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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)32. Yeah, agree
except about the 'short term'... 2018 is pretty crucial.
I mean right thing to do? sure, right thing to make a urgent priority right now? not so sure. Drumpf is vulnerable on other issues with his 'base'; but maybe not on this one; right, wrong- I'm saying attack your enemy where he's weakest and at the right time. OTOH I don't have to look at the damned traitors in *my* town square, thankfully...
and personally hope that prioritizing this issue isn't going to backfire and energize our ideological opponents
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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