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volstork

(5,400 posts)
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:02 PM Jun 2020

Movement afoot to replace statue of KKK founder

nathan bedford forrest in TN State Capitol building with statue of Dolly Parton.

https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2020/06/dolly-parton-statue-may-replace-nathan.html

Progressive members of the TN legislature, including many Black members who find the presence of the KKK founder's statue in the State Legislature rotunda deeply offensive, have tried for years to have the statue removed. Who better to replace such a vile symbol of oppression that Dolly Parton?

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Movement afoot to replace statue of KKK founder (Original Post) volstork Jun 2020 OP
Ted Cruz tried to troll on this TlalocW Jun 2020 #1

TlalocW

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1. Ted Cruz tried to troll on this
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:56 PM
Jun 2020

Expressing excitement about replacing the former Confederate soldier, KKK leader, and DEMOCRAT Forrester with Dolly, apparently not realizing she's a huge LGBTQ proponent and supported marriage equality at least six years before it became law.

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