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Igel

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10. Which means that

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #6)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:01 AM

Jul 2020

George Washington was a dictator that set up the current authoritarian regime.

There's some good messaging.

It's one thing to say, "You know, they said a lot of good things, made some bad compromises, but had problems."

It's another thing to say that Hamilton was Hussein and that not only should we remove statues, but, I guess, anybody who admired him must be truly evil.

Well, there's one Puerto Rican totalitarian we'll be coming for when we finally have freedom and justice.

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