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Old 06-12-2020, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Windguy View Post
That is completely different! The South were our brothers and they turned on us. We don't want to remove their statues because of slavery--it's because they were losing traitors. And, now, the statues are there to intimidate black people. Statues of the earliest Americans aren't there to intimidate anyone. They were a noble people who fought to defend their land. They didn't betray us.
How are statues of losing traitors intimidating black people?

PS Native Americans had slaves long before Europeans arrived. Were their slaves the wrong color?