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YourAlt
08/21/17 3:41:34 PM
#101:


Ammonitida posted...
GuyCarlPeterson posted...
Remember the outrage when Trump asked if Washington would be next?


The reporters gasped, not aware that SJWs have been advocating for the removal of his statues and monuments for a long time.


What reporters gasped

I think they mostly laughed because of how stupid Trump sounded.
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ChromaticAngel
08/21/17 3:41:49 PM
#102:


Capn Circus posted...
The removal of these statues also costs hundreds of thousands of dollars in many cases. I'm sure there could be better use for that money such as actually helping the disenfranchised.

Is it really worth the cost? That's a lot of money to spend to pacify a few people


Good ol' starving kids in Africa argument. When you have no way to defend statues of racist traitor motherfuckers, just point out that someone somewhere has a shitty life that could really be helped by $100,000.

Why the fuck is it always the right wing who suddenly is in huge favor of philanthropic social program spending only when it can be used as an argument to not tear down some traitor's statue?
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YourAlt
08/21/17 3:42:32 PM
#103:


ChromaticAngel posted...
Capn Circus posted...
The removal of these statues also costs hundreds of thousands of dollars in many cases. I'm sure there could be better use for that money such as actually helping the disenfranchised.

Is it really worth the cost? That's a lot of money to spend to pacify a few people


Good ol' starving kids in Africa argument. When you have no way to defend statues of racist traitor motherfuckers, just point out that someone somewhere has a shitty life that could really be helped by $100,000.

Why the fuck is it always the right wing who suddenly is in huge favor of philanthropic social program spending only when it can be used as an argument to not tear down some traitor's statue?


Because he's a fucking hypocrite with no argument.

He was literally defending Trump's vacation expenses the other day, which total way over any statue removal,cost
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Twin3Turbo
08/21/17 3:42:56 PM
#104:


Capn Circus posted...
The removal of these statues also costs hundreds of thousands of dollars in many cases. I'm sure there could be better use for that money such as actually helping the disenfranchised.

Is it really worth the cost? That's a lot of money to spend to pacify a few people

How much did they cost to get put up? Cost (opportunity & monetary) apparently didn't matter then so why care now?
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Darklit_Minuet
08/21/17 3:43:19 PM
#105:


Capn Circus posted...
The removal of these statues also costs hundreds of thousands of dollars in many cases. I'm sure there could be better use for that money such as actually helping the disenfranchised.

Is it really worth the cost? That's a lot of money to spend to pacify a few people

So don't spend money on it. We'll happily just take sledgehammers to them and destroy them ourselves
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YourAlt
08/21/17 3:43:58 PM
#106:


Darklit_Minuet posted...
Capn Circus posted...
The removal of these statues also costs hundreds of thousands of dollars in many cases. I'm sure there could be better use for that money such as actually helping the disenfranchised.

Is it really worth the cost? That's a lot of money to spend to pacify a few people

So don't spend money on it. We'll happily just take sledgehammers to them and destroy them ourselves


Lol, this.
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ZombiePelican
08/21/17 3:44:16 PM
#107:


Ilove4chan posted...
ZombiePelican posted...
Ilove4chan posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Donomark posted...
How quaint. You're taking Jackson's reasoning. People at the time disagreed. Notably, the U.S. Supreme Court. People still do. I'm not naïve, we just don't all take him at his word, especially when thousands of men, women, and children die.


I also agree. What do you wish Jackson had done differently?

I see two options.

1. Nothing, aka settlers exterminate them all.
2. Turn the US Military on the settlers and kill his own people.

You see another way this could have been resolved?


Yeah seems like fighting or locking up literal criminals and murderers would be logical over genocide of a people with different skin.

Unfortunately people didn't think they way back then and you cannot apply how we view Natives today to the actions commited a century and a half ago


HAHAHAHA oh my god are you seriously trying to use the "can't apply modern standards to history!" in regards to genocide????

The Trail of Tears was hardly genocide
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The Deadpool
08/21/17 3:45:56 PM
#108:


LordTrinen posted...
Why are Democrats so fixated on tearing down the statues NOW?


It didn't start now. They've been petitioning for it for a while. But it's a local government thing, not a Federal Government thing.

