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Hortensis

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10. According to Snopes in August, the NAACP wasn't calling for its removal,

Reply to groundloop (Original post)

Fri Sep 18, 2015, 10:40 AM

Sep 2015

although an official's personal opinion was that it should be. I'm with others. Wish it wasn't there, but failing a substantial population demanding its removal -- it's a part of history. FWIW, those figures look out over many miles of a society that is itself a monument to their failure.

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According to Snopes in August, the NAACP wasn't calling for its removal, Hortensis Sep 2015 #10