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Old 05-03-2019, 01:21 PM
 
Location: The place where the road & the sky collide
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What about the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia? We need a new name, that slave-owner!

I'm thinking "the Rachel Building" would be good.
How many slaves do you think that Ben owned?

What Benjamin Franklin museum? The Franklin Institute or the little underground museum at the site of Ben's house?
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Old 05-03-2019, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Japan
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Did anyone look at the actual mural? There are no slaves in the picture, but there is a big dead Indian on the ground and men with big guns standing over him. George looks like he's ordering the men to go out and find more Indians to shoot. Definitely too traumatizing for San Francisco.
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Old 05-03-2019, 08:55 PM
 
Location: Southern Nevada
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Hmmm. The poor snowflakes and fruitcakes of San Francisco are traumatized by a mural that they had to walk past piles of human waste and needles to see.

I'd bet they didn't blink an eye at that.
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Old 05-03-2019, 08:56 PM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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Did anyone look at the actual mural? There are no slaves in the picture, but there is a big dead Indian on the ground and men with big guns standing over him. George looks like he's ordering the men to go out and find more Indians to shoot. Definitely too traumatizing for San Francisco.
People go to very violent movies, watch very violent tv shows, play violent video games and other things yet a picture from 1936 with an Indian laying on the ground is too traumatizing? How about stop staring at it, and if you don't like it, then ignore it. Why must these children throw a tantrum and want to ban things from everyone else. It is overly self important, and controlling.
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Old 08-13-2019, 01:06 PM
 
Location: New York Area
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When will Enough be ENOUGH!?
(If you want to view the 'clutter filled' page of this article, just click on The Washington Times at the top left)

https://outline.com/euA8cB
These minority groups face far more serious problems, ones impacting on their daily lives, than a mural. I doubt anyone thought of this "issue" before being raised by activists interested in people being continually offended.
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Old 08-13-2019, 06:52 PM
 
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I've said it before and ill say it again, no matter how crazy the right gets the left always manages to top them.
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Old 08-13-2019, 07:45 PM
 
Location: New York Area
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People go to very violent movies, watch very violent tv shows, play violent video games and other things yet a picture from 1936 with an Indian laying on the ground is too traumatizing? How about stop staring at it, and if you don't like it, then ignore it. Why must these children throw a tantrum and want to ban things from everyone else. It is overly self important, and controlling.
The fallout from the mural has already spread across country. See Two arrests after large fight at Crossgates Mall; Two officers hurt. Read also Two arrests after large fight at Crossgates Mall; Two officers hurt.Anyone else aware of this?
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Old 09-09-2019, 05:59 PM
 
Location: New York Area
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For more on the effects of racism in schools, see Brutal Video - Two US Urban High-School Girlz Deliver Extended In-Class Beating to Their Teacher.
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