Black leaders call Arizona's Confederate monuments 'symbols of racial hatred,' urge removal…

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Tipton said removing or relocating Confederate statues "because somebody is offended is ridiculous." He said the Arizona division will do what it takes to quash any "ludicrous" efforts at the state level, such as African-American leaders' proposal.

"As our ancestors did not give up, neither will we," Tipton said.

 

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[Young_Chitlin]

Fuck Arizona.

Had to go there this past weekend.

Why is the cost of living higher than where i live and its so sparsely populated and hot?

It was 110 degrees this weekend, 80 at night.

Its just a miserable place, phoenix is surrounded by meth towns, ghost towns, and trailer parks.

Fuck arizona.

Tranquilo

 

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[Plutarch]

I don't think history should be "censored" because it happens to be reprehensible or because reprehensible people can exploit it. If not counter-productive, I'm not even sure such censorship will be very beneficial or effective.

I think history, regardless of how reprehensible it might be, should be accurately and "objectively" represented and stand as a truthful (and cautionary) record of the past. I mean, c'mon, let's not be pussies here.

If and when slavery is glorified and/or the Confederates are portrayed as victorious heroes, then that should change, not because such representation is "mean" but because it's inaccurate.

As for the naming commemorations, I personally wouldn't mind changing some of those names, but that should be up to the locals and done in a lawful manner. While we're at it, I'd like to see the same done with J. Edgar Hoover's name, and we could start with that FBI building, but I happen to think that the FBI's existence is unconstitutional, so meh.

 

[jetlifebih]

Best picture i could take while driving...

An entire community made of shanty's, mobiles and abandoned businesses.

I bet I could make an amazing zombie movie there.

THat looks like gta 5

 

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[Karl.]

I spent some time in AZ recently. Met a few openly racist cunts out there. Met some nice people too though.

 

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Fuck Arizona.

Had to go there this past weekend.

Why is the cost of living higher than where i live and its so sparsely populated and hot?

It was 110 degrees this weekend, 80 at night.

Its just a miserable place, phoenix is surrounded by meth towns, ghost towns, and trailer parks.

Fuck arizona.

Tranquilo

 

[ghostdog56]

Black people need to be calling for reparations instead of focusing on these symbolic gestures