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irisblue

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4. And honoring the Union Soldiers...

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Sun Aug 18, 2019, 09:43 PM

Aug 2019

Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) Tweeted:
If the big concern here were really about honoring the sacrifices made by Union soldiers to liberate the slaves, we’d be tearing down every Confederate statue still standing, but instead we’re yelling at black New York Times writers, so. https://t.co/QZUGLLBnWu

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#1619 Project, NYT and disgruntled conservatives [View all] irisblue Aug 2019 OP

Fortunately I don't tweet, elleng Aug 2019 #1

Yes! These whiny conservative liars EndGOPPropaganda Aug 2019 #2

I saw that dude irisblue Aug 2019 #3

And honoring the Union Soldiers... irisblue Aug 2019 #4