I think its pretty fair to give a monument. To Emmet till which was brutally murdered, im just surprised they haven't done it sooner.
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There's a plaque by the lake he was found in, it's bulletproof because people kept shooting it.
People fucking suck
Right wing racists fucking suck.
Put some camers there and the road to it and you got yourself a nice sting OP. So many assholes are gonna wanna vandalize it.
Long overdue but still an important step forward.
If they actively enforce the rules on criminal charges against defacing a federal monument, then this will be a great honey trap for finding and arresting racist POS's who come to shoot it up like they already do with the other Till grave monument.
I hadn't heard of Emmett Till until maybe 5 years ago (thanks American education system). But I was blown away that people go out of their way to shoot up a monument to a brutally murdered INNOCENT child. Just sickening.
where did you go to school
Not OP, I went in Pennsylvania and we absolutely did not learn about Emmett Till.
Weird... It's so late it's almost pointless. How about publicly break Roger stone and the American mafia.
I disagree on it being pointless, America has a long history of ignoring racism. Has it even been a month since Fort Bragg had it's name changed? And that's not even scratching the surface of addressing our systemic racism.
While I do agree with you, it's important to remember that the statues of all the confederates in the united states where mostly made in the 50's and 60's (referring to the timing of it)... I think, but at least it's something.
They left out the part where Carolyn Bryant Donham admitted her initial accusations that Till assaulted her—which catalyzed Till's murder—were lies. Still think they should have sent her cancer-ridden, geriatric ass to prison before she died.
Fucking idiot
Would you like to explain what you find to be fucking idiot about having a memorial to a teenager killed because of racism?
I mean if this is the hill y'all want to die on, go ahead.
And you're a fucking racist.
See? I can also make wildly ignorant declarative statements. Although... I'm not entirely sure mine is as wildly ignorant as yours.
68 years later, the US President, uses a heinous crime and a tragedy, for a few more votes.
I hope you recover from your massive head injury soon.
So Emmett Till should never be honored on a national level?
He should be honored! He should be honored on a national level by the people (the nation).
Not by a party or a career politician.
Hey dipwad, we the people elected him.
Edit: specifically he was elected in hopes of doing things like this instead of hiding nuclear secrets in pool houses. It's a matter of priorities.
Hey milksop, after the ceremony he will go home and hide nuclear secrets in pool houses (what are "pool houses"? Houses with pools?), because that's his priority. Everything else is just PR.
How do you not know what a pool house is lol
I'm poor. Imagine that.
Is he being charged for this? I....thought that was Trump....
idk.. i actually don't care about this stuff since there are no repercussions for any action of those in power, I was just quoting the jellyfish above my post. I genuinely didn't know that Biden is accused of the same thing as Trump.
idk.. i actually don't care about this stuff
Then maybe just stop talking.
Then maybe
Maybe.
Using a child dead for 50 years to virtue signal for 2024 election. Democrats were the ones who stood for slavery. Never forget.
Conservatives stood for slavery.