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I understand their concerns about reminders of slavery and how a statue of, say, Robert E. Lee might cause them to be reminded of the agony. I agree with them on that.

But they are missing something important. There are other reminders of slavery that should also be removed. Martin Luther King was one of the leaders in the fight against the Democrat’s Jim Crow laws and the segregation they enforced. But that reminds anyone that knows this of the reality of segregation, which was imposed by the Democrats when the Union took away their slaves! As a constant reminder of slavery and Jim Crow the statues of Martin Luther King should be removed, the schools named after him should be renamed to something that won’t bring slavery to the mind all the time and streets named after him should be also renamed.

As well, a statue that mentions Crispus Attucks, a slave who fought for freedom in the American Revolution triggered me because he was a slave. The agonies of slavery surged back into my mind! He thus reminds of daily of that evil institution. Therefore, the statue should be removed.

There are lots more cases but I think all will recognize the need to do a thorough cleansing of the land for these offensive statues and reminders of a great sin in America’s past!

29 posted on 05/27/2017 6:20:07 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Democrats founded the Klan, Democrats passed the Jim Crow laws.

The Democrat Party needs to go away. Buh bye.


56 posted on 05/27/2017 8:17:46 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (patriots win, Communists and Socialist Just-Us Warriors lose)
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Blacks remind me of slavery just because they are black. When are we going to remove them?


92 posted on 05/28/2017 11:47:57 AM PDT by Uncle Sham
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