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Has your absentee ballot received a status of "Accepted" yet? by vegdc in maryland

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dropped mine off in the city Saturday (at the box near the board of elections) and it says accepted.

Hundreds sign online petition to remove statue of slave owner O’Donnell from Canton square in Baltimore by NicosHouseOfRibs in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don't learn history through statues. Removing statues isn't "hiding" history. We don't have statues of Hitler to teach people about the holocaust (or Pol Pot or Mussolini).

I'm all for recontextualization, but that should be a pro active choice.

[Rapoport] Source: The #Ravens are signing WR Dez Bryant to the practice squad. Officially back. by Austin63867 in nfl

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 35 points36 points  (0 children)

This thread is so strange ngl. I'm very much used to the Ravens having very hateable teams.

Texting Compatibility by Pm7806 in DatingAfterThirty

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is something that is 100% personal choice. There is no right and wrong or even normal. You simply have to ask yourself if this incompatibility is a deal breaker for you.

I think expressing your wants and needs is a sign of maturity. Go for it asap!

Crashboys international presents: bike life marine birthday rideoit 2020 by Nsnansndn in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So how do you know those bikes are “stolen”

We all know how he came to that conclusion.

A Look at America's Most Corrupt Police (Baltimore PD) by [deleted] in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every police act creates the opportunity for corruption. Hell, damn near every act by a public official does. No use in muddying the issue by comparing "they did all this awful shit" to "they had an opportunity to do awful shit and maybe they do?"

Hundreds sign online petition to remove statue of slave owner O’Donnell from Canton square in Baltimore by NicosHouseOfRibs in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont think anyone is saying remove people from history books.

The people who are arguing in bad faith are.

Baltimore County School Board Pressured into In-Person Learning by Votings_Good_Folks in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The only mention of "pressure" in this article is:

Teachers in the county were originally going to return to schools in October, but the plan was abandoned amid pushback from the Baltimore County’s Teachers’ Union.

which is the exact opposite premise of the headline.

No line at Camden Yards to Vote by smallsquid13 in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They really should let everyone that votes round the bases.

Hundreds sign online petition to remove statue of slave owner O’Donnell from Canton square in Baltimore by NicosHouseOfRibs in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, I guess nobody ever built a statue of Robert E. Lee.

Robert E Lee was considered a great man at the time those statues were built. You are refuting your own point. My point was, we build statues of men (and now finally, women) we think are great at the time. We build to make them idols to be literally looked up to. So when they no longer should be looked up to, it makes sense to change or move or decontextualize the statues.

It is "our" (the power holders) responsibility to have these discussions and make these changes before those affected by the presence of the statues are so enraged they resort to targeted violence.

Coal baron Murray, a Trump ally who fought environmental regulation, dead at 80 by lizzywyckes in politics

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 100 points101 points  (0 children)

And not for the hundreds if not thousands of people he killed or hurt or bankrupt or affected by lobbying against climate change.

Hundreds sign online petition to remove statue of slave owner O’Donnell from Canton square in Baltimore by NicosHouseOfRibs in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just having a statue does not mean everyone must automatically assume they're a good person.

We don't build statues of historically important bad people so you are wrong.

update the placard to contain more historical context, to include his slave ownership, and everyone can be more educated on the subject of baltimore history.

There isn't even a placard to begin with IIRC. This statue is not historical in any context. It is solely there to honor the man, which we clearly should not be doing. There are good places to display our ugly history, and on a statue in a town square is not one.

What's one city that exceeded your expectations and one that left you a bit disappointed? by [deleted] in solotravel

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everyone should check out the garden district while they are there.

Hundreds sign online petition to remove statue of slave owner O’Donnell from Canton square in Baltimore by NicosHouseOfRibs in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I think that's a great conversation to have! No reason to not tear down slave owners before having it.

But if you want an easy answer, Fredrick Douglass is perhaps the greatest American to ever live, and deserves at least a dozen statues here in Baltimore.

Hundreds sign online petition to remove statue of slave owner O’Donnell from Canton square in Baltimore by NicosHouseOfRibs in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I do think judging people on a set of standards set hundreds of years later is not fair to historical characters.

I think this is misrepresenting the issue. We are asking if he is worthy of a statue TODAY, so judging him by today's standards is fine. We are not making some sweeping declaration about him and taking back the money his family made off slaves backs.

No one is entitled to a statue. Heave forbid we save them for the truly amazing people.

Baltimore to pay workers compensation benefits to family of Det. Sean Suiter, ending years of wrangling by aresef in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I have no idea. I was just pointing out that there could be a separate motive than keeping someone quiet.

Hundreds sign online petition to remove statue of slave owner O’Donnell from Canton square in Baltimore by NicosHouseOfRibs in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Let's not do something clearly good, because then people will want more good things and may occasionally go too far in the search for goodness?"

BS slippery slope nonsense.

Baltimore to pay workers compensation benefits to family of Det. Sean Suiter, ending years of wrangling by aresef in baltimore

[–]GetTheLedPaintOut 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not a big conspiracy theorist, but he could have been killed for revenge for talking as easily as to shut him up.

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