[hanamizu]

“I wouldn’t be a part of tearing down US statues but if I did it would be Andy Jackson’s”

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I’ll be glad to take the government portraits of him in your wallet off your hands! Andy Jackson was a tough hombre his whole life. I can see why descendants of the Eastern Tribes might not love him. Ironically, the town next door to me is Jackson, MO, named after him by veterans from the Battle of New Orleans. The Jackson High School team name is the Indians.

[livius]

Andrew Jackson was a total jerk, the Bolton of his age. He hated Indians, blacks, Spaniards and Catholics. But still, he was the 7th president of the US, first Territorial Governor of Florida (and founder of the Democratic Pary in 1828) and most of his hideous and vicious policies had already been voted on and approved by the US Congress. So while I don’t like him, he’s important and his statues should stay. With heavy interpretation,