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.

This isn't BLM.

June 19, 1986 was the day of a massive battle between the Peruvian Communist party and the People's Guerilla party against the Peruvian state.

Reference

It makes no sense for BLM to have any connection to the day.

It would, however, make the day June 19th sour for others.

Why would they sabotage their own movement?