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Drahthaardogs

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10. What a silly statement

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #9)

Wed Nov 13, 2019, 08:47 AM

Nov 2019

When they were made is irrelevant, they represent historical figures who were on the wrong side of history.

I take it you would not approve of the Berlin Wall museum either? Just dig out heads in the sand and pretend it never happened eh?

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New Democratic majority set to bring down Confederate statues in Virginia [View all] brooklynite Nov 2019 OP

Well, As Mickey Mouse Mulvaney Once Said 'Elections Have Consequences' . . OldManTarHeel Nov 2019 #1

IMHO - Leave them - THem pain them a different color each week, ala college pranks benld74 Nov 2019 #2

Put them at sidewalk level and use them as canine pissoirs. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #4

I like this maxrandb Nov 2019 #6

Gather them together in a Museum. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #3

Agreed kimbutgar Nov 2019 #5

Yes. We can't erase history Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #8

The statutes are mass-produced pieces of almost-tin obamanut2012 Nov 2019 #9

What a silly statement Drahthaardogs Nov 2019 #10

The only US history that gets erased is minority history JonLP24 Nov 2019 #12

contributions to American history by minority groups remain notably erased, not just AA history onetexan Nov 2019 #13

I agree JonLP24 Nov 2019 #14

No worries. You made great points on your post. onetexan Nov 2019 #15

the one in a graveyard out here (seattle) is stone maxsolomon Nov 2019 #11

The Confederates lost the damn war. mahina Nov 2019 #7