| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off 00:49 - Jul 4 with 18661 views | Jack123 |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:13 - Jul 4 with 2056 views | 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.
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:20 - Jul 4 with 2028 views | Professor |
| 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.
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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. |  | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:25 - Jul 4 with 2014 views | Professor |
| 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 | | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:28 - Jul 4 with 2009 views | londonlisa2001 |
| 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. | | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:32 - Jul 4 with 1994 views | Tummer_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! | |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:35 - Jul 4 with 1985 views | Professor |
| 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 | | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:45 - Jul 4 with 1967 views | Highjack |
| 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. |  |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:48 - Jul 4 with 1964 views | Highjack |
| 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. | |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 17:55 - Jul 4 with 1951 views | Highjack |
| 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. | |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:08 - Jul 4 with 1929 views | Humpty |
| 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. |  | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:12 - Jul 4 with 1922 views | Vincent_Vega |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 01:33 - Jul 4 by Highjack |
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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 1918 views | londonlisa2001 |
| 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, | | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:15 - Jul 4 with 1916 views | Professor |
| 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. | | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:20 - Jul 4 with 1909 views | Highjack |
| 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??? | |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:24 - Jul 4 with 1900 views | londonlisa2001 |
| 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? | | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:34 - Jul 4 with 1880 views | Ace_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. |  | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:38 - Jul 4 with 1865 views | Highjack |
| 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. | |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 18:51 - Jul 4 with 1838 views | Highjack |
| 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. | |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 23:08 - Jul 4 with 1771 views | Luther27 |
| 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? | | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 23:21 - Jul 4 with 1758 views | Professor |
| 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 | | | |
| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 00:15 - Jul 5 with 1732 views | Ebo |
| 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 [Post edited 4 Jul 2020 2:07]
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If you are against racism then you are antifa you crippling moron. |  |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 00:20 - Jul 5 with 1725 views | Ebo |
| 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. | |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 00:22 - Jul 5 with 1722 views | Ebo |
| 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. | |
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 01:59 - Jul 5 with 1686 views | Jack123 |
| 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]
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| Mount Rushmore (looks like it's going to kick off on 10:08 - Jul 5 with 1497 views | Brynmill_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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