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In reply to the discussion: Here are the Confederate Memorials Getting Removed In US Cities [View all]The Mouth
(3,145 posts)Extremes? maybe the wrong word. One person's 'extreme' is someone else's "not enough'; be it a protest march or direct actions. hell if I know, only asking. None of these anywhere near here.
Is anything gained in terms of winning elections, or risked in terms of possibly losing them, that is my *ONLY* question regarding these monuments; do we gain or lose votes? Do we energize our base, or theirs? Is the symbolic purpose served a winner for Democrats, what do the numbers say?
I'm not a passionate person, I'm a numbers geek with regard to politics, I can't actually conceive getting emotional about a statue or any such item as long as we have Andrew Fucking Jackson on our $20, a truly genocidal asshole and nearly everyone has had to handle his damned picture.