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Not true. I for one say leave the statues alone. Its history and true history should be taught in schools so people can understand the wrong and right of our civil war. Next thing you know someone will advocate doing away with Indian statues because we fought a war with them.

Next thing you know someone will advocate doing away with Indian statues because we fought a war with them.

When in doubt, ask yourself: what would Bernie Sanders do?

Would he try to defend neonazis, who long for an ideology that killed his entire family? Would he consider the good side of the neonazis? Or would he condemn them with rightful fury?

the New York attorney general, Letitia James, has opened a formal investigation into the group's financial practices, including whether it should retain its nonprofit status.

Christ almighty. I had not seen this Trump tweet before.

Quote:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land and farm seizures and expropriations and the large scale killing of farmers. “South African Government is now seizing land from white farmers.” @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews
7:28 PM - Aug 22, 2018

I know it shouldn't really matter. Whether they are chanting "You or Jews will not replace us", they are both just as bad.

Either is bad.

No one else is suggesting that some of the people who marched in Charlottesville were simply protesting the removal of a statue.

The statues were put up to commemorate these people and to show black people where they stand in the larger picture.

We don't need to commemorate these people to teach their true history.

Paul Krugman
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A thought about Biden and Sanders: Different as they are, they both (in my view) have fantasies about the political realities that would face a Dem president, even if the party regains the Senate 1/
6:08 AM - 30 Apr 2019

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Biden imagines that he could reach out to good people across the aisle and achieve bipartisanship. Sanders imagines that he can persuade large numbers of GOP voters to embrace much bigger govt, including single-payer health care 2/

Paul Krugman
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Everything we've seen for decades says that these are fantasies. Any Democrat will face what Obama faced: scorched-earth opposition. And never mind Republicans – even many Dem voters will balk at a plan that takes away private insurance 3/

Paul Krugman
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Either man could turn out to be a very good president – and God knows it wouldn't take much to improve on where we are. But neither seems remotely prepared for the bitter political trench warfare that surely awaits. 4/

Paul Krugman
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And can I say that this naivety probably has something to do with being an old white guy (says a fairly old white guy). Someone like Warren isn't just a font of policy ideas; she also knows very well what she would be up against 5

maporsche wrote:

Either is bad.

What is bad about "you will not replace us"?

I'd consider the fear of being replaced to be a bit misguided. But to my ears it doesn't sound nearly as bad as a vile attack against Jews.

Unlikely. He's not a regional hero.

Me too neither Spanky.

Do you concede that they did in fact chant "Jews will not replace us!"

But certainly you - a someone who wants to protect Confederate statues - are outraged that post-war Germany had torn down Nazi memorials, isn't it? (Germany does not have statues of Hitler, or monuments honouring the valour of Nazi soldiers.)

Do you concede that they did in fact chant "Jews will not replace us!"