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Kevin M. Levin
KevinLevin
We are confused by the presence of Confederate flags in Northern states like Wisconsin and Michigan because we tend to reduce the Confederacy to the fight over slavery. But its
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Nathan Carrington
NateCarrington
My first peer-reviewed publication (with @LoganRStrother) is finally out! We scrutinize the belief that removal of Confederate icons violates free expression rights. Huge thanks to everyone who offered feedback and
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Kevin Maimann
TheMaimann
What happens to monuments after they’re spraypainted, decapitated or tossed in lakes? After countless calls and emails over many weeks I boiled this down to 1,200ish words https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/epdj3z/controversial-confedera
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Frank Luntz
FrankLuntz
These words are inscribed on the wall at Auschwitz, where a memorial is maintained so we never forget.Leaving most monuments in place while stating the inhumanities associated with them is
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Obbie Tyler Todd
obbietylertodd
I don’t know if I ever qualified as a “Neo-Confederate,” but I certainly bought into the Confederate mythology in my early 20s. As a freshman at the University of Kentucky,
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Yue Stella Yu
StellaYu_Mizzou
Lukewarm to the appeal to relocate the Confederate monument at the county courthouse, county supervisor Harry Sanders made racist remarks in a conversation with The Dispatch after a Monday meeting.
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Propane Jane™
docrocktex26
I think this is what they mean when they say all hell is breaking loose.https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/613386827215568896 NASCAR telling SC to #TakeDownTheFlag is interesting. Have you seen their fan base? Will they
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Bloomberg QuickTake
QuickTake
8 years after the Civil Rights Act was signed, the world's largest monument to White supremacy was completed.Here's why Georgia's Stone Mountain still stands in the face of efforts to
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Black Coffee
RashidKameron
Welcome back class to lesson #3. Today we will discuss why the Confederate Flag Made a 20th Century Comeback. (thank you to @vareeditandweep for the inquiry): TL;DR: the popularity of
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Celeste Headlee
CelesteHeadlee
Is that an American flag combined with a Confederate flag? Does the person flying that thing understand how ironic that pairing is?https://twitter.com/PolarBarrett/status/1250444669269524483 Also, why fly Confederate flags in Michigan's capital?
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A Gentleman in Virginia
taotetek
The simplest way to protect people in Richmond from being hurt when removing monuments would be to help people remove the monuments that City Council already voted to remove.https://www.richmond.com/news/local/its-unanimous-all-nine-richmon
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✿ taeha⁷ ᴮᴸᴹ
outrorosy
expose thread on @/Aeongest (screenshot taken prior to the creation of this thread) i’ve been following him for several months now. i believe he is a cishet man, but idk
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Mekka 💉💉🎉 *My Mask Protects You* Okereke
mekkaokereke
Why I don't focus on the usual interpersonal racism hot buttons.She:* Didn't say the N-word* Didn't wear blackface* Wasn't waving a confederate flag* Didn't have a white hood / MAGA
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Michael W. Twitty
KosherSoul
I cannot let this go. Because #Passover changes from year to year on the Gregorian calendar. Reminder. My great great grandfather Elijah Mitchell was enslaved on a tobacco farm
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Mandy McKamie
MandyaMckamie
I’m in the south with northerners who have never been to the south before. I will be keeping this as a log of their thoughts as they have culture shock.
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taber טבור
taber
hi, one-time Civil War semi-scholar, hard confirmhttps://twitter.com/PopeNicholasVI/status/1278384324967006209 one chapter of my life has been on my mind, where I went from dismissing Confederate memorials and flag displays as just weird
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