Someone Turned the Confederate Memorial at the Capitol Into a Second-Place Trophy and It's Amazing

[TexasTowelie]

Courtesy of Rebecca Olsen McHood

Despite repeated requests from the East Valley NAACP and Black Lives Matter Phoenix, Governor Doug Ducey has stubbornly refused to remove Confederate memorials from state grounds — even in the wake of the recent white supremacist attack in Charlottesville.

So on Tuesday afternoon, after watching the president claim that there were "very fine people on both sides" in Charlottesville, Rebecca Olsen McHood decided to take matters into her own hands.

"I was just so outraged by Trump’s press conference," the Gilbert-based activist tells Phoenix New Times. "I thought, I have to do something."

That's when she got the idea to turn the Confederate memorial at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, outside the Arizona Capitol, into the world's largest participation trophy.

Read more: http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/activist-turns-confederate-memorial-at-arizona-capitol-into-participation-trophy-9596953

[MLAA]

1. Thanks for posting. I am from Tucson but hadn't seen it. I love it.

[TexasTowelie]

4. You're welcome.

i hope that it made your Sunday night a bit brighter!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

2. Love it!!

I love the wit of our progressive folks, it helps keep me sane. Rebecca is a champ!

[TexasTowelie]

5. Yes!

The conservative meme that are liberals are into participation trophies comes into play with this display. I spewed a bit of my drink when I saw it.

[VigilantG]

3. Love this! Thank you!

[TexasTowelie]

7. You are most heartily welcome.

A protest that does not do any permanent damage and is poignant makes an effective response to the continued display of Confederate monuments. Remember the Confederacy so as to not repeat the mistakes, but don't revere the Confederacy for any reason.

[trixie2]

6. Very clever

[pamela]

8. Brilliant framing

They always talk about the "participation trophy generation" and then put up monuments for coming in second in a war with two sides.

[Bladewire]

9. Brilliant! Let it trend

[safeinOhio]

10. It's even better than calling them

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