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grumpy_cat to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 days ago

If we’re gonna rename forts and bases due to association with Confederate generals, lets give the ONLY founding father who never owned slaves on PRINCIPLE, a monument in D.C

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If we’re gonna rename forts and bases due to association with Confederate generals, lets give the ONLY founding father who never owned slaves on PRINCIPLE, a monument in D.C

grumpy_cat to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 7 days ago
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  • PugJesus@piefed.socialM
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    I mean, fuck Jefferson.

    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz
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      Not unless he owns you.

      – Martha Jefferson, probably

    • JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca
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      If you get a 4(?) part Behind the Bastards series, yea, piece of shit.

      Where’s the love for T Paine in this meme though?

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    How about we stop naming things after people altogether? It always seems to backfire and/or create division.

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      I propose we start naming everything after our pets.

      Muffin High School

      Mr. Skittles Memorial Hospital

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        Sounds good to me!

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