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HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 01:00 PM Aug 2017

The latest conservative, neo-Confederate attempt at a "Gotcha":

"Should Native Americans demand all Washington D.C. monuments be torn down?"

A) We can multi-task.

B) Gee, look who all of a sudden cares about First Nations people; likely the same ones who cheered the police at Standing Rock.

C) This doesn't excuse celebrating traitors and seditionists.

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The latest conservative, neo-Confederate attempt at a "Gotcha": (Original Post) HughBeaumont Aug 2017 OP
Native American Lawmakers Want Hill Park Confederate Monument Removed Weekend Warrior Aug 2017 #1
The gotcha is that these miserable hate statues are being torn down, and no wise ass The_Casual_Observer Aug 2017 #2
Nationalism, how does it work? renegade000 Aug 2017 #3
My response would be to say "Great idea, let's ask Native Americans ExciteBike66 Aug 2017 #4
"Keep in mind you conservatives now RUN America, so there is that." HughBeaumont Aug 2017 #5
 

Weekend Warrior

(1,301 posts)
1. Native American Lawmakers Want Hill Park Confederate Monument Removed
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 01:05 PM
Aug 2017
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Native American lawmakers in Montana are calling for the removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers in the state’s capital city.

The granite fountain in Helena’s Hill Park has been the subject of debate in recent years, as other cities across the country decide the fate of monuments erected to honor the legacy of the Confederacy.

The request came in a letter signed by eight members of the Native American legislative caucus. It asserts that such monuments have “stood for segregation, secession, and slavery.”

The request follows weekend violence and a death at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.


http://kcap.com/native-american-lawmakers-want-hill-park-monument-removed/

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
2. The gotcha is that these miserable hate statues are being torn down, and no wise ass
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 01:06 PM
Aug 2017

gotchas are going to change that so live with it and smile (assholes)

renegade000

(2,301 posts)
3. Nationalism, how does it work?
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 01:20 PM
Aug 2017

The founding fathers, as morally complex as they were, laid the foundation of the American republic as we know it today. The secessionists tried to destroy it.

ExciteBike66

(2,357 posts)
4. My response would be to say "Great idea, let's ask Native Americans
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 01:25 PM
Aug 2017

what they want from the USA for the centuries of oppression".

I mean, they might not care about statues...

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