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In reply to the discussion: Thousands Call For The Removal Of A Statue Of Abraham Lincoln With 'Degrading Racial Undertones' [View all]Hekate
(90,704 posts)41. Because enslavement was just so not-degrading that it cannot be depicted like this.
Give me a fucking break. Excuse me, but this has gone far enough.
Likewise, while I am at it, leave the monuments to Washington and Jefferson alone. They were human beings, not plaster saints. Their words and deeds founded this nation, for good and ill -- and the toweringly good part was the documents left by Jefferson that can and have been interpreted anew in each generation.
Just give me a fucking break.
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Thousands Call For The Removal Of A Statue Of Abraham Lincoln With 'Degrading Racial Undertones' [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2020
OP
The way some members of the Park Police act patrolling the Mall, you'd think they weren't even human
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2020
#19
A link to Lew Rockwell is not welcome on DU. Could you find something else to make your point?
scarletwoman
Jun 2020
#17
Heard on Native American segment on AM950 radio (Minnesota) today how horrible he was
progree
Jun 2020
#14
Oh sure, let's not acknowledge the man who gave his life to free slaves & hold the country together
Hekate
Jun 2020
#46
Because enslavement was just so not-degrading that it cannot be depicted like this.
Hekate
Jun 2020
#41
That we are not talking about His Majesty Washington I is the reason we give him points
tirebiter
Jun 2020
#47