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AlexSFCA

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2. I think it's not so much about slave ownership but confederacy

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Fri Jun 12, 2020, 12:55 AM

Jun 2020

any confederate symbols belong to museum not public places - this is similar to nazi symbols in germany. Slave owners is different - founding fathers were slave owners, washington had over 300 slaves - what are we gonna do with all those.

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'Everybody Was Just Astonished': Tenn. Republican's Comments on Slavery Leave His Colleagues Stunned [View all] TexasTowelie Jun 2020 OP

I'm glad SOMEBODY can still be 'astonished' by this crap. Grokenstein Jun 2020 #1

I think it's not so much about slave ownership but confederacy AlexSFCA Jun 2020 #2

"...maybe some of us will be slaves one of these days...." 3Hotdogs Jun 2020 #3