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Hugh_Lebowski

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1. Yeah, if I were black people today I'd think the same kinda thing

Reply to MagaSmash (Original post)

Thu Feb 23, 2023, 11:50 AM

Feb 2023

if I were, say, pissing on Robert E. Lee's headstone.

But not when looking at a statue venerating a man who fought a bloody war against the USA in an attempt to keep my people enslaved.

Unless maybe if I'm Clarence Thomas.

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Taylor Greene wants Black folk to be "proud" of Confederate Statues. [View all] MagaSmash Feb 2023 OP

Yeah, if I were black people today I'd think the same kinda thing Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #1

That is one ugly person. Inside and out. Damn. Lochloosa Feb 2023 #2

Where are her ancestors from and when did they arrive in America? Walleye Feb 2023 #3

I think they arrived in the British penal colony known as Georgia on the WhiteTrashFlower CurtEastPoint Feb 2023 #5

😂 Walleye Feb 2023 #6

She wants nothing more than attention. live love laugh Feb 2023 #4

Yeah, I've almost gotten to the point where I don't click on any stories that have her name. Biophilic Feb 2023 #9

Kind of like how Germany has Hitler statues everywhere, to remind them Wingus Dingus Feb 2023 #7

I'd be even prouder to see how far we have come when more empty bases abound sanatanadharma Feb 2023 #8

Maybe she can be proud The Unmitigated Gall Feb 2023 #10

Can we have at least one statue of Sherman wiping his ass with the confederate flag? Omnipresent Feb 2023 #12

I'm not saying I agree with all of General Sherman's methods... EYESORE 9001 Feb 2023 #14

And the rest of us can look at MGT and see how far we have fallen. Chainfire Feb 2023 #11

This. The Unmitigated Gall Feb 2023 #17

I see the opposite in these statues.... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #13

+1 TheRealNorth Feb 2023 #15

Great idea! Omnipresent Feb 2023 #18

No. cbabe Feb 2023 #16