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Every state building needs to have statues showing oppression and cruelty of the slaves.
They were forced here after being purchased by Americans.
originally posted by: kaylaluv
I am all for not erasing history. Every state building needs to have statues showing oppression and cruelty of the slaves. People in chains. Men and women with lash marks on their backs. Children being ripped from their mother's arms to be sold off to another plantation. Every single state building in America. And we need to have street names like Slavery Row and Black Oppression Blvd and Slave Lynching Ave. So we don't ever forget our history.
originally posted by: intrptr
a reply to: introvert
I don't know and I don't care.
Obviously.
How about we rename you? You'd have fits...
meh, goes your logic-- whats in a name?
originally posted by: jimmyx
originally posted by: intrptr
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: network dude
ISIS destroys temples and anything that offends them also.
Just pointing out similarities.
Thats about rewriting the past, de educating populations about their history and heritage. Over there, ISIS is just following orders.
Over here we see it in acton too, disappearing the past so future generations won't ask, "Who was Stonewall Jackson"?
Oh, he was a part of a rebel alliance that resisted federal gubment interference in states autonomy.
would you say that if black masters owned white people as slaves for 400 years?....would you fight for generals engaged in a war to keep white people in slavery?.....I guess your answer would be a resounding YES!!
originally posted by: kaylaluv
a reply to: shooterbrody
You know how some people buy things at thrift stores and garage sales then re- sell them on eBay for a profit? Yeah it was like that. The American slave trade involved Americans purchasing the slaves in Africa and having them shipped here on American ships where they sold the slaves to plantation owners for a profit.
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: network dude
They are street names for god's sake. Doesn't matter what you name them, it's not erasing history.
originally posted by: network dude
originally posted by: introvert
a reply to: network dude
They are street names for god's sake. Doesn't matter what you name them, it's not erasing history.
It honestly does make me sad to see that someone I thought had a clue was this lost. Yesterday, it was a flag, then it was some statues, now it's some street names. Sure, they are all small instances, unrelated, and insignificant. At what point would you look at this and say "hey, I think they may really be trying to remove history"?