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GulfCoast66

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20. Oh brother.

Thu Jun 11, 2020, 09:59 PM

Jun 2020

Hope none of our leaders take up this shit.

I like the idea of winning elections.

And as a reminder, we want confed statues down not because they weren’t perfect, but because the commuted sedition and fought against the United States. And most of the statues were placed to help reinforce Jim Crow.

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CNN's Angela Rye: Washington, Jefferson Statues "Need To Come Down" [View all] Polybius Jun 2020 OP

I'm not going to lose any sleep if they do JonLP24 Jun 2020 #1

Washington? Let's not go crazy. I liked the idea of winning the next election. dem4decades Jun 2020 #2

, empedocles Jun 2020 #5

And this won't help! Grins Jun 2020 #32

First let's take down the ones to folk who fought against the union Maeve Jun 2020 #3

What you said Hekate Jun 2020 #23

I disagree with her moose65 Jun 2020 #4

Also the conderates had some treason involved empedocles Jun 2020 #6

Well to be accurate Washington and Jefferson were also traitors exboyfil Jun 2020 #13

We could make some distinctions empedocles Jun 2020 #16

So let England take down all statues of Washington and Jefferson n/t DFW Jun 2020 #49

+1 CountAllVotes Jun 2020 #8

I agree with you.. nt Raine Jun 2020 #10

This, leave them alone. Amishman Jun 2020 #60

eh, I'm Black but yeah no qazplm135 Jun 2020 #7

When Dems get on a roll, historically, the 'shoot self in foot' folk pop up empedocles Jun 2020 #19

Angela Rye is a sound member of that club. Blue_true Jun 2020 #37

FDR, LBJ, MLK - all had 'more important battles to fight' empedocles Jun 2020 #42

I am not good at understanding cryptic posts. Do you mind spelling out your point? nt Blue_true Jun 2020 #57

Washington is literally "The father of our country" npk Jun 2020 #9

Fox News bait to the cultist mob exboyfil Jun 2020 #12

Yep. Fox "News" will make it sound like it's part of the Democratic platform Yeehah Jun 2020 #28

Next we can go after FDR PatSeg Jun 2020 #27

Robert Byrd is always mentioned by the righties. jimfields33 Jun 2020 #29

At this rate, PatSeg Jun 2020 #51

No exaggeration at all. It does seem to be going that direction. jimfields33 Jun 2020 #54

Its not even the treason that gets me Sgent Jun 2020 #45

Yes PatSeg Jun 2020 #50

The big thing about the Confederate hero statues is that they exboyfil Jun 2020 #11

That's true, some were not without their actual contributions. Beartracks Jun 2020 #17

Disagree. Confederate statues should be coming down not because they "weren't perfect"... Beartracks Jun 2020 #14

Oh boy. cwydro Jun 2020 #15

Let Dump steal the election and some of the former United States will have new founders. roamer65 Jun 2020 #18

Oh brother. GulfCoast66 Jun 2020 #20

Foolishness and playing to the extreme wings melm00se Jun 2020 #21

No, Angela. Just no. Goodheart Jun 2020 #22

Well, I guess the next step would be... Lock him up. Jun 2020 #24

Bloody-Minded Stupidity, Sir The Magistrate Jun 2020 #25

Spot-on, Sir. flying rabbit Jun 2020 #30

Exactly what happened with Occupy Wall Street Sgent Jun 2020 #46

Exactly. Well said Sir. Owl Jun 2020 #52

Jefferson and Washington stay. Focus on Andrew Jackson for continued oasis Jun 2020 #26

I wouldn't do that zak247 Jun 2020 #31

I've never heard of Angela Rye. SharonClark Jun 2020 #33

I don't know who she is either RhodeIslandOne Jun 2020 #41

Totally disagree that any founding fathers monuments should come down. Still Sensible Jun 2020 #34

Well, that's fucking stupid. dalton99a Jun 2020 #35

Honestly, her logic is pretty hot-headed. Blue_true Jun 2020 #36

It's not like they didn't know what was right, though- all men being created equal.... coti Jun 2020 #38

Unfortunately, during that period, Black people were fairly Blue_true Jun 2020 #55

. WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2020 #47

My reading of history lead me to conclude that the view that Blacks were Blue_true Jun 2020 #56

Did you just stumble upon this old article from 2017? Kaleva Jun 2020 #39

weren't heralded as slave owners but heroes in the creation of the American republic zak247 Jun 2020 #40

George Mason and the Bill of Rights empedocles Jun 2020 #43

No rockfordfile Jun 2020 #44

Troll bait. denbot Jun 2020 #48

Are we really trying to lose the next election? jalan48 Jun 2020 #53

Some think their particular 'principle' is more important than vote insurance. empedocles Jun 2020 #59

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