If this was what most conservatives were like, maybe I could actually respect them like they always demand.

“I am Spartacus!”

Bell said the plywood barrier was installed to protect the monument from possible vandalism following the violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend.

As my dad (member of the Tribe) would put it, “It should be illegal for a Jew to be that stupid”

It never fails to amaze me how shitty that statue is. Did they get a rush order for ‘statue of old asshole to oppress black people with’ and the only reference they could find was a death mask?

I never comment on anything online or even read the comments section, except here on The Root. Here the comments actually seem to serve the purpose of a constructive debate. Most of the time.

Ask a sensible question (like “what rights were those, specifically?”) and wait. With a look of expectant interest. Keep your voice and face absolutely snark-free.

I think it should be illegal to be on any state and federal grounds. Frankly, if we live in a decent society, we shouldn’t have to have them outright banned, because decent people wouldn’t stand for it. So the question is, do we have a decent society with decent people?

Well that is exactly what I was going to say. Free speech is important and somebody wants to identify themselves as a racist asshole, so be it. I think perhaps confederate flags and nazi symbolism should be taken into account with regard to charging with hate crimes. But don’t get me started on hate crimes....thats…

So long as people like Justice Alito are on the bench, it is going to be hard to ban private citizens from displaying confederate symbols on their bumpers, their shirts, and their yards. But there is no first amendment issue with removing these images from all government buildings and public institutions. Keep them…

I don’t think the government should be endorsing these ideologies, which is what they do right now. They have taken down plenty of biblical statues, why should white supremacist symbols be allowed? The government owes us all equal protection under the law, but is allowed to endorse the eradication and oppression of…

A never trump conservative from North Carolina who calls the confederates traitors, my god he must be the last one left. 

I feel like banning the flag/symbol at this point (what does that even entail anyway?) would just cause those racist fucks to double down on their obsession with it and push Constitution boners closer to their camp. But sure as should be banned, along with all these statues and other monuments to the Confederacy, from…

OH. IN THE NEAR COMPLETELY WHITE CROWD, AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN WAS THE FIRST ARREST. HOW ASTONISHINGLY UNPREDICTABLE.

“I had in mind their chant: ‘pigs in a blanket, fry em like bacon.’

Free Takiyah Thompson! Call Durham, NC, District Attorney to demand charges be dropped against Takiyah and all anti-racists protesters: 919-808-3010. Donate to bail fund: http://Durhamsolidaritycenter.org/bondfund

He should do some reading. Lee said not to honor the Confederacy. I think Lee has some nuance. Stonewall Jackson is just a shitbag. Fuck that guy.

Since he reads no history, he will refuse to acknowledge that those statues were put up after the Civil War as a deliberate threat to people who supported equality of all people.

And, it’s not even just the white supremacist. Trump simply dumps anyone he deems is no longer important to him. But, yeah, you’re right. The silver lining has been watching him destroy every Republican he touches or interacts with. He’s like the reverse King Midas. He’s done what Dems and other Republicans couldn’t…

Macy’s Thanksgiving day Parade is literally the Hitler. So are stoplights.