The controversial statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis at the University of Texas at Austin will be moved in the next few days after a judge denied a request to block the school’s plans.
The Texas Tribune first reported the news Thursday night. Travis County District Court Judge Karin Crump ruled Thursday that the Sons of Confederate Veterans were not allowed to sue to stop the statue’s relocation.
More than two weeks ago, the university announced it would relocate the statue of Davis to a campus educational exhibit.
“While every historical figure leaves a mixed legacy, I believe Jefferson Davis is in a separate category, and that it is not in the university’s best interest to continue commemorating him on our Main Mall,” UT President Gregory L. Fenves said in an Aug. 13 statement.
The statue was graffitied in May with “Emancipate UT” and “Davis must fall.”
“But but states’ rights … Northern agression … outsiders … liberals …”
“What’s your point, counsel?”
“Just shut up, boy.”
Thank Dog for the elected city and county officials in Austin / Travis County. An oasis of logic and reason in the desert that is Texas Wingnuttery.
but…but…but your honor, what about the Gospel of Margaret Mitchell?
I have a different take on this. I spent some time in Texas as a young man- US Air Force. I will not willingly go back to Texas, at least not lightly. I’m a native Californian, member of the California Democratic Party, active in politics. I think the Confederate battle flag is often used in a vile manner and I don’t think it should be flown.
And I regard the statues and other memorials in a different light.
The statues and other memorials seem to me to commemorate the actual history of the region. I don’t see any reason to knock them all down. The Civil War was 150 years ago. It’s time- it’s way past time- that we all got over it, North as well as South. That was then. This now. Let the statues alone.
The statue won’t be “knocked down.” It will be moved to the Briscoe Historical Center on the UT campus. Perfect solution. Removing the statue from the prominence of the main campus mall and placing it where it belongs - as a relic of history.