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HughBeaumont

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5. Yeah, it's almost as bad as not wanting to revisit American History's sins . . .

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon May 8, 2017, 11:08 AM

May 2017

. . . . . like our almost perpetual involvement in war, slavery, the eradication of Native Americans, corporate crimes, Corporate America's constant attacks on the poor, the Cold War, misogyny and sexism, the violence towards the LGBTQI community, the shredding of the social contract and social safety net, etc. etc.

. . . mostly because we want to keep on committing those sins. OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

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'Sanitizing History': Condoleezza Rice Slams Attempts to Remove Slave Owners' Monuments [View all] DonViejo May 2017 OP

... 2naSalit May 2017 #1

Stupid tanker! longship May 2017 #17

Precisely...nt 2naSalit May 2017 #18

she'll say anything to sell her new book. spanone May 2017 #2

The inventor of mushroom clouds doesn't get to invoke historical revisionism. Orsino May 2017 #3

If that's the case, then where are the monuments to the slaves or to the abolitionists? ck4829 May 2017 #4

When Alabama designates Nat Turner State Park I'll accept the "it's just history" line nt geek tragedy May 2017 #16

Yeah, it's almost as bad as not wanting to revisit American History's sins . . . HughBeaumont May 2017 #5

So why did they dynamite exboyfil May 2017 #6

Still waiting for her to wake up from her nap in July of 2001 while she and shrub kairos12 May 2017 #7

Recognizing them and what they did, yes angrychair May 2017 #8

Rice is as ignorant as she is wrong. J_William_Ryan May 2017 #9

So she would be OK with monuments to this... Solly Mack May 2017 #10

Well said, Solly. nt PunkinPi May 2017 #13

Thank you. I'm certain she wants that "history" forgotten yesterday. Solly Mack May 2017 #14

that is interesting.... Thomas Hurt May 2017 #11

Keep the monuments, but put them in a museum as a reminder of how black slavery was celebrated. Doodley May 2017 #12

Does Germany have statues of Adolf Eichmann or plazas named after Hermann Goering? geek tragedy May 2017 #15

+1!!!! 2naSalit May 2017 #19

museums books ? JI7 May 2017 #20

I see a difference between honoring people Retrograde May 2017 #21

Agree with the distinction you have made. Sinistrous May 2017 #22

Oh christ, the fact those monuments exist is because of sanitized history renegade000 May 2017 #23

this nt Abu Pepe May 2017 #24