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rockfordfile

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13. It seems something else is behind this crap

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Mon Jun 15, 2020, 01:54 PM

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Jefferson comes down in Oregon [View all] Ex Lurker Jun 2020 OP

I lived in Portland many moons ago. I learned Oregon was a Union state but many Confederate riversedge Jun 2020 #1

But this was Thomas Jefferson, not Jefferson Davis. Beartracks Jun 2020 #5

You do know he was the president of the US, right? cwydro Jun 2020 #7

He was a southern SLAVE owner. ananda Jun 2020 #15

Oh boy. cwydro Jun 2020 #17

He owned slaves. Tom Traubert Jun 2020 #19

Welcome to DU Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2020 #22

Well said. You expressed my thoughts as well. SharonClark Jun 2020 #26

He didn't just own slaves. He raped one or more repeatedly. SoonerPride Jun 2020 #29

John Adams did not own slaves. shockey80 Jun 2020 #31

You're right. Tom Traubert Jun 2020 #33

+1 treestar Jun 2020 #34

The Founder of the Democratic Party? kentuck Jun 2020 #2

. . . and the name Washington, D.C.? empedocles Jun 2020 #4

"The evil that men do lives after them, Mme. Defarge Jun 2020 #3

He was evil? cwydro Jun 2020 #12

He was a rapist SoonerPride Jun 2020 #30

Stupid Loki Liesmith Jun 2020 #6

That was stupid. Thomas Jefferson was a great President rockfordfile Jun 2020 #8

And died long before the Civil War. cwydro Jun 2020 #10

This is ignorant superpatriotman Jun 2020 #9

Agreed customerserviceguy Jun 2020 #11

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory superpatriotman Jun 2020 #23

It seems something else is behind this crap rockfordfile Jun 2020 #13

How about the Lincoln monument? cwydro Jun 2020 #14

Don't give them ideas Drahthaardogs Jun 2020 #16

I hear ya. cwydro Jun 2020 #18

Lincoln had some very problematic views Ex Lurker Jun 2020 #25

I'm a woman. Men have been historically sexist. SharonClark Jun 2020 #27

Could be false flags to make the movement treestar Jun 2020 #35

Some people are more anxious to take their anger out at every target AmericanCanuck Jun 2020 #20

1619-2020. roamer65 Jun 2020 #21

Fucking stupid! Goodheart Jun 2020 #24

We've got a nice little Jefferson Monument here if anyone wants to have a go... SaintLouisBlues Jun 2020 #28

Careful. This is not a Borowitz blog DFW Jun 2020 #32

Just saw that monument in a movie entitled "Interstate 60" Goodheart Jun 2020 #36