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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off 00:49 - Jul 4 with 19214 viewsJack123

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libera nos a malo

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:13 - Jul 4 with 2089 viewsTummer_from_Texas

CNN in 2016:

"Bernie Sanders taking in the majesty of the moment. This monument to four great American Presidents."

CNN in 2020:

"President Trump will be at Mount Rushmore, where he’ll be standing in front of a monument of two slave owners and on land wrestled away from Native Americans.”



Truly amazing how WOKE Trump has made the world in such a short period of time.
[Post edited 4 Jul 2020 17:43]

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:20 - Jul 4 with 2061 viewsProfessor

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:13 - Jul 4 by Tummer_from_Texas

CNN in 2016:

"Bernie Sanders taking in the majesty of the moment. This monument to four great American Presidents."

CNN in 2020:

"President Trump will be at Mount Rushmore, where he’ll be standing in front of a monument of two slave owners and on land wrestled away from Native Americans.”



Truly amazing how WOKE Trump has made the world in such a short period of time.
[Post edited 4 Jul 2020 17:43]


How do you feel about the controversy?

Hope you are well- I have friends in College Station (one undergoing chemo) who are a little worried by the issue in the state-although Texas is huge of course.
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:25 - Jul 4 with 2047 viewsProfessor

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:20 - Jul 4 by Professor

How do you feel about the controversy?

Hope you are well- I have friends in College Station (one undergoing chemo) who are a little worried by the issue in the state-although Texas is huge of course.


Sorry-not clear there=high levels of Covid 19 in Texas
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:28 - Jul 4 with 2042 viewslondonlisa2001

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:12 - Jul 4 by Highjack

My grandparents were involved in World War II but the notion I should hold any ill will towards Germany and the German people of today is crazy in my mind. Germany doesn’t hate us either. Atrocities on all sides. The blitz, Dresden, Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima, yet we’re pretty much all friends now. World War II was undoubtedly the lowest point of human history but we’ve moved on and made amends in many ways.

Native American history is also one of massive bloodshed, the various tribes were knocking the shit out of each other for centuries before the Europeans arrived. The Sioux would have been the invaders at one point. No doubt they would have stolen the land off some other tribe who probably considered the land sacred before. History is far more complicated than the simplistic “America bad, Britain bad” narrative that the hard left are pushing.


It’s not a valid comparison as that war didn’t end with Germany occupying ‘our’ land or us occupying ‘theirs’.

A better comparison would be the countries ceded to the Soviets as a result of the War, where the struggle to turf them out didn’t cease until they were turfed out. Or if Israel, granted lands in perpetuity in 1948, had seen Jerusalem taken back due to the discovery of natural resources only for the Germans to erect a statue of great German leaders on the site of the Temple Mount.
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:32 - Jul 4 with 2027 viewsTummer_from_Texas

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:20 - Jul 4 by Professor

How do you feel about the controversy?

Hope you are well- I have friends in College Station (one undergoing chemo) who are a little worried by the issue in the state-although Texas is huge of course.


Oh wow, hope the treatment is successful! College Station is a place I detest as an Aggie-hating Longhorn college football fan, but it's a good place for health care.

I just think it's hilarious a ridiculously transparent when the mainstream media frames it as an awesome moment at a monument to four great Presidents when a Democratic Socialist visits Mount Rushmore; but then frames it as a monument to two slave owners on "stolen" (conquered) land (i.e., anywhere in North America) when Trump visits.

Like this was a secret that was magically discovered in the last 4 years.

As with everything else the Left spazzes out about, this has nothing to do with their phony assed social justice, and everything to do with Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Cheers!

POTY 2015
Poll: Biggest signing so far in January? (just curious what Planet Swans thinks)

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:35 - Jul 4 with 2018 viewsProfessor

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:32 - Jul 4 by Tummer_from_Texas

Oh wow, hope the treatment is successful! College Station is a place I detest as an Aggie-hating Longhorn college football fan, but it's a good place for health care.

I just think it's hilarious a ridiculously transparent when the mainstream media frames it as an awesome moment at a monument to four great Presidents when a Democratic Socialist visits Mount Rushmore; but then frames it as a monument to two slave owners on "stolen" (conquered) land (i.e., anywhere in North America) when Trump visits.

Like this was a secret that was magically discovered in the last 4 years.

As with everything else the Left spazzes out about, this has nothing to do with their phony assed social justice, and everything to do with Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Cheers!


Thanks for the best wishes-the woman I know is at A & M (veterinary microbiology) and I have an even older friend at the USDA there
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:45 - Jul 4 with 2000 viewsHighjack

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:05 - Jul 4 by Professor

You know I was amazed to see a statue of Robert E. Lee in New Orleans a few years ago. On a column. I think it has gone now. To an extent that makes me sad, but I wonder how the large African American population felt about it? Lee himself did not own slaves.


He was obviously a wrong un but rightly or wrongly he is such a massive figure in one of the major events of US history. Similarities to Cromwell who was obviously a right evil bastard and thousands of Irish people walk past him every year, but like his face history should be presented warts n all.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Poll: Should Dippy Drakeford do us all a massive favour and just bog off?

