Gen Now: No To Returning Christopher Columbus Statue At Seaside Park

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From Bridgeport Generation Now:

If you’re following the Christopher Columbus statue issue, you know City Council members led by Maria Pereira, are attempting to use the power of their office to “restore” it to Seaside Park, ignoring the will of the greater Bridgeport community. This is unacceptable.

On July 4th, young Black Bridgeport high school graduates led a march of approximately 70 to 100 multi-racial people (most under the age of 30) from McLevy Green to Seaside Park demanding the removal of the statue.

On July 6th, Mayor Ganim had the statue removed. City spokeswoman, Rowena White said the statue was removed “out of an abundance of caution for preservation of the historic artifact, the need to respond to modern-day sensitivities, as well as public safety at large.”

Since its removal these council members along with about three Italian Americans have been busy subverting the voices of Bridgeport residents in favor of clinging onto a false idol that represents tyranny, the genocide of Native Americans and whose exploration opened the door to the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery of Africans.

On July 28th these Council members forced Mayor Ganim to hold an “emergency” City Council meeting in an attempt to pass a resolution demanding the statue to be put back up. That measure didn’t pass the full council.

On July 29th the Parks Commission held a special meeting where “members of the Board of Park Commissioners voted to extend discussion on the issue until September” so that they can hear from the general public. Those Council members and the few Italian Americans did not want that to happen.

So …

Under the cover of Primary Election Day on August 11 their undemocratic behavior manipulated the Parks Board into undoing their July 29th decision to hear from the community and voted on a resolution to direct Mayor Ganim to restore the statue to Seaside Park within 45 days. Again, this is unacceptable! And their blatant disrespect of the people of Bridgeport has them on the wrong side of history.

🔥 Email Mayor Ganim! Tell him he made the right decision on 7/6 and DO NOT put the Christopher Columbus statue back at Seaside Park! 🔥

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  2. Taking this statue down isn’t a slap in the face of Italians, instead it’s righting a wrong in American history that has lasted for decades. Putting it back up is wrong, immoral and unjust and those that want it reinstalled lack compassionate empathy and any sensibilities to humanity.

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  4. This is what’s wrong in the world. 🙂 Gen Now, Maria led the charge to have it restored? Really? It was sponsored by a white-ist and a Latina, DeFilippo & Herron, and co-sponsored by Multi-racial people. 3 whites, 3 blacks, 4 Latinos, and one Piranha. 🙂

    “Under the cover of Primary Election Day on August 11 their undemocratic behavior manipulated the Parks Board into undoing their July 29th decision to hear from the community and voted on a resolution to direct Mayor Ganim to restore the statue to Seaside Park within 45 days.”

    I am not sure about this but it is very democrat to have the people vote for there elected officials to represent them and those multi-racial elected officials did the democratic thing by voting to have it restored. If the multiracial general public in the Port is dissatisfied with how their elected official voted on their behalf in restoring the statue then they should vote them out. That is the Democratic way and behavior. Wouldn’t you say?

    I noticed you referenced Italians several times about:

    “They have been busy subverting the voices of Bridgeport residents in favor of clinging onto a false idol that represents tyranny, the genocide of Native Americans, and who’s exploration opened the door to the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery of Africans.”

    I am sure those young Black Bridgeport high school graduates who led a march of approximately 70 to 100 multi-racial people from McLevy Green to Seaside Park demanding the removal of the statue was taught that Columbus was said to be a Jew, and he sailed for the Spanish Crown whos false idol the Italians are clinging to and subverting the voices of the Ports residents, and it was the ancestors to the Latinos conquistador whos tyranny, the genocide of Native Americans in the conquest Latino Supremacy of New World.

    Columbus may have opening the door to the transatlantic slave trade and chattel slavery of Africans by his voyage but of it was 150 after his death and not only were blacks exploited but whites as well. Sure the white Irish were not taught to be chattel or slaves but ‘indenture servants” However I don’t think fitting considering the English invade the country killed and genocide entire towns. The ones that did survive were forced from their home and land forced on the boat to cross that same ocean as the black slaves to a new world to work as indentured servants. Call it what you want but being genocide, forced to leave you home and land might be more the passive indentured servants.

    Also, Slavey was established in the world as well as African tribes had a slavey system who enslaved other Africans and sold other African to the Europeans what that door opened.
    Check your Bible or other holy books (if you have one) slavery is mention in there and sanction by God. Should we get rid of Jesus and view him as a false idol too?

    I have no problem with the sentiment about the statute but to subvert the democrat process is one thing but to use blacks and a subject with strong views on both sides of the issue to attack and make false claims about Maria leading the charge show you dishonest ways. But I expect it for people with Godless views. JS

    Gen Now, 0101000101011010010you’refuck1010101001000101 🙂
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG8CddgZbaM

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  6. Hey Stevie,
    Better yet why don’t you and Joe and the entire Economic Development Department take couple of days and fan out through out the city visiting small businesses and restaurants asking them what the city can do to help them

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  7. Hey Stevie,
    Better yet why don’t you and Joe and the entire Economic Development Department take couple of days and fan out through out the city visiting small businesses and restaurants asking them what the city can do to help them
    Lennie fix this would you

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  10. One benefit of being a short-timer is feeling no compunction to express my feelings on this silly episode put forward by misfits who feel emboldened to protest.

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  11. I find it ironic that a pastor is calling Christopher Columbus’ statue a symbol of oppression and slavery. He does know one of the main premises of oppression to the indigenous people were to covert them into Christians. 🙂

    If he is going to be fair and just in his convictions about the statue he should stepdown as a pastor and denouce Christianity too. That just, that’s fair. So when a pastor is not just in his conviction what do we have people, But that tax example statue might be to appealing. 🙂

    For the love of God, CHRIST is in his name and your religion pastor. Christianity. 🙂

    I think Joe should put it on the ballot and let the people of the Port settle it.

    http://www.cc.com/video-clips/kj6njv/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-the-war-on-christmas–friendly-fire-edition—bill-o-reilly-s-philosophy

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    1. Also, for all those Atheist out there always complaining about taxing religions. Sure U.S will gain 60 billion of so, but look at how much the generate into the economoe, millions of jobs, 1/2 trillion in CHRISTmas 🙂 and that is just one holiday. Billions more on Easter and Valentine’s Day. etc.. That’s just CHRISTanity. What about all the other religions holidays. 🙂

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-f7bsWUMQ

      Christmas is killing us, 🙂

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWo3ICyJSso

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  13. WHO SAID THAT IT WAS THE “WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF BPT” TO REMOVE THE STATUE OF COLUMBUS???
    Was there a Referendum on this issue? Did you or I get to vote on it? And why blame Columbus for the demise of the Native Inca and Aztecs in Central America when it was the SPANISH who murdered them 50-100 years after the death of Columbus?

    Perhaps out of respect for the Indigenous Natives, we should remove all Spanish names from schools and street signs , right ? Oddly enough the People of the Dominican Republic, highly revere Columbus and have a large monument to him in his honor. Columbus Lighthouse (Spanish: Faro a Colón, meaning “Lighthouse to Columbus”) is a mausoleum monument located in Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic, in tribute to Christopher Columbus. So Caribbean Islanders do NOT take issue over Columbus !

    Are you telling me that there are actually descendants of the Inca and the Aztecs here in Bridgeport?

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