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To: euram

The only reason it’s untouched is it’s a statue of a black man...I doubt the rioters know who Douglas was.


13 posted on 06/18/2020 2:24:26 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: piasa

Stephen, not Frederick... the guy who beat Lincoln in his Senate race... the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates.. etc.


16 posted on 06/18/2020 2:27:45 PM PDT by shadowlands1960 (“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” CSL)
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To: piasa
The only reason it’s untouched is it’s a statue of a black man...I doubt the rioters know who Douglas was.

Maybe you're thinking of Frederick Douglass. Stephen Douglas was white, and debated against Lincoln for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Douglas supported the continuation of slavery.

19 posted on 06/18/2020 2:32:34 PM PDT by Rocky
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