The Comte de Rochambeau Statue in Washington D.C. (to commemorate the French general who was critical to U.S. independence) was defaced yesterday in the pro-Palestine protests.

by RainbowCrown71

32 comments

  2. The pro Palestinian protests/calling for caliphate in Germany and Europe needs to stop. Even if those felt undecided on Israel Palestine, we should wake up and realize how bad and uneducated these all are.

  3. I’m gonna preface this by saying I am pretty firmly behind Israel so I probably have some bias in my approach, but who exactly do these protestors think they’re winning over when they do stuff like this…?

    Releasing rats in McDonald’s, vandalizing statues of important historical figures, shouting antisemitic chants in metro lines, screaming at Jews coming off of planes from Tel Aviv….none of that is going to make anybody who’s on the fence support your cause, and will likely do the opposite. It makes the pro-Palestine lobby seem mob like and unhinged and focused on petty actions, whereas the pro-Israel lobby is often extremely organized and focused on policies and lobbying to her desired changes.

  4. Not just that but also by Republicans: There are two “Fuck Joe Biden”s as well.

  5. slightly off-topic but that is quite a nice statue

  7. Why does the US have a statue in DC of someone who was critical of their independence?

  11. Hate protests. They don’t just hate Israel, they hate the West too. And not just the governments that support Israel.

  12. meh, tho i’m usually behind israel, this is barely a defacing.

  13. I think that something similar happened in the uk which is more relevant for an European reddit but is good to talk about it nontheless.

  15. Get used to it /s

    Edit: yes, this comment is sarcastic, dumfuck me forgot to put

  16. It’s kinda strange to live in a time where europe has to talk about american statues being defaced because of a middle-eastern conflict.

  17. Some guys wrote on a statue that can be pressure washed in 15 minutes? Oh god save us, the end of the western world hath cometh!

  20. Maybe the writer is asking Rochambeau to reincarnate and then join the cause? Terrible surface to tag. Sad.

  21. US “street protesters” (rioting hooligans) do often seem to have a “special” relationship with historical monuments…

    Here they are [destroying](https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/rioters-vandalise-statue-of-polish-us-hero-tadeusz-kosciuszko-as-violent-protests-explode-across-america-13077) and [urinating on](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/news/tadeusz-kosciuszko.html) the monument of Tadeusz Kościuszko during the BLM street turmoil.

    And [here are some of them discovering that, before Kościuszko left USA and returned to Poland – after first coming to USA to help them fight for their independence – he left all the money that he made in America as a general](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-RqYCbxOv4), to be spent on freeing African slaves and providing education for them.

    (By the way, you have 2000 guesses as to whether his wish was honoured, and all 2000 guesses ought to be identical).

  22. What this has to do with Palestine? If it was Haiti, that would make a lot more sense

  23. Surely that justifies killing a couple of hundred more Palestinian children !

    That spray paint is like the holocaust part III !

    Where did I put my little yellow star of david for this sort of occasion ?

  25. The fuck you mean defaced, that’s just one poor tag on the bottom, statue’s fine, it’s like this everywhere in france anyway

  26. Poor people. Maybe if they started asking for some money for their plasticine instead of offering it for free, somebody would be interested.

  29. Not been a fan of israel for a long time seeing how they treat others of other faith… But god damn these people make me back Israel more and more because how the fuck is this meant to gain support? Its like they are just trying to piss the west off.

    They also have organised a pro Palestine march on remembrance day in the UK, absolutely disrespectful.

  31. Not really defaced. Just a statement about the Genocide being perpetuated on the Palestinians.

  32. I don’t understand how does this statue have anything to do with Palestine or Israel are the protestants stupid?

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