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In response to "You should meet one and have a conversation about it. -- nm" by Strongbad

This is akin to an "I'm not racist, but" answer. -- nm

Posted by TWuG Aug 15 '17, 07:25

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Can you explain what you mean here? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 15, 07:33 10
- I think his point is that it sounds like you are saying 'if you just listen to why they fought to preserve slavery you might understand'. - Andie Aug 15, 07:41 9
  - Basically, - Strongbad Aug 15, 07:52 6
    - Then they should be as outraged as anyone that their monuments are being used as focal points for promoting white supremacy. - znufrii Aug 15, 08:44
    - There are, what, 400 years of Southern history. Why do these 4 years sum up everything, and what does that say about the people the revel in it? -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 08:10
    - That's just something you need to let go of to be a good neighbor to black people who ancestors were enslaved during that time. -- (edited) - Inigo Aug 15, 07:57
    - That second part brought on explicitly because of the first part. -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 07:56 2
      - Fruit of the poisoned tree, and all that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 08:12
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  - more to my inside point. I have a few friends of German descent. They are proud of the German heritage. No-one is proud of what happened in WWII. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 07:43
  - Pretty much this. -- nm - TWuG Aug 15, 07:42

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