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Another statue was taken down... this time forcibly
Deus Ex:
--- Quote from: LeisureSuit912 on August 16, 2017, 06:05:39 PM ---Everything political can be boiled down to "I support this because my feelings are hurt". Probably more common among the right because of the constant self-victimization about how your ideology is being oppressed
No. And I hope you make a drama about how much of a leftie I am and how that offends you, too.
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Oh my god
Nonnel:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 16, 2017, 05:44:42 PM ---so how is a memorial for fallen soldiers not respecting the victims of a civil war?
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Oh, forget off. Because the people who were oppressed by slavery, the people who were uprooted from their homes, separated from their families, tortured, raped, forced into hard labor, and treated like property are far more important to any normal person than the people who fought to protect the state that allowed it to happen.
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 16, 2017, 05:44:42 PM ---only 6% of the south owned slaves at the time of the civil war so saying they all fought for slavery is painting way too broad of a stroke on the people who were killed
maybe they fought because all the people they knew were fighting too and they couldn't bring themselves to kill their fathers and brothers and friends?
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You're aware it's possible not to fight at all? The people who fought made a conscious decision to do so. They were aware that they were fighting for a nation that allowed enslavement. That's not something you should just look over.
--- Quote from: King Tøny on August 16, 2017, 05:46:28 PM ---The confederates died for this country for what they believed was right.
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I'll look over the other inane comments here. What the Confederates "believed was right" was that every white man should have the right to own slaves.
LeisureSuit912:
--- Quote from: Insert Name Here² on August 16, 2017, 06:09:39 PM ---Because I'm not an easily triggered friend who supports vandalizing and destroying stuff like an absolute mindless toddler just because of "muh feelings!"
Stop posting
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Dude you're getting more worked up about the statues being taken down than anybody who actually wants them taken down
I think you're getting pretty triggered
Insert Name Here²:
--- Quote from: LeisureSuit912 on August 16, 2017, 06:11:48 PM ---Dude you're getting more worked up about the statues being taken down than anybody who actually wants them taken down
I think you're getting pretty triggered
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--- Quote from: Deus Ex on August 16, 2017, 06:10:13 PM ---Oh my god
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LeisureSuit912:
Also wanted to add that these statues being treated like property being vandalized probably speaks volumes about the right-wing thinking behind keeping these statues up and how they view property over people. They're more concerned about the statue itself than whatever people or ideology is behind that monument.