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[quote=Anonymous]Where were you called a Nazi or accused of "supporting slavery"?  Cite the specific lines. Oh sorry, you obviously can't because that didn't happen. [b] You were asked a simple question that you reacted to in an extreme way. Why the vehement reaction? [/b]By the way, you did say you "chuckled" when you came across reminders of slavery in the names of streets.

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I'm not the one who mentioned Nazis here. Seriously, the people on this board like you are unreal. If you aren't 100% on board with your point of view, you get thinly veiled comments that you support slavery or Nazism and gaslit about it and put words in your mouth (chuckling about reminders of slavery... you completely and intentionally misunderstood my point and twisted what I said) or that you are ignorant/uneducated. Reasonable people recognize that Civil War history and how this nation has dealt with that history is complicated. It's not entirely black and white and all good on one side and all evil on the other. Personally, I'm opposing to going around renaming everything in general for whatever reason for a whole host of reasons and do feel doing so erases the past/entire cultures/etc. I think it's important to keep the reminders of the past--even the bad parts--part of our daily lives. I do not view not changing dozens of street names, base names, etc. and not dealing with the hassle of all that entails as honoring anything. And yes, I think it adds something to our culture and local character, even if I don't support it. BTW, I'm chuckling at Virginians and Southerns who ascribe some sort of pride to the Confederacy and identify with it because I think it's silly, but I guess y'all can twist my words and turn that into "chuckling at reminders of slavery" and insinuate that I support slavery or find it funny. But at the end of the day, I'm not going to protest/rally in support of a decision to remove it or vote for/not vote for anyone based on their position on it.

You have no idea who I am or what race I am or who I talk to or don't talk to. You have no idea what I have or have not lived or what horrors my ancestors have been through (some were enslaved btw...) and what reminders I have had (some) and how it has or has not affected me. Some people are claiming I'm white, another is claiming my kids and husband are black. I'm not the poster who mentioned having a black husband who has the same point of view. Isn't it racist to assume that everyone feels the same way about something because of their race? [/quote]

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