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    United States Confederate Statues, symbols, and memorials debate thread

    Considering that the phrase was only added to currency in 1957 as a political stunt, it's really not a big deal one way or the other.
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    United States Confederate Statues, symbols, and memorials debate thread

    Except the "problematic" mural of Washington is being targeted because it was painted by a minority artist and presents a balanced view of Washington which includes his flaws, which is the opposite political view from what you're implying. That is a fair point, but I will point out that while...
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    United States Confederate Statues, symbols, and memorials debate thread

    That's broadly correct, with the caveat that "what it later morphed into" is still within the time of the original KKK and not just the second and third incarnations. The first KKK was extensively involved in "night rider" violence against blacks and any whites whites percieved as carpetbaggers...
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