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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, where are the statues dedicated to Manuel Noriega, Saddam Hussein, and Osama bin Laden?
Should we start putting them up in the alt-right's name?
It is about history, not hate, right?
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So, where are the statues dedicated to Manuel Noriega, Saddam Hussein, and Osama bin Laden? (Original Post)
ck4829
Aug 2017
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dubyadiprecession
(5,711 posts)1. Put up statues for enemies of the United States?
What are you waiting for Alt right? You folks aren't real American's, so go for it!
Celebrate your lost causes!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)2. I think the point "pro" the Confederate statues is that the men were of "local heritage." And the
point against them is not merely that the men became enemies of the United States, but that they became TRAITORS.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,312 posts)3. There's always the Paraguayan approach to Stroessner:
theophilus
(3,750 posts)4. Don't forget Benedict Arnold and the Rosenbergs! n/t
exboyfil
(17,863 posts)5. Ask yourself why there are Stonewall Jackson
and Robert E. Lee statues prominent in the public square, but no statue of James Longstreet.