeah, sorry, it's been a long day.

Still, I don't see what difference that makes - it's placed on public property isn't it?

OK, no problemo. I take back the Ken thing.

Holy Shi'ite! I had no idea it was called a Pith helmet :

upload.wikimedia.org

Fun fact:

The majority of confederate statues were erected during the Jim Crow era of the early 1900's and the civil rights movement of the 1960's.

ElDotardo said:

Prove that I ever said that it was.

"If true, it is just as regrettable as the hundreds of statues being pulled down world wide, but have you considered the possibility that this might just be another in a long line of documented 'Hate Hoaxes?'"

Your words.

Strange backstory behind the statue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Lenin_(Seattle)

ElDotardo said:

Still, I don't see what difference that makes - it's placed on public property isn't it?

No.  It's on private land and the guy who bought it died.

Legal red tape is holding it up, not communist beliefs.