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Blackhawk wrote:Better than the usual guano that gets tossed around in here.

Freyland wrote:

hepcat wrote:I'm surprised so many people have cast Fireball in this thread and he still hasn't shown up...

I'm sure he turned that setting off his Smartphone long ago.

Shizzlesnik the Goblin-Slayer has cast Fireball!
FB: "Fuck off, Google Assistant"

Unagi wrote:

gbasden wrote:

Holman wrote:KKK wizards are almost certain to have an INT penalty though.

Bravo.

Agreed.


CHR and WIS too, right?

Holman wrote:I'm on my phone and don't want to fool with links, but on this 9/11 morning Fox & Friends pondered whether Americans would be pulling down 9/11 memorials in a hundred years...

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Holman wrote:I'm on my phone and don't want to fool with links, but on this 9/11 morning Fox & Friends pondered whether Americans would be pulling down 9/11 memorials in a hundred years...

Jaymann wrote:

Holman wrote:I'm on my phone and don't want to fool with links, but on this 9/11 morning Fox & Friends pondered whether Americans would be pulling down 9/11 memorials in a hundred years...

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The way they pulled down Building 7...
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Blackhawk wrote:

Holman wrote:I'm on my phone and don't want to fool with links, but on this 9/11 morning Fox & Friends pondered whether Americans would be pulling down 9/11 memorials in a hundred years...

Hell, no. The Times Square Bin Laden statues are here to stay!

Holman wrote:Washington and Jefferson were slave owners, but they were also heroes of human freedom. Davis and Lee and the rest were fighting to defend slavery and white supremacy first and foremost. They fought to prevent the expansion of human freedom.

We celebrate Washington and Jefferson despite their sins.

The demonstrators covered the statue of Jefferson, the third president of the United States and UVA's founder, and put up signs that called him a "rapist" and "racist."

The Robert E. Lee statue has been removed, and his name on the park may soon follow the same fate.

The Dallas Parks and Recreation Board is voting Friday on changing the name of Lee Park, according to their meeting agenda.

If the vote is approved, the name will be changed back to it's old name of Oaklawn Park until the park is permanently renamed.

The Lee monument was officially removed from the park last Thursday.

Elsewhere in the city, a task force is working to decide the fate of other monuments, schools and streets named with Confederate ties.

Police in Charlottesville, Virginia, have an arrest warrant out for an African-American man who was beaten during a violent white supremacist in rally in the city in August.

Twenty-year-old DeAndre Harris is now wanted by police. He appeared in a widely circulated video on social media being beaten with sticks by a group of men during the August 12 “Unite the Right” rally that left counterprotester Heather Heyer dead and dozens injured after they were rammed by a car.

Harris is accused of attacking one of the men who beat him.

A judge issued the warrant for Harris, who is accused of malicious wounding after “the victim went to the magistrate’s office, presented the facts of what occurred and attempted to obtain the warrant,” said a Charlottesville Police Department release.

A detective at the department verified the accuser's story, and the judge issued the warrant.

Civil rights lawyer Lee Merritt, who is representing Harris, told broadcaster WCPO 9 his client will turn himself in within 24 hours and that the charge is “clearly retaliatory” after Harris and several other activists used social media to identify the suspects. In September, Merritt launched a crowdfunding page to identify Harris’s attackers.

Two men, Alex Michael Ramos and Daniel Borden, have both been charged with malicious wounding for attacking Harris.

In August, The Washington Post reported that Harris swung a flashlight and may have struck a white supremacist who tried to spear him with the pole of a Confederate flag while he was being attacked. It’s not clear if this is the same person who sought the warrant against Harris.

msteelers wrote:He could have just killed them and it probably would have been ruled justified.

Alefroth wrote:

msteelers wrote:He could have just killed them and it probably would have been ruled justified.

Did you miss the part where he was black?

Harris is accused of attacking one of the men who beat him.
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In August, The Washington Post reported that Harris swung a flashlight and may have struck a white supremacist who tried to spear him with the pole of a Confederate flag while he was being attacked. It’s not clear if this is the same person who sought the warrant against Harris.

Rip wrote:This is why he was arrested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33R_MqZQCVI

This was before the incident in the garage when they were attempting to snatch flags away from people which led to the incident in the garage for which the other two guys were arrested.

But nice job drinking the talking point kool-aid.

Rip wrote:This is why he was arrested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33R_MqZQCVI

This was before the incident in the garage when they were attempting to snatch flags away from people which led to the incident in the garage for which the other two guys were arrested.

But nice job drinking the talking point kool-aid.

According to Misha (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe), co-president of fiscal relations for Wunk Sheek, the demonstration was oriented not only around raising awareness about Columbus, but also about Lincoln’s role in native history.

