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J_William_Ryan

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32. Authoritarian regimes

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Sep 16, 2025, 02:25 AM

Sep 16

such as Trump’s are motivated by fear – fear of history, facts, and the truth, in this case the truth and facts of America’s past.

And authoritarian regimes such as Trump’s attempt to whitewash America’s racist past in an effort to conceal the regime’s racist present.

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Trump officials order removal of photograph of enslaved man's scars [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 15 OP

MAGA needs their History sugar-coated eShirl Sep 15 #1

whitewashed sheshe2 Sep 15 #18

Really putting the "white" in whitewashing DrFunkenstein Sep 15 #2

How are we going to undo any of this? debsy Sep 15 #16

It figures. Paladin Sep 15 #3

White supremacy The Wizard Sep 15 #4

They will likely eliminate all mention of Wounded Knee or Sand Creek and moniss Sep 15 #5

Hiding these historical facts, pictures or documents will not make them disappear..we will still own them Deuxcents Sep 15 #6

Re-Writing history. Period. Evolve Dammit Sep 15 #7

Just like in 1984. We're living it now. raccoon Sep 15 #21

Yes indeed. Didn't take that long either. 9 months? They are the terrorists Evolve Dammit Sep 16 #34

Aside from the obvious (racist creeps), what would the reasoning be behind that?! C Moon Sep 15 #8

From the excerpt BumRushDaShow Sep 15 #10

The scars sort of go against the fantasy that slavery was actually good for the slaves. Jim__ Sep 15 #9

Don't want to denigrate all those "Historic American" slave owners. They were such fine people. Botany Sep 15 #11

I hate Donald J. Trump. USS_Dauntless Sep 15 #12

A million times over. Joinfortmill Sep 15 #22

... Solly Mack Sep 15 #13

Dwight D. Eisenhower 1945 comment on the Holocaust: Bayard Sep 15 #14

I'd never seen that Eisenhower comment. BattleRow Sep 15 #23

+100 Duppers Sep 15 #31

Hide history, hide the truth surfered Sep 15 #15

Let's all take turns making up history and facts. sinkingfeeling Sep 15 #17

Asshole Fucking Treasonous Racists! Cha Sep 15 #19

They can't hide the truth. What despicable monsters. I hate them. Joinfortmill Sep 15 #20

This shit needs to stop. Gimpyknee Sep 15 #24

"Sanitizing" history for the new Jim Crow Era. thought crime Sep 15 #25

I want that piece of excrement to come back in his next life as a Black man in 1840 with LoisB Sep 15 #26

I remember years ago seeing this and now they want to hide what was the result of slavery? kimbutgar Sep 15 #27

Try to imagine the extreme pettiness to seek out photos like this and hide them Grins Sep 15 #28

I have never seen that...... a kennedy Sep 15 #29

Slavery was a hoax. Marcuse Sep 15 #30

Authoritarian regimes J_William_Ryan Sep 16 #32

Mr. Gordon was enlisting in the Union Army when photographed. Kid Berwyn Sep 16 #33

That picture makes me cry. The regime's removal of it makes me cry even harder. Clouds Passing Sep 16 #35

That photo is widely available in many books on the Civil War Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 16 #36

_ LudwigPastorius Sep 16 #37