The average German citizen seems to be exceptionally better-educated on their history than the average Confederate stan.
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In Berlin I saw lots of statues and memorials... to the murdered Jewish people, to the murdered Roma people, to the crimes of the past.
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As I walk through Charlottesville, I see statues to revisionist white supremacist history. Sacagawea cowering behind Lewis and Clark...
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Robert E. Lee and the Lost Cause... George Rogers Clark LITERALLY SUBJUGATING NATIVES. I'm gonna do a Fuck Your Statue Periscope tour...
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The duty the Germans take into exploring the history of their country's awful actions is no joke.
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I pointed this out to a co-worker that insisted that confederate monuments were "necessary" for history. They had no rebuttal.
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That's the double edged sword of free speech in the US - it's illegal in Germany to celebrate Nazis, display swastikas, etc
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Because you and I know it isn't about history. It is about keeping their boot on OUR necks!!
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Germany substitutes mass graves for statues as part of their history education
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More like that's illegal in Germany.
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