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The borderline literal deification of slave owning planters is the silliest part of the American Civil Religion (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by LaGG_3@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Hey look, it's George Washington but with the body of fucking Zeus

trump-enlightened isn't even that absurd tbh

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[-] Greenleaf@hexbear.net 16 points 3 months ago

CW: racism

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Greenough wrote that The Rescue was meant to "commemorate the dangers & difficulty of peopling our continent, and which shall also serve as a memorial of the Indian race", but also "to convey the idea of the triumph of the whites over the savage tribes"

American whites on the North American frontier in the 19th century were every bit as evil and deranged and Israeli settlers in the West Bank are today.