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cinematicdiversions

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13. THank God The statues are attractive and appropriate.

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Thu Sep 23, 2021, 04:30 AM

Sep 2021

There is nothing worse than having a cause you believe in represented by art so ugly that you could be mistaken for a Trumper with the disgust you have for the art rather than the cause.

Looking your way Lucille Ball statue and MLK memorial.

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An Emancipation Statue Debuts In Virginia Two Weeks After Robert E. Lee Was Removed [View all] appalachiablue Sep 2021 OP

I am proud of Virginia Mysterian Sep 2021 #1

Absolutely, many people are proud appalachiablue Sep 2021 #2

I'm reading "Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause." NNadir Sep 2021 #16

A far better choice than the last ones but my first choice would have been a Harriet Tubman one cstanleytech Sep 2021 #3

statue Slammer Sep 2021 #4

The 60 foot statue glorifying Lee, the Confederacy appalachiablue Sep 2021 #5

By the time Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia were bottled up.... paleotn Sep 2021 #9

U. S. Grant Slammer Sep 2021 #12

Lee lost a far greater proportion of troops than Grant. NNadir Sep 2021 #14

Fuck that. ShazzieB Sep 2021 #10

The statues are very cleverly done nuxvomica Sep 2021 #6

Thanks for this psot. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2021 #11

Official republican position - Lincoln was our nation's greatest leader keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #7

maybe people will learn some history after all. stillcool Sep 2021 #8

THank God The statues are attractive and appropriate. cinematicdiversions Sep 2021 #13

That is a real nice change. LiberatedUSA Sep 2021 #15