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Originally Posted by station
TIL some people really, really like statues.
A municipal gov’t is meeting with indigenous families to discuss its Truth and Reconciliation program. The families mention that passing by the MacDonald statue in that context feels “contradictory”. The gov’t says sure no problem, that’s a pretty small concession, we’ll put up a plaque instead.
But to some of you guys it’s General Custer’s Last Stand. You guys are acting like an angry mob destroyed the statue with clubs, took the mayor hostage, and demanded that MacDonald be forever erased from history. The reaction to a minor issue is absolutely astonishing to me.
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Who is acting like that? Quote them.