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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
Yep. At no point did I say Fr. Damien was a bad figure - in fact, I explicitly stated that my observations weren’t about litigating his or any individual statue. It’s about the fact that a huge supermajority of statues in the Capitol are white men. Barely any women or BIPOC.
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Justin Kollar
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Lots of super bad faith takes out there on social media accusing @AOC of hating on Father Damien. This is the (very good) point she was making. twitter.com/MBVD/status/12…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
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We have 100+ statues and portraits in the Capitol. Almost all of them are of white men. Every single statue there could be of a canonized saint and that *still* doesn’t change the fact that the erasure of women & BIPOC from American history is a feature of white supremacy.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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It is ironic that many claiming to “defend” a saint no one attacked approached this matter w/ such lack of grace or generosity. Instead of examining for truth, many jumped to irrational conclusions & sprung to cast judgement & condescension w/o engaging the actual idea presented
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Terra Wellington 😷
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I liked the tour you gave. It was revealing. And it was sad and frustrating for all the reasons you stated. Anyone who doesn’t get that won’t get a lot of other things too.
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Shrek4224
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You know the right will twist words just to make noise. I love what you are doing. Such a great role model for my teenage daughter. Thank you for fighting the good fight AOC!
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