Then Charlottesville agreed to remove one, and a large group of Nazis decided to make a big deal out of it and now it's national news and there's plenty of people who love sticking it to Nazis... Because fuck Nazis.
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Ammonitida
08/21/17 3:48:32 PM
#109:


Al Sharpton wants Jefferson Memorial moved to a museum. LOL

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/450537/al-sharpton-opposes-jefferson-memorial
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P4wn4g3
08/21/17 3:49:25 PM
#110:


IDGAF about statues. If it's the price for these extremists to fight the neo Nazis then that's where we are. Oh well.
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Capn Circus
08/21/17 3:51:00 PM
#111:


ChromaticAngel posted...
Capn Circus posted...
The removal of these statues also costs hundreds of thousands of dollars in many cases. I'm sure there could be better use for that money such as actually helping the disenfranchised.

Is it really worth the cost? That's a lot of money to spend to pacify a few people


Good ol' starving kids in Africa argument. When you have no way to defend statues of racist traitor motherfuckers, just point out that someone somewhere has a shitty life that could really be helped by $100,000.

Why the fuck is it always the right wing who suddenly is in huge favor of philanthropic social program spending only when it can be used as an argument to not tear down some traitor's statue?


It could be used for many things. Our cities have crumbling infrastructure, New Orleans specifically has a massive problem with potholes and lack of police-----but they want to toss in money to remove a statue that helps no one by it bring removed
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creativerealms
08/21/17 3:51:41 PM
#112:


Ammonitida posted...
GuyCarlPeterson posted...
Remember the outrage when Trump asked if Washington would be next?


The reporters gasped, not aware that SJWs have been advocating for the removal of his statues and monuments for a long time.

No they don't.
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sktgamer_13dude
08/21/17 3:52:05 PM
#113:


ZombiePelican posted...
Ilove4chan posted...
ZombiePelican posted...
Ilove4chan posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...
Donomark posted...
How quaint. You're taking Jackson's reasoning. People at the time disagreed. Notably, the U.S. Supreme Court. People still do. I'm not naïve, we just don't all take him at his word, especially when thousands of men, women, and children die.


I also agree. What do you wish Jackson had done differently?

I see two options.

1. Nothing, aka settlers exterminate them all.
2. Turn the US Military on the settlers and kill his own people.

You see another way this could have been resolved?


Yeah seems like fighting or locking up literal criminals and murderers would be logical over genocide of a people with different skin.

Unfortunately people didn't think they way back then and you cannot apply how we view Natives today to the actions commited a century and a half ago


HAHAHAHA oh my god are you seriously trying to use the "can't apply modern standards to history!" in regards to genocide????

The Trail of Tears was hardly genocide

Please, you trolled way better when it was about Nintendo.
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Ilove4chan
08/21/17 3:52:18 PM
#114:


ZombiePelican posted...
hockeybub89 posted...
"Different time, cultural differences" will never make killing lots of people look good.

"Look how hard I'm reaching for the sake of virtue signaling "

Ok pal


I told you once before that the word is virching. If you're going to have horrible opinions and call people out for virtue signaling when you're backed into a corner, at least use the proper term.
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Darklit_Minuet
08/21/17 3:52:21 PM
#115:


Capn Circus posted...
New Orleans specifically has a massive problem with potholes and lack of police

Is this opposite day? That's the opposite of a problem, that's freedom
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Zeeak4444
08/21/17 3:52:54 PM
#116:


YourAlt posted...
Darklit_Minuet posted...
Capn Circus posted...
The removal of these statues also costs hundreds of thousands of dollars in many cases. I'm sure there could be better use for that money such as actually helping the disenfranchised.

Is it really worth the cost? That's a lot of money to spend to pacify a few people

So don't spend money on it. We'll happily just take sledgehammers to them and destroy them ourselves


Lol, this.


What is the destruction of the Alexandria Library?

Depending what statue/monument you're talking about destroying.
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Milkman5
08/21/17 3:54:10 PM
#117:


De Evolution posted...
Trump is always right in the end.

this lmao


never thought I would be saying shit like this

but obviously almost no president is 100% PC/Clean


even FDR will get pooped on at some point for the Japanese camps
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Ilove4chan
08/21/17 3:54:38 PM
#118:


As he should
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VectorChaos
08/21/17 3:55:02 PM
#119:


Darklit_Minuet posted...
Capn Circus posted...
New Orleans specifically has a massive problem with potholes and lack of police

Is this opposite day? That's the opposite of a problem, that's freedom

You should visit beautiful, sunny Somalia.

