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Rhiannon12866

(241,232 posts) Wed Aug 20, 2025, 05:20 AM Wednesday

Why Trump Wants to Gut American History From the Smithsonian - Explainer - Heather Cox Richardson

From Politics Chat, August 19, 2025.

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Why Trump Wants to Gut American History From the Smithsonian - Explainer - Heather Cox Richardson (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Wednesday OP

if slavery wasn't so bad, why can't i have slaves? rampartd Wednesday #1

I've started reading Richardson's How The South Won The Civil War Biophilic Wednesday #2

This is Straight Out Hitlerian Dictator Shit. MagaSmash Wednesday #3

rampartd

(2,355 posts)

1. if slavery wasn't so bad, why can't i have slaves?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 07:43 AM

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they hate the 14th amendment, why not repeal the 13th as well?

what is wrong with these people?

Biophilic

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2. I've started reading Richardson's How The South Won The Civil War

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:16 AM

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It’s really, really good, well written and, at least for me, full of eye opening information.
She pulls lots of information together and makes sense of it. Things I didn’t quite know or only had pieces of and once I’m done reading I say, now I get it. It’s also horrifying.

MagaSmash

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3. This is Straight Out Hitlerian Dictator Shit.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:44 AM

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