In case you’ve been living under a rock recently there has been a debate over the removal of Confederate statues from public property. One of those statues has been the statue of general Robert E. Lee, who led an insurrection against the United States to protect slavery during the Civil War. So it pretty much represents racism, and of course the different points of view has led to violent protests and clashes.
So far some cities are getting rid of these controversial statues in the middle of the night, but whatever your feeling on that is, one reporter decided to asks the internet what their favorite statue is. The reporter? Matt Pearce from the Los Angeles Times.
What are your favorite public statues?
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) August 17, 2017
But since Twitter is absolutely random some of the replies were pretty damn hilarious. Check them below.
— JuanPa (@jpbrammer) August 17, 2017
— eric (@okm8ek) August 17, 2017
this one in Montreal which has perplexed me for years pic.twitter.com/MvOfMhL3yZ
— KRANG T. NELSON (@KrangTNelson) August 17, 2017
On the border of China and Mongolia there’s two dinosaurs kissing pic.twitter.com/FRkMeGXHD5
— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) August 17, 2017
Make way for ducklings statue in Boston public garden. People dress them up at holidays and after/during important events. pic.twitter.com/HYaLhDMPuH
— Bittersweet (@GrumpyinBoston) August 17, 2017
It looks like a dog standing on the Iron Throne. It’s of Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth. pic.twitter.com/GxWimOg3Kp
— Aidan (@ginger_culchie) August 17, 2017
The various deer statues in Columbus that look like they’ve just obtained human intelligence and are at a loss of what to do with it. pic.twitter.com/WUCwOCToMP
— THE JZA (@johnnyburnt) August 17, 2017
— THE JZA (@johnnyburnt) August 17, 2017
The man-on-reptile nightmare that is Worcester’s Turtleboy statue. pic.twitter.com/CUejTykU9u
— Dan Glaun (@dglaun) August 17, 2017
Tombik pic.twitter.com/DzXGGuXIa6
— Asher Kohn (@AJKhn) August 17, 2017
Some replies were of course amazing and important statues like this one.
Harriet Tubman Memorial in Harlem. Alison Saar. [Until now I didn’t know it was the same sculptor as the Bronzeville one! TIL] pic.twitter.com/6Kav1QmvsH
— wikipedia brown (@eveewing) August 17, 2017
If you want to see all of the replies click on this thread.
On that subject, what’s your favorite statue?
h/t Distractify
