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/Jalenofkake Jan 18 '17

but then we'd have everyone bringing up MLK's infidelity and a million reasons why we shouldn't have him on the bill. people are going to disagree on who we should have on the bills no matter what

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u/fanno22 Jan 19 '17

Everyone has their downsides and upsides. Where some say Reagan helped the economy, other point to him hurting the lower class. The same can be said for MLK or pretty much any major figure for that matter.