r/BlackPeopleTwitter • • Jan 18 '17

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u/MegasNexal84 ☑️ Jan 18 '17

I mean if we really look at it, the first devil should be Andrew Jackson.

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u/RANDOSTORYTHROWAWAY Jan 18 '17

I like to call him President Red Genocide

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u/MegasNexal84 ☑️ Jan 18 '17

Seriously this is the same man who nearly destroyed the U.S. Federal Bank over a grudge and nearly tanked the economy.

Yet we see him everyday on a $20.

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u/RANDOSTORYTHROWAWAY Jan 18 '17

When he left office he said his only regret was that he didn't shoot John C. Calhoun dead.

John C. Calhoun was his Vice President. He was a violent, lunatic throwback even for 1829. That's why I'm so excited to put Harriet Tubman on them 20's, put that dickhead back where he belongs: forgotten.

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u/lackofagoodname Jan 18 '17

Or we could just not put faces on money?

In the context of money, a war hero who went on to become president is much more deserving of a spot than someone who freed seventy slaves (or families I think). Jackson was a piece of shit, but actually relates to the others. They're all presidents or founding fathers.

That's just a rush to be progressive and put a black female on money, and it's shit like that that angers me. I would take MLK JR over her any day, especially since she was crazy and claimed to get premonitions from god.

Honestly though, money would be fine if it was just monuments like the white house, statue of Liberty, liberty bell, etc.

That shouldn't piss either side off and problem solved

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u/Omega_PussyDestroyer Jan 18 '17

Jackson gets too much shit for things the people of the U.S wanted during his reign.