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:48 - Jul 4 with 1997 viewsHighjack

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:08 - Jul 4 by Ace_Jack

Thomas Jefferson raped children he kept as slaves.

In one hundred years they’ll be decrying Marxists for opposing the reinstatement of the Jimmy Savile outside a children’s hospital, after all he raised tens of millions for charity. You could hold a rally in front of that statue and Highjack wouldn’t find it controversial.


I’m going to make a prediction here, call me mental but I think I’ll be dead by then.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Poll: Should Dippy Drakeford do us all a massive favour and just bog off?

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:55 - Jul 4 with 1984 viewsHighjack

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:28 - Jul 4 by londonlisa2001

It’s not a valid comparison as that war didn’t end with Germany occupying ‘our’ land or us occupying ‘theirs’.

A better comparison would be the countries ceded to the Soviets as a result of the War, where the struggle to turf them out didn’t cease until they were turfed out. Or if Israel, granted lands in perpetuity in 1948, had seen Jerusalem taken back due to the discovery of natural resources only for the Germans to erect a statue of great German leaders on the site of the Temple Mount.


But the English occupied “our” land and yet you were admonishing kilkennyjack for banging on about being anti English the other day.

You can’t have it both ways. We’ll have to tear down Caerphilly Castle I’m afraid. It’s a symbol of colonialism.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Poll: Should Dippy Drakeford do us all a massive favour and just bog off?

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:08 - Jul 4 with 1962 viewsHumpty

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:45 - Jul 4 by Highjack

He was obviously a wrong un but rightly or wrongly he is such a massive figure in one of the major events of US history. Similarities to Cromwell who was obviously a right evil bastard and thousands of Irish people walk past him every year, but like his face history should be presented warts n all.


He was a massive historical figure but he was also a traitor to the US. How many countries have statues of traitors on display?

Also Lee didn't want any monuments erected to commemorate the Civil War as he felt it would hinder hinder the country in moving on. Pretty prescient of him. And these statues weren't erected soon after the war, most were put up in between the nineteen twenties and sixties, at the peak of Jim Crow.
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:12 - Jul 4 with 1955 viewsVincent_Vega

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 01:33 - Jul 4 by Highjack



I’m with you HJ


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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:13 - Jul 4 with 1951 viewslondonlisa2001

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:55 - Jul 4 by Highjack

But the English occupied “our” land and yet you were admonishing kilkennyjack for banging on about being anti English the other day.

You can’t have it both ways. We’ll have to tear down Caerphilly Castle I’m afraid. It’s a symbol of colonialism.


Yes they did, and if they built a memorial on a Celtic sacred site I’d also call that ‘controversial’. I haven’t said Rushmore should be pulled down. I think the controversy should be understood, and accepted, and that a memorial to the Sioux Nation should stand there (as they are now building) with education about the wrongs that were done to the Sioux Nation at the site and distributed to all visitors (which I believe they are also now doing more than before).

I was admonishing Kilkenny for basing his reasons for independence on a negative rather than a positive. Not comparable. The Sioux don’t want independence from the USA, they want to be acknowledged and compensated (as the Supreme Court ruled they should be).

If you stopped this knee jerk reaction stuff and thought, you may see sense in what people are saying. The problem is, and this is the same with Tummer in my view, you both stand against ‘identity politics’ whilst at the same time being part of the biggest expressions of identity politics (brexit in your case, MAGA in his). They are movements based entirely on identity politics, while pretending identity politics is bad. It’s laughable if it wasn’t so ridiculously awful,
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:15 - Jul 4 with 1949 viewsProfessor

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:45 - Jul 4 by Highjack

He was obviously a wrong un but rightly or wrongly he is such a massive figure in one of the major events of US history. Similarities to Cromwell who was obviously a right evil bastard and thousands of Irish people walk past him every year, but like his face history should be presented warts n all.


My point is I don’t think Lee was a wrong ‘un. He was very much a professional soldier who chose his state over Union. He was very respected by US Grant. You could level that at Jefferson Davis, the president of the confederacy even Union Generals like Sherman for their scorched earth tactics.
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:20 - Jul 4 with 1942 viewsHighjack

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:13 - Jul 4 by londonlisa2001

Yes they did, and if they built a memorial on a Celtic sacred site I’d also call that ‘controversial’. I haven’t said Rushmore should be pulled down. I think the controversy should be understood, and accepted, and that a memorial to the Sioux Nation should stand there (as they are now building) with education about the wrongs that were done to the Sioux Nation at the site and distributed to all visitors (which I believe they are also now doing more than before).

I was admonishing Kilkenny for basing his reasons for independence on a negative rather than a positive. Not comparable. The Sioux don’t want independence from the USA, they want to be acknowledged and compensated (as the Supreme Court ruled they should be).

If you stopped this knee jerk reaction stuff and thought, you may see sense in what people are saying. The problem is, and this is the same with Tummer in my view, you both stand against ‘identity politics’ whilst at the same time being part of the biggest expressions of identity politics (brexit in your case, MAGA in his). They are movements based entirely on identity politics, while pretending identity politics is bad. It’s laughable if it wasn’t so ridiculously awful,


What on Earth does Brexit have to do with identity politics???

