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blackrams
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APR 12, 08:32 AM
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Oops, double click. Sorry bout that.
Rams[This message has been edited by blackrams (edited 04-12-2021).]
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sourmash
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APR 12, 08:34 AM
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The KKK wasn't what we were told it is. It wasn't formed out of hate.
The Northern Union was so Draconian in occupying the South that acts such as Posse Comitatus had to be created.
Slavery wasn't what Hollywood tells us it is. Blacks traded, bred and held slaves, and were able to do it in the black market moreso than other groups, later. American Indians traded/held slaves.
An interesting quote: "Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate than that these people are to be free. Nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government. Nature, habit, opinion has drawn indelible lines of distinction between them." - Jefferson
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maryjane
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APR 12, 10:16 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
Admittedly, you would probably be correct. Thanks for posting and pointing out the obvious. 
The point was, that opinions from anyone outside the state of TN didn't and don't matter. But, I suspect you already knew that.
I'm not surprised you decided to hop onto this. Kind of follows the path you've taken the last few years. That's OK. 
I also don't wish for others to either visit or pass through MS. Too damn much traffic already. 
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"Don't matter" to who?
Does the opinion of anyone living outside Illinois matter, regarding what happens in Chicago?
Does the opinion of anyone living outside Georgia matter, regarding their voting law changes?
Does the opinion of anyone living outside France matter, regarding the results of their lax immigration laws?
Does the opinion of anyone living outside Fla matter, regarding their policy of using Marsy's law?
Does the opinion of anyone not planning on buying a Corvette in the near future matter regarding whether it is IC or electric?
If this thread had been started by anyone from the political right, and all the responses/opinions had been in opposition to moving the statue, you would have never asked the question at all, much less singled out one specific member. There have been posts/opinions stated in this thread by approx 8 different members.
You only singled out one member to ask that question of.
Why?
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blackrams
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APR 12, 11:41 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
You only singled out one member to ask that question of.
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Why would you ask such questions when the answers are so obvious.
Apparently, you're looking for a pissing contest. Sorry, I already went.
Have a good day.
Rams
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randye
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APR 12, 05:40 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
I also don't wish for others to either visit or pass through MS. Too damn much traffic already.
Rams
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Well there goes my planned visit to the historic Blackrams Plantation......
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blackrams
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APR 12, 07:00 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by randye:
Well there goes my planned visit to the historic Blackrams Plantation...... |
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randye,
Just about anyone is welcome but, I gotta warn ya. There's scoundrels out there, ammunition is expensive and I'm tired of wasting it with warning shots.
Rams
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rinselberg
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APR 13, 06:15 PM
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Some related stories. The first one is a new report.
"After Threats to Turn It Into a Toilet, a Confederate Monument Is Recovered"
| quote | | A stone chair dedicated to Jefferson Davis has been returned to the United Daughters of the Confederacy after a group calling itself "White Lies Matter" claimed to have stolen it. |
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Michael Levenson for the New York Times; April 11, 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/202...ite-lies-matter.html
"Over 160 Confederate Symbols Were Removed in 2020, Group Says"
| quote | | The Southern Poverty Law Center said more “symbols of hate” were removed from public property last year after the death of George Floyd than in the previous four years combined. |
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Neil Vigdor and Daniel Victor for the New York Times; February 23, 2021.
https://www.nytimes.com/202...-floyd-protests.html
"Will the Last Confederate Statue Standing Turn Off the Lights?"
| quote | | A monument to Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., has become the site of an unlikely community space. That may change abruptly with new restrictions from the police. |
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Ezra Marcus for the New York Times; June 23, 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/202...Links&pgtype=Article[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 04-13-2021).]
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randye
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APR 14, 12:24 AM
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Imagine that.
ALL of those "stories" (a/k/a propaganda) are from The New York Slimes.....and those opinions don't matter either.
It's astonishing the amount of effort that Leftist Demorats and their useful idiots are putting into trying to bury their own genealogy and ideology.[This message has been edited by randye (edited 04-14-2021).]
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randye
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APR 14, 01:37 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by blackrams:
randye,
Just about anyone is welcome but, I gotta warn ya. There's scoundrels out there, ammunition is expensive and I'm tired of wasting it with warning shots.
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Ron,
Anywhere I go I bring ammo, whether a little or a lot, (depending on the circumstance).
The only "warning shots" that I fire are aimed at center body mass unless I can get a clear head shot.
The fact that your neck of the woods is rife with scoundrels is beneficial as I would likely not stand out too much.
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rinselberg
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APR 14, 02:17 AM
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"Here’s what might replace America’s disappearing Confederate monuments"
| quote | | Virginia's governor is requesting $10 million to replace controversial statues in Richmond with inclusive art recognizing a diverse and challenging history. |
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[Call For?] Phillip Morris for National Geographic; December 14, 2020.
https://www.nationalgeograp...ee-statue-renovation
| quote | | A portrait of George Floyd was projected onto the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in June. With several Confederate statues removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, the governor is now asking the state to fund the creation of a more inclusive public space. |
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Some of the messages in this thread read like the frantic squawking of a chicken that's being strangled. The messages that try to equate the Democrats of 2021 with the Democrats of 1861, and seem to pretend, if only by implication, that the name of "Donald J. Trump" belongs inside the same Venn diagram circle as "Abraham Lincoln."
I love it.
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