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joeybee12

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26. Let's get rid of all the hitory of slavery...that way we won't repeat it, right?

Reply to kelliekat44 (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 26, 2013, 11:00 AM

Nov 2013

No, we need to be reminded of this and other atrocities...

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Moronic Ghost Hunters Burn Historic Louisiana Plantation to the Ground [View all] n2doc Nov 2013 OP

Monuments to misery are sometimes better gone. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #1

Yes DoBotherMe Nov 2013 #2

oh jesus e. christ on a swingline stapler snooper2 Nov 2013 #3

Why? Shivering Jemmy Nov 2013 #4

No... lame54 Nov 2013 #6

So they should tear down Dachau and Buchenwald, then? WilliamPitt Nov 2013 #8

So all Confederate Cemeteries should be plowed and destroyed? oneshooter Nov 2013 #11

Those who do not study history are damned to repeat it liberal N proud Nov 2013 #12

FYI, the folks who took it down were young white guys TBF Nov 2013 #15

Then we might as well burn down the White House. Lochloosa Nov 2013 #22

We tried . . . ConcernedCanuk Nov 2013 #35

LOL....True Lochloosa Nov 2013 #36

History should never be wiped out. TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #23

Let's get rid of all the hitory of slavery...that way we won't repeat it, right? joeybee12 Nov 2013 #26

Would make Gen. Sherman proud packman Nov 2013 #5

According to the sheriff it was not accidental - they set the fire on purpose csziggy Nov 2013 #7

I don't know..... Tommy_Carcetti Nov 2013 #10

More like moronic drunken idiots. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #9

Don't cross the streams! JVS Nov 2013 #13

What a bunch of idiots. Vashta Nerada Nov 2013 #14

This is a tough one for you terminally sanctimonious types. Paladin Nov 2013 #16

At pot smokers The Straight Story Nov 2013 #18

We have a WINNAH! Paladin Nov 2013 #21

What about at the state for not keeping a "historically significant" site secure? Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #32

Ghosts do not exist! nt Logical Nov 2013 #17

Neither did black holes, until we discovered them The Straight Story Nov 2013 #19

Joking I hope Logical Nov 2013 #28

Sez you pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #20

Good one Logical Nov 2013 #29

Now they get to see if the state prison is haunted... Hayabusa Nov 2013 #24

Ah...Good one ! BlueJazz Nov 2013 #27

That is truly sad. Why didn't Louisiana properly preserve and restore that structure? TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #25

I don't think it was state property. LuvNewcastle Nov 2013 #30

See below for all of that.... Bennyboy Nov 2013 #34

Those Meddling Kids! MrScorpio Nov 2013 #31

After the blaze broke out, a large Great Dane (with the munchies) was heard to utter: "Rut roh!" KurtNYC Nov 2013 #37

This is all about rich people and money..... Bennyboy Nov 2013 #33