Sad! People are out there so full of hate. We must come together people
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Really? The statues symbolize white supremacy and slavery. God forbid we don't think they deserve merit.
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See how it crumbled like that? They were massed produced, and made cheaply during Jim Crow, to get them out & up quicker.pic.twitter.com/B7jvP83TJj
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Two major times civil war statues were erected were during Jim Crow laws & during the civil rights movement. They are there to be oppressive
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this is the way to handle these confederate statues: just rip them down no meetings, no waiting on city hall just go tear them down
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Works for me, I'll help...
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I'm an extreme liberal and I find this appalling. Next we'll burn Huck Finn
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"A sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience." -- Sounds to me like Twain knew on which side he'd want us to stand.
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Seems perfectly fine to me as they were doing a public service to their community and country. Sometimes doing wrong is the right thing.
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Saved the state $. Now they wont have to pay to have it taken down. Very thrifty
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This is a bad idea. This incites racist to try to target statues they don't like. This incites a bad idea. These protesters are stupid.
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They killed a woman this weekend. Fuck their participation trophies.
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Yes and one of theirs is in prison and rightfully so, but this was an illegal action.
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So was every slave escape. So was Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat.
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Those situations were different. Human lives were at stake. A statue does no such thing.
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Charlottesville started as a "protest" against tearing down Confederate statues. They're willing to kill for it, but we won't stop.
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This is a bad idea, you incited racist to target statues they don't like. You put the national mall at risk.
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rip all confederate statues down. they have no place in modern america i am not afraid if racists target real national symbols in response
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