kukukese@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoTrump says ‘nobody will’ build monuments for him once he’s goneedition.cnn.comexternal-linkmessage-square187linkfedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down110
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minus-squareLeviathan@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down2·6 hours agoAs a matter of fact people will immediately tear down any he builds for himself when he’s gone.
minus-squareNalivai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down3·6 hours agoConfederate statues still exist, so I doubt it. America is addicted to worshiping people who dedicate their lives to destroying it.
minus-squareSquirrelknight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·6 hours agoConfederate generals didn’t build those. The Jim Crow South did a hundred years later to piss on the civil rights movement.
minus-square3abas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-28 minutes agoWhat’s your point? If they built it in their time, the Jim Crow south would have destroyed them a hundred years earlier?
As a matter of fact people will immediately tear down any he builds for himself when he’s gone.
Confederate statues still exist, so I doubt it. America is addicted to worshiping people who dedicate their lives to destroying it.
Confederate generals didn’t build those. The Jim Crow South did a hundred years later to piss on the civil rights movement.
What’s your point? If they built it in their time, the Jim Crow south would have destroyed them a hundred years earlier?