You'd like it.
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lilJoe457
08/21/17 3:56:31 PM
#120:


Let's take down the pyramids.
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Darklit_Minuet
08/21/17 3:56:54 PM
#121:


VectorChaos posted...
Darklit_Minuet posted...
Capn Circus posted...
New Orleans specifically has a massive problem with potholes and lack of police

Is this opposite day? That's the opposite of a problem, that's freedom

You should visit beautiful, sunny Somalia.

You'd like it.

I'm happy in Canada. We have good cops, not murderous racists like the US has
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Ilove4chan
08/21/17 3:57:05 PM
#122:


lilJoe457 posted...
Let's take down the pyramids.


epic pwn
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YourAlt
08/21/17 3:57:32 PM
#123:


VectorChaos posted...
Darklit_Minuet posted...
Capn Circus posted...
New Orleans specifically has a massive problem with potholes and lack of police

Is this opposite day? That's the opposite of a problem, that's freedom

You should visit beautiful, sunny Somalia.

You'd like it.


??? Somalia has a ton of police

99% corrupt

Sorry to wreck your comment
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Antifar
08/21/17 3:58:24 PM
#124:


lilJoe457 posted...
Let's take down the pyramids.

Why
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Ammonitida
08/21/17 3:59:55 PM
#125:


Ilove4chan posted...
lilJoe457 posted...
Let's take down the pyramids.


epic pwn


Let's burn down Monticello!
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Ilove4chan
08/21/17 4:01:42 PM
#126:


Ammonitida posted...
Ilove4chan posted...
lilJoe457 posted...
Let's take down the pyramids.


epic pwn


Let's burn down Monticello!


Unironically
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Inferno Dive Dragoon
08/21/17 4:13:30 PM
#127:


Can't say I feel bad, I don't have much love for Columbus or Jackson, and we've already set the precedent for these kind of removals with the Confederate ones.

No sense half-assing it now, we might as well tear down everything built in memory or celebration of a past bigot, even the "popular" ones that Libs or Cons would try to give a free pass to.
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ImTheMacheteGuy
08/21/17 4:17:56 PM
#128:


The Deadpool posted...
Oh no, people in a democracy asking the government to remove statues they don't want to honor anymore... Oh man, whatever is going to happen to our society next?!?


My guess is some other mundane stuff
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ImTheMacheteGuy
08/21/17 4:20:31 PM
#129:


Antifar posted...
lilJoe457 posted...
Let's take down the pyramids.

Why


Because they were built by aliens
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Doom_Art
08/21/17 4:21:59 PM
#130:


@Capn_Circus posted...
They now want Andrew Jackson removed, a president, and the man who saved New Orleans and ultimately the Louisiana Purchase land from the British.

And they want Columbus gone, too.

Two men who either committed or contributed to genocide.

Not sorry to see em gone.
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Roxborough4Ever
08/21/17 4:42:07 PM
#131:


people on my facebook last week were talking about wanting to blow up stone mountain
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Ilove4chan
08/21/17 4:42:59 PM
#132:


Also LOL attributing the Louisiana Purchase to ANDREW JACKSON
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TheVipaGTS
08/21/17 4:44:53 PM
#133:


People have been calling for he US to stop glorifying Colombus for years now. Just because you haven't been paying attention to it doesn't mean any of this is new stuff that just started because of the Confederate statues issue. Hell the confederate statue issue has been going on forever as well.
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Capn Circus
08/21/17 4:48:42 PM
#134:


Ilove4chan posted...
Also LOL attributing the Louisiana Purchase to ANDREW JACKSON


I said he helped save it.
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Samurontai
08/21/17 4:51:41 PM
#135:


Ammonitida posted...
Samurontai posted...
Who cares? Statues belong in museums anyway


Samurontai, when crazy leftists deface Mount Rushmore with explosives

Who cares? It's just a big rock anyway.


Uh, no?

