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In response to "My IQ dropped 10 points by reading this post. -- nm" by Strongbad

By all means, let's keep giving cultural relevance to symbols of and people who fought for, among other things, the right to keep black people as pro

Posted by znufrii Jun 19 '15, 05:12

Property. And by all means, instead of confronting that ugly legacy still being embedded in the culture, try and window dress events like this as an "attack on faith", or solely the act of a lunatic.

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By all means, let's keep attributing racist motives to South Carolina, because it's in the South and has streets named after Confederate generals. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:28 22
- Not about the motives of South Carolina, it's about how it informs the motives of the actor. -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 06:08 6
  - and the motives of those who argue to maintain the cultural prevalence of those symbols -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 06:14
  - So... you're saying the shooter is more likely to be a racist because he lives in a state that has streets named after Confederate generals? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:13 4
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      - it definitely glorifies people who 'defended that cause.' Implying it was worth defending. -- nm - Andie Jun 19, 06:37 1
        
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      - pretty much this. -- nm - znufrii Jun 19, 06:24
- It's not because it's "The South" as though there's no basis for calling the South racist. - Mel Profit Jun 19, 06:01 11
  - I wish that as a Country, we were all more tolerant of our differences. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:12 10
    - I'm suppose to be tolerant of a white wash of history where an entire race of people were held in slavery? - Mel Profit Jun 19, 06:19 8
      - How do you propose this happens? - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:22 7
        
        you don't get off that easy, You have to come up with the answers yourself. that's the point. - Mel Profit Jun 19, 06:33 6
        
        And my point is - Strongbad Jun 19, 06:51 5
        
        just from my impression of your posts... - Mel Profit Jun 19, 07:11 4
        
        Admittedly, I'm very defensive. - Strongbad Jun 19, 07:18 3
        
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        I don't know if this helps or not but I formed my impression by your posts not your zip code. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 19, 07:23 1
        
        Understood. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 07:24
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- yeah, it does seem to be kind of wagging a broad brush -- nm - Beaker Jun 19, 05:52 2
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  - Be careful Beaker, you'll be labelled as one of *them* -- nm - Strongbad Jun 19, 05:54

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