In 1862, Lincoln ordered the execution of 38 Dakota men, making it the largest mass execution ordered by a U.S. president, according to leaders in Wunk Sheek. For this reason, the organization chose to hold the demonstration in front of his statue on Bascom. A sign hung around Lincoln’s neck describing the execution and ended with “#DecolonizeOurCampus.”

The demonstration was staged as a “die-in” in which supporters laid on the ground in solidarity with the executed Dakota men. The die-in began at 12:26 p.m. to honor the Dec. 26 date of the execution, and lasted for 38 minutes to honor the 38 executed men.

“Everyone thinks of Lincoln as the great, you know, freer of slaves, but let’s be real: He owned slaves, and as natives, we want people to know that he ordered the execution of native men,” Misha said. “Just to have him here at the top of Bascom is just really belittling.”

Moliere wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:30 pm Trump was right? First they came for the Confederates and now Lincoln?

According to Misha (Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe), co-president of fiscal relations for Wunk Sheek, the demonstration was oriented not only around raising awareness about Columbus, but also about Lincoln’s role in native history.

In 1862, Lincoln ordered the execution of 38 Dakota men, making it the largest mass execution ordered by a U.S. president, according to leaders in Wunk Sheek. For this reason, the organization chose to hold the demonstration in front of his statue on Bascom. A sign hung around Lincoln’s neck describing the execution and ended with “#DecolonizeOurCampus.”

The demonstration was staged as a “die-in” in which supporters laid on the ground in solidarity with the executed Dakota men. The die-in began at 12:26 p.m. to honor the Dec. 26 date of the execution, and lasted for 38 minutes to honor the 38 executed men.

“Everyone thinks of Lincoln as the great, you know, freer of slaves, but let’s be real: He owned slaves, and as natives, we want people to know that he ordered the execution of native men,” Misha said. “Just to have him here at the top of Bascom is just really belittling.”

El Guapo wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2017 5:41 pmI am curious what the story is with the Dakotans here, though the incorrect statement on Lincoln and slaves makes me wonder how solid he is on his history.

In early December, 303 Sioux prisoners were convicted of murder and rape by military tribunals and sentenced to death. Some trials lasted less than 5 minutes. No one explained the proceedings to the defendants, nor were the Sioux represented by defense attorneys. President Lincoln personally reviewed the trial records to distinguish between those who had engaged in warfare against the U.S., versus those who had committed crimes of rape and murder against civilians.

Henry Whipple, the Episcopal bishop of Minnesota and a reformer of U.S. Indian policy, responded by publishing an open letter. He also went to Washington DC in the fall of 1862 to urge Lincoln to proceed with leniency. On the other hand, General Pope and Minnesota Senator Morton S. Wilkinson warned Lincoln that the white population opposed leniency. Governor Ramsey warned Lincoln that, unless all 303 Sioux were executed, "[P]rivate revenge would on all this border take the place of official judgment on these Indians." In the end, Lincoln commuted the death sentences of 264 prisoners, but he allowed the execution of 38 men.

Even partial clemency resulted in protests from Minnesota, which persisted until the Secretary of the Interior offered white Minnesotans "reasonable compensation for the depredations committed." Furthermore, Republicans did not fare as well in Minnesota in the 1864 election as they had before. Ramsey (by then a senator) informed Lincoln that more hangings would have resulted in a larger electoral majority. The President reportedly replied, "I could not afford to hang men for votes."

Rip wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:12 pm This is why he was arrested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33R_MqZQCVI

This was before the incident in the garage when they were attempting to snatch flags away from people which led to the incident in the garage for which the other two guys were arrested.

But nice job drinking the talking point kool-aid.

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:47 pm Question: Are all flags that fly flying proudly? If not, how can you tell the proud ones vs. the full of shame ones?

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:47 pm Question: Are all flags that fly flying proudly? If not, how can you tell the proud ones vs. the full of shame ones?

Punisher wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 9:41 am

GreenGoo wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 9:47 pm Question: Are all flags that fly flying proudly? If not, how can you tell the proud ones vs. the full of shame ones?

Obviously, the ones that hang their head down are the shameful ones.

Moliere wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:26 pm That's a shame.

Texas has removed more Confederate symbols than any other state over the last three years, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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Symbols removed in Texas include a statue of Robert E. Lee that stood in Dallas’ Lee Park until September and statues of four Confederate figures at the University of Texas that were taken down in August. In December, the Dallas ISD board voted to change the names of three elementary schools that honored Confederate generals.

Other states that have removed a significant number of Confederate symbols since 2015 include Virginia (14), Florida (9), Georgia (8), Maryland (6), North Carolina (6) and Oklahoma (5).
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The report said Texas still has 68 Confederate monuments, some of which are up for debate. The Dallas City Council is considering removing a Confederate War Memorial downtown. In Austin, Rep. Eric Johnson, D-Dallas, has asked the governor to remove a Confederate plaque outside his office in the Capitol.