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In response to "Francis Scott Key statue toppled... -- (link)" by Remlik

They got a Ulysses S. Grant one too. Ya know, the guy who led the Union against the Confederates. -- nm

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Jun 20 '20, 10:54

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It's a dumb overreaction, yes, but it is just a statue. -- nm - Reagen Jun 20, 12:18 4
- And if we'd gotten rid of Confederate statues by now, it would have stayed up. -- nm - mara Jun 20, 12:25 2
  - And instead the protesters would be picking larger targets like, say military bases named after confederates? -- nm - Spawn Jun 20, 12:41
  - This is a fantastic point. -- nm - znufrii Jun 20, 12:35
- I mean, if we can now just tear down things we don't like there are a few billboards that come to mind. My neighbor's house kind of irks me as well. -- nm - Spawn Jun 20, 12:22
Yeah, I don't get that one either. -- nm - znufrii, silly old man Jun 20, 11:22 3
- Apparently he once owned a slave, but later freed him. -- nm - Reagen Jun 20, 12:19
- Some men just want to watch the world burn. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 20, 12:03
- It's long past the point of making sense. -- nm - Bjarön Jun 20, 11:49
The new goal is to make people forget that they actually can have a civil war, don't you know. -- nm - Spawn Jun 20, 10:59

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