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DavidDvorkin

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25. I think so

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #20)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 01:28 PM

Jul 2020

But a lot of them were outside Russia, in countries that had been part of the USSR. The situation appears to be different inside Russia, especially now, with Putin resurrecting reverence for the Soviet Union and its leaders.

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'I've been in UK, Germany. They're not tearing down THEIR statues, not destoying THEIR history!' RWe [View all] bobbieinok Jul 2020 OP

The phenomenon is right-wing incited live love laugh Jul 2020 #1

Yes they did JustAnotherGen Jul 2020 #2

... Mariana Jul 2020 #9

THANKS!! bobbieinok Jul 2020 #15

To Be Historically Fair... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #24

Right. No one has to cuz they are gone. LakeArenal Jul 2020 #19

yeppers JustAnotherGen Jul 2020 #21

Did anyone ask him how many confederate generals Thomas Hurt Jul 2020 #3

Ask him where are all the statues of Hitler? Aristus Jul 2020 #4

Tried. He just talks over opposing voices. bobbieinok Jul 2020 #8

That's the behavior of someone who knows he's wrong, but doesn't Aristus Jul 2020 #14

I think it's that he KNOWS he's right, so why should he listen to anyone else! bobbieinok Jul 2020 #16

Ummmm, pretty sure that Bristol, where the statue of the slave trader colston (sp?) was niyad Jul 2020 #5

Yup wryter2000 Jul 2020 #22

Not torn down, but the Oxford college it's on has agreed it should go (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2020 #28

Yeah, Germany still has swastika flags and statues of Nazis all over the place. johnp3907 Jul 2020 #6

Yes, they did Leith Jul 2020 #7

Most of these Confederate Statues were erected leftieNanner Jul 2020 #10

Ask them to explain the meaning of the following phrase malaise Jul 2020 #11

Germany did a pretty good job hiding/destroying all their Nazi crap exboyfil Jul 2020 #12

I defy this wingnut to find so much as a single statue Cirque du So-What Jul 2020 #13

There are lots of them DavidDvorkin Jul 2020 #18

I stand corrected Cirque du So-What Jul 2020 #20

I think so DavidDvorkin Jul 2020 #25

I hate to admit it, but there's some truth in what he says DavidDvorkin Jul 2020 #17

Did he see any statues of Hitler other Nazi scum? GeorgeGist Jul 2020 #23

I thought travel to and from Europe was restricted? Kaleva Jul 2020 #26

Went several times to Europe up to about 2 yrs ago bobbieinok Jul 2020 #27

Restricted but not completely cut off. DFW Jul 2020 #29

i swear I didn't see one bust of Hitler COLGATE4 Jul 2020 #30