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In reply to the discussion: Here are the Confederate Memorials Getting Removed In US Cities [View all]Hekate
(90,189 posts)7. Those statues were erected to "show the black man his place," to remind whites of a "glorious" past
"The South shall rise again" -- wtf do you think that means, exactly, to racists who repeat it?
What possible "electoral damage" can be done to Democrats that has not already been done by the illegitimate presidency of Red Don?
What "extremes" are there among progressives? Do tell. The other side has got guns, assault rifles, and a bellyfull of hate. What have we got? Clergy linking arms, candlelight vigils?
The Nazis and KKK came looking for riots and murder, and they did not succeed. They did not succeed. There were some fights that broke out under extreme provocation, but there was no riot in Charlottesville that day.
Resist! If not now -- when?
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Here are the Confederate Memorials Getting Removed In US Cities [View all]
Julian Englis
Aug 2017
OP
Those statues were erected to "show the black man his place," to remind whites of a "glorious" past
Hekate
Aug 2017
#7
Oh but I do care. I think us not staking out a moral position will hurt us more in 2018.
SunSeeker
Aug 2017
#40
COLORADO petition to: Remove Sand Creek Massacres' Architect's Statue from State Capitol
CrispyQ
Aug 2017
#3
Sexist too, from the Daughters of the Confederacy no less, barefoot & nipples. . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Aug 2017
#23
What better time than when black soldiers returned from fighting WWI in Europe on America's ...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#47
I don't understand why Taney had a statue to begin with, or why he's considered "confederate"
Calista241
Aug 2017
#25
WWI was a hundred years ago. African American soldiers were returning home and needed reminding...
Hekate
Aug 2017
#48