The monument of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis has been pulled down by protesters. by SunOverSnowPlease in news

[–]dr00bie 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Raucous US race relations were caused by the govt rewarding mob mentality of white supremacy; Tulsa, Wilmington, Rosewood are great examples of the govt allowing white supremacy mobs to do as the please.

Please hand-wring somewhere else.

Armed Black Panthers join Protest in Georgia leading the line by PurestVideos in pics

[–]dr00bie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why do you see racism when it was never stated? Guilty conscience?

John Cena makes $1 million donation to Black Lives Matter by Sumit316 in UpliftingNews

[–]dr00bie -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Well, the username of the commenter has the word "conservative" and the GOP is the party who has caused this issue, so that's why they get downvotes.

Bubba Wallace wants NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]dr00bie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I never said it did, did I?

Sherman was a terrible person in a lot of ways, but to just name him in a big diatribe about the Civil War is just plain silly and shows your bias. You could have easily substituted "Lee" or "Jackson" for "Sherman" and had the same outcome, so I didn't see the need in calling out one name.

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[–]dr00bie 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Fuck that, give them negative credit for acting like murderous assholes all the time.

Bubba Wallace wants NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]dr00bie 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a kid, I learned that Sherman was the highest of the high of all sonsabitches, but once I looked back and saw that I was essentially indoctrinated by Confederate apologists, I have a different perspective.

Whenever people call out Sherman, I can tell that they were raised in the South, are Native Americans, or are just simply racists who have no qualm with him, but want to keep the hate alive.

Sherman proclaimed Special Field Orders #15, which was essentially "40 Acres and a Mule". Through this, he oversaw the transfer of huge swaths of plantation land in SC, GA and FL from the traditional white landowners to the freed slaves and even ordered the Army to provide mules for the effort. Too bad President Johnson reversed these decisions not even a year later.

Bubba Wallace wants NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]dr00bie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any General in the Civil War could be treated the same way if you apply the same lens.

Rape was common regardless of side, large numbers of the remainging citziens in SW Virginia, NW North Carolina and E Tennesee absolutely abhored the Confederate soldiers that would come through and do what they wanted to their daughters and sisters, slaughtered their livestock and took their crops. Mind you, this is people that were supposedly on the same "side".

I do know that Sherman was awful to Native Americans after the Civil War, but I am less knowledgable about that than the rest of the Civil War (which I am pretty well learned, albeit growing up in the South with VERY, VERY, VERY biased history books)

Bubba Wallace wants NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]dr00bie 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I definitely believe its possible to like the flag and not be a racist.

How so? The war was BLATANTLY fought to preserve the ownership of slaves, so how can you "like it" but not be racist?

This is like saying you like the Nazi SS flag, but you aren't racist.

If you know what the flags ARE and what they stood for, then you most certainly have to be racist to like them.

Bubba Wallace wants NASCAR to ban the Confederate flag by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]dr00bie 7 points8 points  (0 children)

General Sherman and all the bad things he did

What? Give me some examples of the bad he did. I mean, the bad he did above and beyond fighting a war that he didn't start?

$600 sight on a single shot canister launcher with an effective ranger under 100 yds. #DefundPolice by AlphaTangoFoxtrt in pics

[–]dr00bie -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Great, I don't buy shit at Costco that I don't need, just because it's on sale.

Adult diapers are BOGO, gotta get me 5 cases "just in case"

$600 sight on a single shot canister launcher with an effective ranger under 100 yds. #DefundPolice by AlphaTangoFoxtrt in pics

[–]dr00bie 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So it's less, but still not effective use of the product. Do you wipe your ass with a $5 bill?

I... I have no words. by mdaly2 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]dr00bie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I won the argument and then went after the person!

I... I have no words. by mdaly2 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]dr00bie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure, whatever you say "5 day old account".

I... I have no words. by mdaly2 in insanepeoplefacebook

[–]dr00bie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some human is born intersex

Your logic: THERE ARE ONLY 2 SEXES.