Organizer withdrawing request to hold Sept. 16 rally at Richmond, VA Lee monument

[ehrnst]

Bragdon Bowling is withdrawing his request to the state to hold a Sept. 16 rally at the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue.

Bowling said by email Tuesday morning that "due to the potential for violence after Charlottesville, the rally on Sept 16 will not be held."

"I do not want to be part of an event where people are hurt or killed," Bowling said. "Our purpose is to save monuments, not be engaged in social and racial issues."

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/update-organizer-withdrawing-request-to-hold-sept-rally-at-lee/article_f97dc37b-ecb9-5038-86cd-85571494abde.html

[MineralMan]

1. Good.

[underpants]

2. Good. Don't let the doorknob hit ya where the good Lord split ya

[Adrahil]

3. Irony is lost on him....

He wants to "save" monuments to people who were fighting for the right to own black people. But he doesn't want to be engaged in racial issues.

[haveahart]

4. If it's about history, put the statue in a museum and get it off public property.

[lostnfound]

6. You know, that was my thought too, but after seeing how the fascists and racists are using them

As a catalyst for launching this hatred, I'm in favor of melting them all down.

Sorry but theyve been generally unreflective and have built communities around hatred and a wrong cause.

[dalton99a]

5. "Our purpose is... not be engaged in social and racial issues"

What a damn liar.