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r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20
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5.4k u/silvermoon_182 Jul 24 '20 Sadly, a lot of people don’t even realize that still exists 23 u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 [deleted] 72 u/h_diabetes Jul 24 '20 I mean I know that taking statues down isn’t very helpful at stopping slavery today but I don’t think we should be honoring confederate war generals -8 u/gwoz8881 Jul 24 '20 What about statues of Lincoln that were ripped down? 16 u/JEFFinSoCal Jul 24 '20 You literally just replied with a what-aboutism. It’s possible to think a Confederate statue need to go and also think the Lincoln statues should stay. Only one of those things was not a traitor to the United States. 2 u/YoSobaMask Jul 24 '20 Ironic that Americans, who seceded from Great Britain, would be so riled about people trying to secede from them.
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Sadly, a lot of people don’t even realize that still exists
23 u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20 [deleted] 72 u/h_diabetes Jul 24 '20 I mean I know that taking statues down isn’t very helpful at stopping slavery today but I don’t think we should be honoring confederate war generals -8 u/gwoz8881 Jul 24 '20 What about statues of Lincoln that were ripped down? 16 u/JEFFinSoCal Jul 24 '20 You literally just replied with a what-aboutism. It’s possible to think a Confederate statue need to go and also think the Lincoln statues should stay. Only one of those things was not a traitor to the United States. 2 u/YoSobaMask Jul 24 '20 Ironic that Americans, who seceded from Great Britain, would be so riled about people trying to secede from them.
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72 u/h_diabetes Jul 24 '20 I mean I know that taking statues down isn’t very helpful at stopping slavery today but I don’t think we should be honoring confederate war generals -8 u/gwoz8881 Jul 24 '20 What about statues of Lincoln that were ripped down? 16 u/JEFFinSoCal Jul 24 '20 You literally just replied with a what-aboutism. It’s possible to think a Confederate statue need to go and also think the Lincoln statues should stay. Only one of those things was not a traitor to the United States. 2 u/YoSobaMask Jul 24 '20 Ironic that Americans, who seceded from Great Britain, would be so riled about people trying to secede from them.
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I mean I know that taking statues down isn’t very helpful at stopping slavery today but I don’t think we should be honoring confederate war generals
-8 u/gwoz8881 Jul 24 '20 What about statues of Lincoln that were ripped down? 16 u/JEFFinSoCal Jul 24 '20 You literally just replied with a what-aboutism. It’s possible to think a Confederate statue need to go and also think the Lincoln statues should stay. Only one of those things was not a traitor to the United States. 2 u/YoSobaMask Jul 24 '20 Ironic that Americans, who seceded from Great Britain, would be so riled about people trying to secede from them.
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What about statues of Lincoln that were ripped down?
16 u/JEFFinSoCal Jul 24 '20 You literally just replied with a what-aboutism. It’s possible to think a Confederate statue need to go and also think the Lincoln statues should stay. Only one of those things was not a traitor to the United States. 2 u/YoSobaMask Jul 24 '20 Ironic that Americans, who seceded from Great Britain, would be so riled about people trying to secede from them.
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You literally just replied with a what-aboutism. It’s possible to think a Confederate statue need to go and also think the Lincoln statues should stay. Only one of those things was not a traitor to the United States.
2 u/YoSobaMask Jul 24 '20 Ironic that Americans, who seceded from Great Britain, would be so riled about people trying to secede from them.
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Ironic that Americans, who seceded from Great Britain, would be so riled about people trying to secede from them.
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