The Confederate Flag Thread
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- Unagi
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Re: The Confederate Flag Thread
Why didn’t Musk add, “You aren’t going to just sit there and do nothing about it, are you? Are you a Lee or aren’t you? “
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Re: The Confederate Flag Thread
I've got Mississippi cousins whose names in birth order are Robert, Edward, and Lee. (A fourth is Ronald, presumably for Reagan.)
I don't know what my Hattiesburg aunt and uncle would have done with a girl.
I don't know what my Hattiesburg aunt and uncle would have done with a girl.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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Re: The Confederate Flag Thread
Except that Musk thinks that this guy is a victim of wokeness.
I took a look at "Thad's" feed too. There are lot of white-supremacist dog whistles there, including "Strength Through Joy" in his profile. (The latter was the Nazis' slogan for their 1930s program of national fitness and organized leisure activities.)
Only the best people for Elon, though.
Much prefer my Nazis Nuremberged.
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Re: The Confederate Flag Thread
“While I didn't need a directly insulting gesture to tell me that my kind is hated and many seek our extinction”
I, for one, am glad that he’s aware of this. Feel the heat, motherfucker.
I, for one, am glad that he’s aware of this. Feel the heat, motherfucker.
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Re: The Confederate Flag Thread
Wasn't directed at you. Was aimed at the common refrain from apologists that say removing statues or renaming bases/roads/etc will erase a person or era from history.Blackhawk wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 4:11 pmGiven that I'm the only one who's used the word 'erased', I have to wonder if that's referring to me. If so, maybe I should clarify what I'm saying. I said that they shouldn't be venerated, but shouldn't be erased, either. By that I mean that their statues should be removed, their names stricken from public monuments and buildings, and any other such 'honors' should be eliminated. But who they are and what they didn't shouldn't be melted down and hidden from view. It should be remembered in context of the harm that it caused. They should be mentioned in museums, and their exhibits kept public, but they should be presented within that context. Completely getting rid of any reference outside of history books that most people will never read hides our mistakes and prevents people from learning from them.
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Re: The Confederate Flag Thread
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