#Confederacy

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dw2hma

THREAD WHERE I REVIEW EVERY US STATE FLAG ON A SCALE FROM 1 (SUCKS) TO 10 (FUCKS) ALABAMA0/10. THIS IS EMBARRASSING TO LOOK AT. I CANT BELIEVE THIS ALASKA7/10. SIMPLE,

Ben Alpers 🗽

Ben_Alpers

There are at least two things that distinguish the contemporary GOP from far-right, ethnonationalist parties in Europe: 1) the GOP is (in theory and practice) anti-majoritarian; 2) the GOP remains

Resist Programming 🛰

RzstProgramming

Meet Jason Noyes from Pampa, TX! Jason likes to call NASCAR driver #BubbaWallace “n**ger” on a Twitter along with posting Confederate flags gifs.What does Jason Noyes do when not being

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

As white-identity evangelicals circulate rumors that these are the End Times and Donald Trump is a holy messiah, people are asking for another go-round on exactly how we got to

Great House

xspotsdamark

Here's a thread on the most enslaved African People of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. According to historical records, this groups combined constitute at least 90% of all enslaved Africans. So,

Nowhere Girl

Gwynnion

The first step toward an honest appraisal of American politics is acknowledging a large percentage of white people will never forgive Democrats for the Civil Rights Act but also Roe,

Kevin M. Levin

KevinLevin

Robert E. Lee had represented Virginia in Statuary Hall since 1909. Last night it was removed.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginias-statue-of-gen-robert-e-lee-removed-from-us-capitol/2020/12/20/07cb9c18-432a-11eb-

Tarble

EsotaricPorgism

This whole controversy reminds me of something I think is forgotten about in terms of legacy- that of Lee.He's certainly a *polarizing* figure to be sure. From a brilliant West

Christopher M True

RealChrisTrue

I, honestly, didn’t know much on this topic, but after some research, the expulsions were a result of the escalation of the Civil War and the members had already stopped

Eremias Woldemikael

EremiasWmikael

Thread: I watched almost 8 hours of 3 more debates on #TigrayElection2020 #Tigrayvotes. As promised, I will cram my observation of debates 2, 3,and 4.Debate 2 : Economic policy and

Phil Varner

philvarner

Thread: About why removing the Confederate statues in Charlottesville seems to be on hold right now. Even though the new VA state law went into effect today, we can't actually

Chuck McShane

chuckmcshane

The Confederate monument building campagins of the 1890s were about erasing the history of multiracial gains of Reconstruction. While renaming streets, Charlotte could focus on Reconstruction leaders disappeared from the

Benjamin Park

BenjaminEPark

Though I've slacked off lately, I really loved doing #ReviewThreads this year, where I highlight and digest new books in a series of tweets.So here are my tweet reviews of

Oliver Willis

owillis

a lot of people in this country of ours spend an awful lot of their bandwidth on attempts to say slavery wasn't so bad or that the people who practiced

Amit Paranjape

aparanjape

Today, we honor the sacrifices made by Sadashivrao Bhau and over hundred thousand other Marathas, on the plains of #Panipat, 257 years ago on this day (Jan 14, 1761). They

Lyra D. Monteiro, PhD

intersectionist

THREAD: "Heritage, Not Hate" is a fucking brilliant slogan. On the level of "Pro-Life" or "family values" brilliant.It frames the conversation around an opposition between the two terms, such that

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