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Rhiannon12866

(241,514 posts) Wed Aug 20, 2025, 05:20 AM Aug 20

Why Trump Wants to Gut American History From the Smithsonian - Explainer - Heather Cox Richardson

From Politics Chat, August 19, 2025.

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Why Trump Wants to Gut American History From the Smithsonian - Explainer - Heather Cox Richardson (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 20 OP

if slavery wasn't so bad, why can't i have slaves? rampartd Aug 20 #1

I've started reading Richardson's How The South Won The Civil War Biophilic Aug 20 #2

This is Straight Out Hitlerian Dictator Shit. MagaSmash Aug 20 #3

rampartd

(2,365 posts)

1. if slavery wasn't so bad, why can't i have slaves?

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 07:43 AM

Aug 20

they hate the 14th amendment, why not repeal the 13th as well?

what is wrong with these people?

Biophilic

(6,017 posts)

2. I've started reading Richardson's How The South Won The Civil War

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:16 AM

Aug 20

It’s really, really good, well written and, at least for me, full of eye opening information.
She pulls lots of information together and makes sense of it. Things I didn’t quite know or only had pieces of and once I’m done reading I say, now I get it. It’s also horrifying.

MagaSmash

(10,540 posts)

3. This is Straight Out Hitlerian Dictator Shit.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:44 AM

Aug 20

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