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Rhiannon12866

(205,503 posts) Wed Dec 8, 2021, 05:00 AM Dec 2021

Fall Of 'Heinously Ugly' Racist Statue Marks Another Step In Slow March Of Progress - Rachel Maddow [View all]

Rachel Maddow looks at the recent demolition of Confederate racism and insurrection and notes that positive change is still taking place in the United States even if its progress may sometimes be imperceptibly slow. Aired on 12/07/2021.

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Fall Of 'Heinously Ugly' Racist Statue Marks Another Step In Slow March Of Progress - Rachel Maddow [View all] Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 OP

I would suggest, don't just remove, replace with multigraincracker Dec 2021 #1

He was the first KKK Grand Wizard... and he was buried underneath it. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #3

Are you unaware of Sherman's Native American Genocide?!!!! hlthe2b Dec 2021 #8

Not my hero. multigraincracker Dec 2021 #13

Grant owned a slave for about 1 year gladium et scutum Dec 2021 #10

The horse is OK but that KKK dude BigmanPigman Dec 2021 #2

If you look at it as a caricature, soldierant Dec 2021 #15

Watching it now on rerun AngryOldDem Dec 2021 #4

I'm watching it again, too. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #5

I've been thinking Busterscruggs Dec 2021 #6

I don't think that's the best idea, it's taken Kathy Griffin a few years to live this down... Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #7

Oh no! Busterscruggs Dec 2021 #9

Well, she obviously got in big trouble for this, she was blacklisted after that Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #11

Why are his eyes pointing in different directions? Ray Bruns Dec 2021 #12

How did this even happen The Jungle 1 Dec 2021 #14

Sounds like you've read Mary Trump's second book. Rhiannon12866 Dec 2021 #16

I have not read her book yet. I guess I should. The Jungle 1 Dec 2021 #17