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In reply to the discussion: OK, non Confederate leaders statues coming down. [View all]LeftInTX
(25,273 posts)44. Well, it also means we need to get rid of the name America
Get rid of any city named after a saint.
Look this stuff happened in the 70s...It was 50 years ago...Nothing much has changed at all. I don't know of any major US city that changed their name. The big thing was that African Americans changed their names. Other than that, the confederate flag has blown up all over the place. Now it's showing up in Wisconsin and Michigan. (This was unheard of up there in the 70s). The American Indian Movement didn't accomplish a whole lot. There were no walls or fences on the southern border 50 years ago. Not many people were deported unless they were true criminals. It has gotten worse, not matter.
Just because protesters are mad, doesn't mean it's going to happen.....
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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