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Educational Twitter thread on how to bring down Egyptian obelisks (or things that look like them)
- Thread starter Syriel
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Saw this earlier this week. I did not make it to the end for that Washington Monument one though.
Saw this a couple of days ago and didn't think much of it but now that I have realized that she is talking about the Washington Monument, boy this is incredibly stupid.
From what I understand much of the stone was quarried and hauled by slaves to its location, yes.
I believe the monument in question is one in Birmingham, the Jefferson Monument, not the Washington monument.
Yes she was writing this in regards to Confederate's Monuments though she did forget to realize the first monument that most would immediately envision is the Washington Monument.
She is not https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267274543774814212?s=21
people. Read it all. Good god.
Only dumbasses or those willfully trying to misinterpret what she wrote. You ain't pulling down the Washington Monument with chains and a bunch of people pulling. She was clearly talking about something much smaller.
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After an Egyptologist Tweeted Advice on Knocking Down an Obelisk, Protesters Tried It Out on a Confederate Monument. It Worked
An Egyptologist tweeted out instructions for how to knock down an obelisk. Protesters tried it out on a confederate monument in Birmingham.
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One would think that was obvious but I guess common sense isn't so common. Who the fuck would encourge people to pull down the Washington Monument?
Someone asked a question about the Washington Monument though so I answered it with the knowledge I had. No one's pulling down the Washington Monument haha.
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She's not.
After an Egyptologist Tweeted Advice on Knocking Down an Obelisk, Protesters Tried It Out on a Confederate Monument. It Worked
An Egyptologist tweeted out instructions for how to knock down an obelisk. Protesters tried it out on a confederate monument in Birmingham.
I had heard about folks trying to take it down, but didn't realize they tried her advice.
The one about Birmingham is not in the OP and the Washington monument one is mentioned with all caps so excuse me if I make the leap. Still, partially my fault.
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1) OP did say read the entire thread.
2) OP posted some of the funny bits, including the last part she included because people seriously thought a small group could take down the Washington Monument.
I don't know if they did it before getting her advice, or if they read it wrong. When they tried, they had smaller wire cables and had it tied around below the halfway point of the obelisk. They were unable to make any progress. They needed thicker chains, more than one of them, and have them nearer the top like she said.
The city came in the next day with a crane and cut it into smaller pieces and hauled them off.
Time for the ultimate conservative own then.
Let's give America gender reassignment surgery.
I mean you could but would it be far more prominent to make it a monument to the struggles of black people today and in slavery so everyone had to face the newly renamed monument and be constantly reminded that black lives matter?
The best part is, shortly after that thread came out, the specific monument it refers to was taken down.
