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Another day, yet another statue of a military hero is reportedly under fire. This figure astride a horse was vandalized with the spray-painted words "Tear It Down."

Who was this historical figure? General Lee? Stonewall Jackson? Nathan Bedford Forrest?

No, this was a figure who hails from the north.

Of France:

    The phrase "Tear it Down" was hastily sprayed in black paint across the base of the golden Joan of Arc statue on Decatur Street in the French Quarter sometime earlier this week. It has since been removed, with only the vaguest traces of the paint remaining.

    The "Tear it Down" tag would seem to relate to the debate surrounding the city's ongoing removal of four Confederate monuments. But the statue of Joan of Arc, a 15th-century military leader, martyr and Catholic saint, hasn't been mentioned in the controversy to this point.

    Amy Kirk Duvoisin, the founder of the annual Joan of Arc parade that ceremonially pauses at the statue on the first day of Carnival season, says she's confused by the vandalism.

    "Surely, people realize she's not related to American history," she said referring to the French icon.

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Re: New Orleans' Joan of Arc Statue Vandalized With 'Take It Down'
« Reply #1 on: August 18, 2017, 10:07:28 PM »
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???????????????????????? :wtf2:

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Re: New Orleans' Joan of Arc Statue Vandalized With 'Take It Down'
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2017, 10:12:57 PM »
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot???????????????????????? :wtf2:

They hate women!

I suppose the masses just see a statue to some old white woman and figure she musta been teh racist.

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Re: New Orleans' Joan of Arc Statue Vandalized With 'Take It Down'
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2017, 10:18:25 PM »
I suppose the masses just see a statue to some old white woman and figure she musta been teh racist.

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Re: New Orleans' Joan of Arc Statue Vandalized With 'Take It Down'
« Reply #4 on: August 18, 2017, 10:37:53 PM »
Joan Of Arc was a teenager.

old as in 1430s a.d.
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Re: New Orleans' Joan of Arc Statue Vandalized With 'Take It Down'
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2017, 12:17:20 AM »
She was crazy, why would they attack their own?
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