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Old 08-22-2017, 07:29 PM   #131 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sparrow View Post

post-war South/America threw up monuments instead of taking responsibility or devowing anything. there was no real pressure present to snuff out what was happening (pssst…'cause the whole country was also racist). unchecked went the roots and the heels into it for the last full century and a half. hell, internationally they love our flag. the Nazis were /inspired/ by how we did our shit and that shit is still a'poppin'.

i'd say the time of baying "not me, not me" is pretty well over. yes, us.
A bit of visual info of WHEN these statues went up... wasn't just "post war" it was during very specific periods of civil liberties unrest.
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