Unlike conservatives, I don't tend to defend terrorist attacks. Sorry
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glitteringfairy
08/21/17 4:55:34 PM
#136:


I live less than 2 miles from the Hermitage. I guess we should burn his house down too
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Ammonitida
08/21/17 4:56:09 PM
#137:


Samurontai posted...
Ammonitida posted...
Samurontai posted...
Who cares? Statues belong in museums anyway


Samurontai, when crazy leftists deface Mount Rushmore with explosives

Who cares? It's just a big rock anyway.


Uh, no?

Unlike conservatives, I don't tend to defend terrorist attacks. Sorry


I know. We must banish those statues to museums to stop them from perping more terrorist attacks!
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Samurontai
08/21/17 4:56:43 PM
#138:


Ammonitida posted...
Samurontai posted...
Ammonitida posted...
Samurontai posted...
Who cares? Statues belong in museums anyway


Samurontai, when crazy leftists deface Mount Rushmore with explosives

Who cares? It's just a big rock anyway.


Uh, no?

Unlike conservatives, I don't tend to defend terrorist attacks. Sorry


I know. We must banish those statues to museums to stop them from perping more terrorist attacks!


Did you forget to take your meds again?
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ChromaticAngel
08/21/17 4:58:16 PM
#139:


Capn Circus posted...
Ilove4chan posted...
Also LOL attributing the Louisiana Purchase to ANDREW JACKSON


I said he helped save it.


No. The British were already leaving when he attacked. We didn't have things like "phones" back in 1800 so the message that the British were leaving didn't make it to Jackson / British troops at the time. This was Jackson's contribution to 1812:

cbKJpsI
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ImTheMacheteGuy
08/21/17 5:11:35 PM
#140:


TheVipaGTS posted...
People have been calling for he US to stop glorifying Colombus for years now. Just because you haven't been paying attention to it doesn't mean any of this is new stuff that just started because of the Confederate statues issue. Hell the confederate statue issue has been going on forever as well.


Correct. I remember them teaching that Columbus was a dick back in elementary school. We're talking 25+ years ago.
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DD Divine
08/21/17 5:31:23 PM
#141:


Columbus and Jackson were pieces of shit
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Thrillwell
08/21/17 5:51:30 PM
#142:


How long before Washington State becomes Tubman State?
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ImTheMacheteGuy
08/21/17 5:58:10 PM
#143:


Thrillwell posted...
How long before Washington State becomes Tubman State?


Over 9000 years. Tubman hasn't been in an Epic Rap Battle yet.
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LinkAndEpona
08/21/17 6:08:49 PM
#144:


Triggered by statues, how sad
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KainFourteh
08/21/17 6:50:43 PM
#145:


People that think Columbus accomplished anything need to learn some history, he's not someone that should have gotten a statue to begin with. Maybe people have finally had enough of glorifying terrible people? Having one for the president is enough.
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Zero_Destroyer
08/21/17 6:55:45 PM
#146:


To be fair, Columbus doesn't deserve to be celebrated in any capacity. I support renaming Columbus Day, although removing statues is a bit silly. He was beat by the Vikings by hundreds of years, so if we're going to support Europeans who discovered Americas, why not them? Or maybe make it a Native holiday? Either way, Columbus isn't special and he was a pretty wretched human being.

As much as I hate Andrew Jackson, removing his statue would be very silly. He was still an elected official serving the U.S. with a lot that happened during his presidency.
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That_Happened
08/21/17 7:49:23 PM
#147:


Capn Circus posted...
I'm sure there could be better use for that money such as actually helping the disenfranchised.

But conservatives, and Trump, also regularly cut funding for programs that help the disenfranchised, you insincere loon.
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De Evolution
08/21/17 7:53:56 PM
#148:


LinkAndEpona posted...
Triggered by statues, how sad

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BignutzisBack
08/21/17 7:56:07 PM
#149:


Liberals really have become the most bonkers tinfoil hats of our time, I wish I could read about it 100 years in the future and see how hard they laughed at this 8 month and running meltdown since Trump won.
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ImTheMacheteGuy
08/21/17 7:56:55 PM
#150:


BignutzisBack posted...
Liberals really have become the most bonkers tinfoil hats of our time, I wish I could read about it 100 years in the future and see how hard they laughed at this 8 month and running meltdown since Trump won.


This is nonsense-talk
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