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Protesters in SF are finally getting to the heart of the matter as they toppled the statue of the person most responsible for slavery: Ulysses S Grant -- nm

Posted by crash davis (aka crash davis) Jun 21 '20, 06:07

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We still have the titty statue though right? -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 07:21
Some people just want to watch the world burn. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 21, 06:55
There are always overreaches. But it's just a statue. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 06:23 16
- Careful cause “it’s just a statute” could work both ways -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 06:50 6
  - No see, a statute is a law. A statue is a sculpture. I’d think as a lawyer you’d know that. -- nm - mafic Jun 21, 07:29 2
    - Oh whoops I forgot! -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 08:08
    - enough of your pendantry! -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 07:32
  - #allstatuesmatter - znufrii Jun 21, 07:23 1
    - No spitting on the sidewalk. (The #allstatutesmatter nt.) -- nm - Qale Jun 21, 07:31
  - The long version of my sentiment is "some people are way more worried about metal in the shape of a person than an actual person". -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 06:53
- Both those sentences are correct. But to me it symbolizes a larger problem with some "progressives' - crash davis Jun 21, 06:44 8
  - The way I look at it is this: Don't lose the forest for the trees. - ty97 Jun 21, 07:58
  - Very dumb -- nm - JackDawson Jun 21, 06:50
  - Churchill was completely shitty outside of a brief 5 year period. -- nm - Reagen Jun 21, 06:48 5
    - If you're trying to make me laugh, you succeeded :) -- nm - crash davis Jun 21, 06:51 4
      - I think this actually shows that we can find a line for reasonable discussion - Reagen Jun 21, 06:58 3
        
        I'll agree with you. And then go back to smiling at "Except for when the world was on the line, that dude sucked" -- nm - crash davis Jun 21, 07:07 2
        
        The dark side of Winston Churchill -- (link) - Krusty without grass Jun 21, 07:22
        
        He stepped up when he had to but what he did before that was rather awful. The British in Africa just murdered so many people. He participated when -- (edited) - Krusty without grass Jun 21, 07:17
*smh* -- nm - znufrii Jun 21, 06:10 4
- As a general, he crushed the Confederacy and as a president, he crushed the first iteration of the KKK. So yeah, he kind of phuccen sucks -- nm - crash davis Jun 21, 06:12 3
  - He owned a slave im guessing is the reason. - spamlet Jun 21, 06:27 2
    - You're right. Nuance is dead -- nm - crash davis Jun 21, 06:34
    - Two weeks ago, I watched the History Channel's new three part documentary on him. Ta-Nehisi Coates is a big fan of the guy -- nm - crash davis Jun 21, 06:30

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