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What do you mean "is gonna"?

They've been doing it since 1860.

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Make the former Confederate States pay.

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Of course, the Five Civilised Tribes owned slaves too. They had representation in the Confederate Congress.

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Thanks, Stephen.

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People all over the world - join in..

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I’ve seen it more in MN than I did in my entire childhood in Tennessee.

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Does he seem a little...unhinged to you? I can't imagine him having said this 10 years ago.

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It's not his/her job to provide you with "evidence". You are sitting in front of a computer right now, aren't you?

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I am a comic book artist by trade. About a year ago I got an email from Marvel Comics, asking me to draw at least some issues of Coates'sCaptain America. I even got an email about it from Coates himself. Unfortunately, I was already committed to another project and had to decline. I suspect I will regret that decision for the rest of my life....

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Yeah, I guess the shorter version of my post is "doesn't go far enough."

But that doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything, it just means that if reparations are ever implemented (please, sky-god, please?), we're probably not done.

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Oh that's how it works! Say I'm wrong JUST BECAUSE. Yeah, I'm done here.

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It would be nice if all this were not sickeningly spot on.

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"They made Stinney sit on top of a Bible so he could fit in the electric chair."

An unbearably sad and horrific picture that we must reckon with, if we ever want to call America "civilized."

Thank you for another excellent piece, Mr. Robinson.

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It's damn near universal around here in Cop Land. I'd say that one out of three cars I see every day (and I have a 94-mile r/t commute on extremely crowded highways, so I see a lot) has some version on it.

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Yes, now roll about in your envy.

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Still waiting for facts refuting my statement. Bring 'em or shut up.

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