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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    It feeds the victim-hood narrative that some have, and that is regrettable. But they found reasons to feel unjustifiably aggrieved before spray-paint was invented. But, for me, it just isn't even remotely on the level of the monument itself. If I grew up in a place that systematically...
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    I wouldn't do it. But that doesn't make the message wrong, and I would say that the monument is the more monumental wrong. I'm not sure what she's trying to accomplish.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    See that guy, with the hose, trying to wash away the truth. Shame on him. Yeah, sure, you shouldn't vandalize people's property, they can take that claim down to the police station and file a report. But making a public monument on public grounds to these abhorrent acts is the real shame.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    I can't figure out how I'm supposed to be embarrassed by that. Sorry. It's not wrong. If you can't figure out the problem with revering icons of the Confederacy, you've got a bigger problem.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    NEITHER OF THOSE ARE POINTS THAT I HAVE CLAIMED!!!!
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    Except that you don't follow our line of thinking and don't engage when corrected. So, there's that.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    Could you save that for your own stupid thread? That's not what this thread is about.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    What would that serve? There's a reason don't put those comments on mauoleums.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    You wanna make that argument, fine. Then tell me exactly what the redeemable feature of the Confederacy was.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    Can you read? I thought I said "something", not "everything".
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    Because there is something of value to redeem his place in history.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    Right. It's totalitarian to say "no slaves". Got it.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    When in doubt, throw an insult. Maybe slam a door. That's how you know you're right.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    Just like taking your slaves.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    That's about the best explanation why these things must come down: to keep the sons of the South from bearing the grudge into the future.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    Exactly.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    It doesn't seem like they have all given up yet.
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    This is what emboldened white supremacists look like

    Do you think it does a good job representing all Southerners? Or just some of them? What part of history?
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    Mike Pence needs a Safe Space

    Recently, Donald Trump used his Big Beautiful Twitter account to complain that his soon-to-be VP got a bit of attention at a recent showing of Hamilton: Our wonderful future V.P. Mike Pence was harassed last night at the theater by the cast of Hamilton, cameras blazing.This should not happen...
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    The Easiest Election In History

    It's been a long and grueling election season, seemingly one that started even before the last midterms. There's been some high drama, some tough primaries, some genuine courage (http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/transcript-ted-cruz-convention-speech), and some terrifying indications of...
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