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Systemic Racism is real and those statues

Posted on: April 24, 2017 at 09:28:28 CT

catbirdseat MU

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are part of it.

It is no different than letting Pol Pot's family run a "Killing Field's" theme park in Cambodia to celebrate the blessed event.

They were wrong. They lost. Screw them and anything that celebrates them.

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I never saw how denying and hiding both history - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 08:55:44

You deny history constantly (nm) - pickle MU

- 4/24 09:34:23

Wonder when the last time was - Mormad MU - 4/24 09:10:09

At the time it was put up...it was relevant to someone... - Logan BAMA - 4/24 09:26:32

Oh, I'm sure it could be part of a tour - Mormad MU - 4/24 09:30:38

I'm not familiar with it either...but the other three - Logan BAMA - 4/24 09:33:35

why should they be off limits? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 4/24 09:37:48

Well then let's get rid of the Lincoln Memorial.... - Logan BAMA - 4/24 09:44:20

I'm down with that (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 4/24 09:48:38

I would agree with that. But there are still several people - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 09:13:17

So should Germany have Hitler statues everywhere?(nm) - meatiger MU - 4/24 09:04:20

Instead of hiding the truth of Hitler?....Yes.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 09:10:13

so..by not having statues - meatiger MU - 4/24 09:11:17

Ok, think of other words to say the same thing. - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 09:15:15

I guess we should have left all fo the Saddam - meatiger MU - 4/24 09:18:48

"we" shouldn't care what statues are in iraq (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 4/24 09:19:51

You don't celebrate it - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 09:04:00

You have no idea what history is about... - Logan BAMA - 4/24 09:22:23

Nope - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 09:29:55

No more racist than the north.. - Logan BAMA - 4/24 09:37:19

Like I say - avoiding truth, what ever it is, accomplishes - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 09:08:56

So flying Nazi flags in rememberance - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 09:13:04

I'm not talking about doing something. I'm talking about - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 09:16:15

Systemic Racism is real and those statues - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 09:28:28

Actually the confederacy of that time is actually - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 09:32:44

There are some who still think the wrong side won... - Logan BAMA - 4/24 09:31:58

And that "lot", then, was based primarily on slaves. - GA Tiger MU - 4/24 09:35:53

Which again makes me question - Mormad MU - 4/24 09:19:10

Um... - catbirdseat MU

- 4/24 09:23:26

I wish taking statues down solved the inner city problems. - RHAYWORTH MU - 4/24 09:00:52

Queen large bottom said we must relearn our history. But - hokie VT - 4/24 08:59:49