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Spain's New Postage Stamps Were Meant To Call Out Racism. Instead They Drew Outrage
NPR ^ | May 28 2021 | AP

Posted on 06/08/2021 11:07:56 AM PDT by xp38

Edited on 06/08/2021 3:25:25 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

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1 posted on 06/08/2021 11:07:57 AM PDT by xp38
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Idiots in charge. Everywhere.


2 posted on 06/08/2021 11:10:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Doubt they could have screwed this up worse.


3 posted on 06/08/2021 11:11:20 AM PDT by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, Trump supporter, murdered in 2020)
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To: xp38

Typical racist BS coming from typical racist BS’ers trying too hard to prove how they are not racist.


4 posted on 06/08/2021 11:12:50 AM PDT by throwthebumsout
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Sickening.


5 posted on 06/08/2021 11:12:50 AM PDT by Maceman (People who vote Democrat sell their lives (and ours) to the government and their souls to the Devil.)
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To: xp38

The black stamp isn’t even worth 3/5ths of the white stamp.


6 posted on 06/08/2021 11:13:03 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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If no one buys them and they are withdrawn they might be worth something one day. Philatelists know.


7 posted on 06/08/2021 11:13:30 AM PDT by xp38
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I think we all know exactly what would have happened if the order had been reversed.

They would've been criticized for celebrating light skin with the cheapest everyday stamp in the series while relegating the darkest skin to heavier mail pieces which are rarely sent . . . and people of color can't afford.

There is no way to appease these jagoffs no matter what you do.

8 posted on 06/08/2021 11:15:25 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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You can’t expect Spaniards to know US history but yeah I noticed that too.


9 posted on 06/08/2021 11:15:35 AM PDT by xp38
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Anymore, I don’t even expect Americans to know American history.


10 posted on 06/08/2021 11:17:53 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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LOL. The message I get from this is that it takes two Italians to do the same job as one German.


11 posted on 06/08/2021 11:17:57 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("And once in a night I dreamed you were there; I canceled my flight from going nowhere.")
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The lighter ones are worth more!....................


12 posted on 06/08/2021 11:18:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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HA hA...I see what you did there. I didn;t know the reveruhnd jacksonn or Al (not too sharp) Ton had any cred in Espana. They must be aliens!


13 posted on 06/08/2021 11:18:33 AM PDT by gr8eman (The "R" next to Snake Plisken's name stands for "Retired")
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Iseewhatyoudidthere......................


14 posted on 06/08/2021 11:19:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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Spain has the second largest number of unmarked mass graves in the world. They still have people living with neighbors who tortured them during the Franco years and even the current government refuses to help families identify relatives who were tortured, murdered and dumped in mass graves. So naturally they have a massive overreaction in the opposite direction and try to prove how progressive they are.


15 posted on 06/08/2021 11:20:33 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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College Republicans have been doing something similar with cookie sales for over a decade now.

Surprised no Freeper has commented on that yet.

16 posted on 06/08/2021 11:23:24 AM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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Good point!

I wonder if all the colors are on e single sheet or if you’d need to buy a separate sheet for each color.


17 posted on 06/08/2021 11:30:32 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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I went to the post office twice last week, both times to send letters to England. Normally it costs 1.60. I went to the counter and told them what I wanted. The postman weighed the letter and told me it was 1.60, same as any other time. There was no mention of any type of special stamp. Nothing was offered and I didn’t see any ads for these stamps. Even the post office is ignoring this promotion.


18 posted on 06/08/2021 11:35:51 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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Plenty of atrocities were committed by the Progressive (”Republican”) side during the Spanish Civil War.


19 posted on 06/08/2021 11:36:33 AM PDT by Stingray51 ( )
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“Philatelists know.”

What’s a bj got to do with stamp value?


20 posted on 06/08/2021 11:36:56 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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