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In reply to the discussion: Remember that lectern seen being carried around the Capitol by a rioter (who was later arrested)? [View all]Bernardo de La Paz
(48,988 posts)16. The word "savage" has frequently been applied to Africans and First Nations because it means crude,
and brutal and primitive.
It may be cute in some online circles, but I don't think it is appropriate.
We can enthusiastically applaud Speaker Pelosi without diluting references that have a terrible history in the USA.
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Remember that lectern seen being carried around the Capitol by a rioter (who was later arrested)? [View all]
demmiblue
Jan 2021
OP
The word "savage" has frequently been applied to Africans and First Nations because it means crude,
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2021
#16
Sometimes it is good reclaim a word, if that is what is going on. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2021
#22
Wonder how much damage the traitors inflicted on antiques and historically significant items.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jan 2021
#5
There's no podium in the photo. It's a lectern. Please stop commenting on the "podium"!
Ramsey Barner
Jan 2021
#27
It would be so much better if he were made under armed guard to carry it back out himself and put it
ET Awful
Jan 2021
#50