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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 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
The gotcha is that these miserable hate statues are being torn down, and no wise ass
The_Casual_Observer
Aug 2017
#2
Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)1. Native American Lawmakers Want Hill Park Confederate Monument Removed
HELENA, Mont. (AP) Native American lawmakers in Montana are calling for the removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers in the states capital city.
The granite fountain in Helenas 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
gotchas are going to change that so live with it and smile (assholes)
renegade000
(2,301 posts)3. Nationalism, how does it work?
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
(2,358 posts)4. My response would be to say "Great idea, let's ask Native Americans
what they want from the USA for the centuries of oppression".
I mean, they might not care about statues...
HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)5. "Keep in mind you conservatives now RUN America, so there is that."