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Poll: Should Dippy Drakeford do us all a massive favour and just bog off?

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:24 - Jul 4 with 1933 viewslondonlisa2001

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:20 - Jul 4 by Highjack

What on Earth does Brexit have to do with identity politics???


That’s a joke right?
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:34 - Jul 4 with 1913 viewsAce_Jack

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:48 - Jul 4 by Highjack

I’m going to make a prediction here, call me mental but I think I’ll be dead by then.


You’ll be a head in a jar, like Nixon in Futurama.
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:38 - Jul 4 with 1898 viewsHighjack

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:24 - Jul 4 by londonlisa2001

That’s a joke right?


No it was a question.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Poll: Should Dippy Drakeford do us all a massive favour and just bog off?

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:51 - Jul 4 with 1871 viewsHighjack

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:15 - Jul 4 by Professor

My point is I don’t think Lee was a wrong ‘un. He was very much a professional soldier who chose his state over Union. He was very respected by US Grant. You could level that at Jefferson Davis, the president of the confederacy even Union Generals like Sherman for their scorched earth tactics.


Very fair points, but the cause he was fighting for viewed through the prism of modern eyes was a deeply unpleasant one.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
Poll: Should Dippy Drakeford do us all a massive favour and just bog off?

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 23:08 - Jul 4 with 1804 viewsLuther27

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:13 - Jul 4 by londonlisa2001

Yes they did, and if they built a memorial on a Celtic sacred site I’d also call that ‘controversial’. I haven’t said Rushmore should be pulled down. I think the controversy should be understood, and accepted, and that a memorial to the Sioux Nation should stand there (as they are now building) with education about the wrongs that were done to the Sioux Nation at the site and distributed to all visitors (which I believe they are also now doing more than before).

I was admonishing Kilkenny for basing his reasons for independence on a negative rather than a positive. Not comparable. The Sioux don’t want independence from the USA, they want to be acknowledged and compensated (as the Supreme Court ruled they should be).

If you stopped this knee jerk reaction stuff and thought, you may see sense in what people are saying. The problem is, and this is the same with Tummer in my view, you both stand against ‘identity politics’ whilst at the same time being part of the biggest expressions of identity politics (brexit in your case, MAGA in his). They are movements based entirely on identity politics, while pretending identity politics is bad. It’s laughable if it wasn’t so ridiculously awful,


You really are out of your tree. But in this case regarding Indigenous Americans such as the Sioux , are you advocating the return of Northern America to the original population? Or payment as reparations for the building of a monument on sacred ground?
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 23:21 - Jul 4 with 1791 viewsProfessor

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:51 - Jul 4 by Highjack

Very fair points, but the cause he was fighting for viewed through the prism of modern eyes was a deeply unpleasant one.


Slavery was not the only reason why the Civil War happened.
No doubt the major one and yes one that is repugnant to us today
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 00:15 - Jul 5 with 1765 viewsEbo

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 01:54 - Jul 4 by Jack123

These antifa scum, need to be erased off the face of the earth
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If you are against racism then you are antifa you crippling moron.

Thank you, goodnight and bollocks
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 00:20 - Jul 5 with 1758 viewsEbo

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 14:04 - Jul 4 by Highjack

People have just lost all leave of their senses. History was brutal. People are brutal. We can’t change that now. It’s done. We can look at it and say “that was horrible, let’s learn from it and be nicer to each other in future” or we can live in perpetual penance where we flagellate each other for the wrongdoings of people who lived centuries ago.


Trouble is no one seems to learn from history if we did the world would be a better place.

Thank you, goodnight and bollocks
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 00:22 - Jul 5 with 1755 viewsEbo

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:32 - Jul 4 by Tummer_from_Texas

Oh wow, hope the treatment is successful! College Station is a place I detest as an Aggie-hating Longhorn college football fan, but it's a good place for health care.

I just think it's hilarious a ridiculously transparent when the mainstream media frames it as an awesome moment at a monument to four great Presidents when a Democratic Socialist visits Mount Rushmore; but then frames it as a monument to two slave owners on "stolen" (conquered) land (i.e., anywhere in North America) when Trump visits.

Like this was a secret that was magically discovered in the last 4 years.

As with everything else the Left spazzes out about, this has nothing to do with their phony assed social justice, and everything to do with Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Cheers!


Well, you won't have to worry anymore as Mr Dump will be gone in November.

Thank you, goodnight and bollocks
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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 01:59 - Jul 5 with 1719 viewsJack123

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 00:15 - Jul 5 by Ebo

If you are against racism then you are antifa you crippling moron.


bore off ebo
[Post edited 5 Jul 2020 2:36]

libera nos a malo

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Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 10:08 - Jul 5 with 1530 viewsBrynmill_Jack

Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 00:15 - Jul 5 by Ebo

If you are against racism then you are antifa you crippling moron.


Leave him alone. He’s a fascist non racist mun. Can’t you understand???? You big bully

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