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Let me preface this with the caveat that I desperately want the ghouls to be lined up and shot. That’s not hyperbolic I truly believe they deserve it.
Having said that, I’m just thinking about American history in general. Plenty of people, including former presidents, who have done unconscionable things to others and were never punished or straight up celebrated.
The president that perpetrated the Trail of Tears, a big defining moment of our genocide against the Native Americans who were here before whitey showed up, is literally on our $20 bill. The dude that ignored the Supreme Court order and proceeded to round up tens of thousands of humans that died due to his actions is memorialized on our currency.
I want a currency redesign for our country that doesn’t celebrate any presidents at all, let’s put other cooler stuff on it than dead white guys. (Yes I know technically that’s not all our currency)
It’s not surprising Trump hung Jackson’s portrait up in the oval office. He really loves that asshole.
This is just one of the many times I’ve said something and really want to be wrong. Sadly, it seems that most of the time I want to be wrong I’m right even if my prediction is suckville.
Let me preface this with the caveat that I desperately want the ghouls to be lined up and shot. That’s not hyperbolic I truly believe they deserve it.
Having said that, I’m just thinking about American history in general. Plenty of people, including former presidents, who have done unconscionable things to others and were never punished or straight up celebrated.
The president that perpetrated the Trail of Tears, a big defining moment of our genocide against the Native Americans who were here before whitey showed up, is literally on our $20 bill. The dude that ignored the Supreme Court order and proceeded to round up tens of thousands of humans that died due to his actions is memorialized on our currency.
I want a currency redesign for our country that doesn’t celebrate any presidents at all, let’s put other cooler stuff on it than dead white guys. (Yes I know technically that’s not all our currency)
It’s not surprising Trump hung Jackson’s portrait up in the oval office. He really loves that asshole.
This is just one of the many times I’ve said something and really want to be wrong. Sadly, it seems that most of the time I want to be wrong I’m right even if my prediction is suckville.