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WhiskeyGrinder

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7. Why? She's dead.

Reply to jimfields33 (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 9, 2022, 12:47 PM

Sep 2022

Was she personally involved in this?

Everything the British government did during her reign was done in her name.

She has no power really.

Either the monarchy matters, or it doesn't.

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Roundtable: Amid Tributes to Queen Elizabeth, Deadly Legacy of British Colonialism Cannot Be Ignored [View all] cbabe Sep 2022 OP

I'd wait until after she's buried at least jimfields33 Sep 2022 #1

I don't really know the fine points of British Imperialism AZSkiffyGeek Sep 2022 #2

Oh my goodness jimfields33 Sep 2022 #3

it seems that her death is being used as an indictment for hundreds of years of imperialism AZSkiffyGeek Sep 2022 #4

Consider if your grandparents owned slaves, what do cbabe Sep 2022 #6

I don't think it's personal leftstreet Sep 2022 #5

Why? She's dead. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2022 #7

de-colonization began years before Elizabeth took the throne DBoon Sep 2022 #8

The Monarchy was another cog in the Enoki33 Sep 2022 #9

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