Getting off the train in Cville yesterday, there was a man wearing a shirt that read "If this shirt offends you, you need a history lesson."
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
The shirt had a big Confederate flag on it.
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Dealing with Civil War apologists is maybe my least favorite thing about living in VA. But what's weird is how often I see it elsewhere.
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I've thrice been in Lyfts/Ubers in Seattle/Portland where, when I tell the driver I'm from Virginia, they start talking about re-enactments.
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One driver went on a lengthy rant about how the war wasn't about slavery. Another told me with pride about his Confederate memorabilia.
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Trump's comments about the Civil War legitimizes this behavior in a very unique way. It's one reason why I don't feel safe in the US.
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All these little things add up, like the contractor today that basically just openly admitted to xenophobia while standing in my house.
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I don't even believe it's malice. It's simply ignorance, in the "not knowing" sense of the word. And it adds up and adds up and adds up.
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Individually, we can dismiss these things. But we have to take them together, because people are literally dying from this buildup of rage.
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Replying to @EmilyGorcenski
I was schooled in Oklahoma. You better believe the civil war was caused by "States Rights"- Of which Slavery was a minor footnote.
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