Sarah J. Jackson

@sjjphd.bsky.social

Whenever someone random tries to downplay confederate monuments to me and I don’t have the energy to put my work hat on, I just calmly say, “I don’t know it’s kinda like if we had statues of the 9/11 hijackers, only confederates killed more Americans.” Shuts them up every time.

May 19, 2024 at 11:19 UTC

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Astra 🐲 @astrathedragon.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 18:56 UTC

I also sometimes wonder how people like this feel about the removal of Stalin statues around the former USSR

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Hank G @neqone.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 20:01 UTC

...or Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols...

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Put A Lil Umph In It For Equality 🇵🇸 @dylandoh111.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 13:52 UTC

Thank you! I am going to start using that! 👍🏿

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Karen Newcombe 🐈‍⬛ @karen-newcombe.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 17:03 UTC

Good one. I will keep that in my pocket for future use.

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Ethan Levitt @stonecrusher.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 15:43 UTC

When I lived in Atlanta I used to ask people when they were going to put Bin Laden up on Stone Mountain with the rest of the anti-American terrorists.

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L @noisybrooklyn1.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 12:34 UTC

Thank you. I’m borrowing this next time this comes up.

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Steph Scythes @stephscythes.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 12:02 UTC

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GottyJ @gottyj.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 13:01 UTC

Solid

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kt @nyarlychan.bsky.social
[ View ] May 20, 2024 at 03:05 UTC

saving this one

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 15:21 UTC

I'm definitely going to use this one.

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@jeffwrites.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 21:54 UTC

"I've never seen a statue of the unabomber, but he also tried to start a revolution for economic* reasons." *I hardly need to say this, but the civil war was about slavery; its economic goals were specifically and explicitly to preserve and expand viable slavery-based agribusinesses.

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Patrick Matthews @matthewsp.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 12:42 UTC

Going to have to remember this riposte. Thanks!

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@tross.bsky.social
[ View ] May 20, 2024 at 06:35 UTC

I may steal this. Can I screenshot and post to FB? Or would you rather I didn't?

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Filigree Needlequeen of the Desert @filigreemchana.bsky.social
[ View ] May 21, 2024 at 23:16 UTC

Oooo. Gotta use that.

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@beansm1950.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 12:06 UTC

Brilliant

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 12:48 UTC

Stealing that, and will use it. Thank you.

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Amy-Elizabeth @amyelizabeth.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 12:11 UTC

This is the best response.

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 15:38 UTC

...well this is brilliant and if I hadn't been forced to leave the south I'd be asking permission to steal it

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Alan Rides Bikes @alans9.bsky.social
[ View ] May 20, 2024 at 04:04 UTC

F’ing queen move

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BikeMikeBike @thespinner.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 11:57 UTC

bsky.app/profile/thes...

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Sean_GMC @seangmc.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 18:16 UTC

That's a good one ✍️

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Dr. Antje Gamble @drantjegamble.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 16:13 UTC

💯

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Coba Weel @weel.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

"But we just celebrate the military genius of general such and such." Funny. There isn't a street in all of Germany named for Rommel or Kesselring. I wonder why. Oh yeah wait it's because Nazis Bad. 🤷‍♀️

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RockGod @thehoustonwade.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

The Post. The comment. The reply. The exchange.

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Joe Meek Till Brooklyn @telstarman.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 18:12 UTC

Stealing that, thank you. Maybe it'll work better than "I don't celebrate treason, and I especially don't celebrate FAILED treason".

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Will Arther @willarther.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 12:04 UTC

YES, THANK YOU

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rkt2600 @rkt2600.bsky.social
[ View ] May 20, 2024 at 02:18 UTC

This plus "slaveholder's rebellion (/mutiny) " ..... sometimes the internet can still bring chef's kisses

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Joseph Finn @josephfinn.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 15:06 UTC

I live in Richmond and believe you me we still get these dickheads and I’m gonna use this.

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Eli @waldprinz.bsky.social
[ View ] May 19, 2024 at 21:17 UTC

recently read a paper for uni where they said that more people died of AIDS in America in the 80s than during 9/11 and yet only one of them is publically acknowledged and mourned for

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