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June 11, 2020 03:34 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2020/06/11/banksys-brilliant-idea-to-ma.html
Banksy's brilliant idea to make "everyone happy" after activists pulled down Bristol slave trader statue
In Bristol, England, anti-racism protestors pulled down a bronze statue of slave trader and philanthropist Edward Colston and rolled it into the River Avon. Banksy, who is thought to live in Bristol, posted a brilliant idea that could please "both those who miss the Colston statue and those who dont."
"We drag him out the water, put him back on the plinth, tie cable round his neck and commission some life size bronze statues of protestors in the act of pulling him down," Banksy wrote on Instagram. "Everyone happy. A famous day commemorated." Read the rest
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