The Other McCain

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Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes

Posted on | June 10, 2020 | 2 Comments

Barbarian mobs have been smashing statues all over the place — no fewer than three statues of Christopher Columbus have been smashed — but when they went to topple a Confederate monument in Portsmouth, Virginia . . . Well, it went badly for one of the barbarians:

That guy is reported to be “in critical condition,” by which I think they mean he’ll be a hopeless cripple if he survives. Deo vindice.


 

 

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2 Responses to “Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes”

  1. 12 June 2020 – Dark Brightness
    June 11th, 2020 @ 4:09 pm

    […] This is the final sermon of Stephen, who was martyred soon after. By a mob, angry at being reminded of inconvenient facts from their history. A little like now, when all signs of previous generations must be destroyed, and injuries are acceptable collateral damage. […]

  2. Police Chief Says ‘Elected Official’ Allowed Destruction of Portsmouth Monument : The Other McCain
    June 12th, 2020 @ 9:49 am

    […] injured — he is hospitalized, and I’m astonished he’s still alive — after a statue on the Portsmouth monument was toppled onto his head. His name is Chris Green, and his wife said he flatlined twice en route to the hospital, where […]