• @BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    41 month ago

    Isn’t that the same feeling people get when looking at those confederate statues?

    Or are the confederate statues more of a reminder that “this guy led my great grandfather into a meaningless battle where he got killed”?

    Or “this guy strongly supported slavery and he is in the town square wtf”?

    As an outsider I probably won’t get it fully, but I can try.

    • 0x0520 [he/him]
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      41 month ago

      Or “this guy strongly supported slavery and he is in the town square wtf”?

      This is about half right. One has to recall how unrelentingly racist the US is to fill in the gaps.