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| Topic | So, when are we gonna replace George Washington on the $1.00? |
| scar the 1 08/17/17 9:36:42 AM #92: | Lorenzo_2003 posted... At this point, I do wonder if it might be better to just take down all statues and other monuments and just keep things neutral. No matter what historic figure you look at, it's pretty much a lock that they were some variation of having been a slave owner, traitor, murderer, anti-gay, misogynist, racist, scoundrel or something considered offensive and problematic. Why are people bending over backwards to try and make Robert E. Lee comparable to "any historical figure"? He literally was a leader of a secession that fought to be able to keep owning slaves. That's why he's famous. The Founding Fathers were most likely all horrible people in some way, yes, people acknowledge that. Raising a statue of the founder of your country is not the same as raising a statue of the symbol for the fight slave ownership to spite minorities. --- Everything has an end, except for the sausage. It has two. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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