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In reply to the discussion: OK, non Confederate leaders statues coming down. [View all]doc03
(35,143 posts)14. So I guess we should knock down every statue of any American before 1863. I don't care
I am a Democrat. I can see Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis but Columbus, Washington and Grant. Believe me there will be a backlash on this and I can't support it myself. They want to change the name of Ohio's capitol, it ain't gonna happen. My ancestors came from what was Virginia at the time I don't know maybe they had slaves too so I guess I should chance my name now. This is just getting ridiculous.
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Meghan MecCain did NOT like that. But she looks pissy all the time on that show...
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#10
the good news is so much information is now available to anyone with an Internet connection.
dixiegrrrrl
Jun 2020
#32
Let's not forget that the Russian's primary method of disruption is racial unrest
maximusveritas
Jun 2020
#21
A good litmus test there. Whatever benefits trump and the Russians - id-elogies aside,
empedocles
Jun 2020
#31
It may seem to you to be stupid but pulling down statues of people considered tyrants is not a
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#12
He was, evidently, a cruel master. To those he enslaved, he would probably be considered a tyrant.
CTyankee
Jun 2020
#34
So I guess we should knock down every statue of any American before 1863. I don't care
doc03
Jun 2020
#14
I guess we have to destroy all records of any of our presidents before 1865 if it wasn't
doc03
Jun 2020
#20
"My wish, and I've thought about this a lot, is they include more faces to represent Native people."
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2020
#86
Time would be better spent getting out the vote, working on voter protections.
Alex4Martinez
Jun 2020
#60
This plays perfectly well into the right-wing narrative that liberals are anti-white
ansible
Jun 2020
#62