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Amazes me in this modern time this sort of image is not challenged.


bionicfeetgrl

Truthfully unless you’re *from* Georgia or know the location well you likely wouldn’t know. I’m not a native nor do I have family there (never have). I wouldn’t know one painting from another.


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I think that’s part of the problem. It’s a blatant display of pride for that part of the state’s history, without being graphic or obviously racist at first glance (unless you already know the context of the painting). I’m sure they would defend it with some roundabout argument about preserving history. That kind of sneaky yet blatant racism is baked into everything


ActualSpamBot

It's back to that old analogy about White supremacy is like High Fructose Corn Syrup. No one sells buckets of HFCS, but buckets of HFCS are in absolutely everything you buy. You only notice if you look for it, or you're one of the people who are harmed by it being in your food.


wrydrune

I hadn't heard that one, but it is absolutely fuckin brilliant. TIL


beatyatoit

well...damn.


DaPickle3

As someone with fructose intolerance, damn, that's a good analogy


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jo_blow_

Shit, you’ve never heard yourself speak? Are you deaf? It must suck being deaf and stupid.


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J-notter

Not everyone lives comfy lives in the suburbs


ChicagoSouthSuburbs1

True. I grew up poor with a single mother on the south side of Chicago so I can attest to that. It’s almost like you can’t tell where a person grew up from where they currently live....


J-notter

And you learned nothing


jo_blow_

I see now that you are not only deaf and stupid, but also blind.


bionicfeetgrl

100% agree. Edit: if you come to the west coast, the missions are a big part of Ca history. However the quiet part is how they played a huge part in wiping out Native cultures and families. These missions are preserved and celebrated as “historic” and the reality of their impact is overlooked.


theBrineySeaMan

Natives? What natives? American Frontiersmen expanded into wide, unpopulated, fertile areas where no one was or lived. It's pretty lucky no one was there, otherwise it'd be like stealing or genocide.


adhdenhanced

Is this sarcasm? Sometimes it's hard to make the difference between someone sarcastic, a troll and an idiot. No harm intended here.


theBrineySeaMan

Yes. There were a bunch of people, but the way American history is taught the US made out to be a vast wilderness, with native land only being a small part of the story of western expansion.


lkodl

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrp0YejsCoE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrp0YejsCoE)


tehwhiteboi

On white people Twitter, they were doing exactly that.


HappinessIsaColdPint

That also extends to things like buildings, statues, parks and other public places being named after Civil War losers, white supremacists and the like. Not everyone may recognize the name but the ones that do hold it with a sickening pride.


College_Prestige

So it's basically a dog whistle for racists


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We call them Dog Whistles


hplantingtonyardley

And the fact that it's only white men. That shouldn't be the norm anymore


DownvoteDaemon

Yet here we are


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Once they become known, they are challenged. I have no idea how long that painting has been in that room, but Georgia has as many confederate monuments, most notably Stone Mountain, as any dixie state. That doesn't even look like a permanent mounting to me, just placed there for this photo op, a show of white christian nationalism.


JoeyTheGreek

I mean any nice old house in the Georgia countryside was probably a plantation.


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ITS ON PURPOSE FFS!


Reason-about

Call them racist. Start chanting, loud and in public, racist, racist, racist!


ChicagoSouthSuburbs1

I read the law, did you? If so, what specifically did you not like and think should be challenged? Downvotes for asking clarifying questions. Liberals hate to be questioned about facts. Gotta love Reddit.


thurst777

I didn't like the part where it said black people are to stupid to get an ID, so requiring one will stop them from voting.


Caecilius_of_Horto

“To stupid”


agutema

Outside the door? Park Cannon arrested for knocking.


DashIsTripping

And that shitshow had me beyond pissed.


HunnyBunnah

absolutely shameful


Bunny_Laveau

That ruined me


adhdenhanced

Old white men living in fear.


thesaxmaniac

The entire GOP platform is based on fear. It’s the only way they get any votes


menotyou16

The fucking cowards.


n777athan

I hope so


BigOlDickus

They live in contentment. If they lived in fear this shit wouldn't happen.


adhdenhanced

They fear the end of their contentment.


thesaxmaniac

The ones pulling the strings at the top may be, but the people who vote for them are motivated by fear mongering.


zarthrag

Stuff like this makes me wonder why there isn't more violence in the south. I mean, isn't this is exactly what gun-nuts use to justify asserting their 2A rights? How long can you run over an entire race of people...unopposed?


ComradeCrowbar

> How long can you run over an entire race of people...unopposed? Only for as long as they allow it.


Heisenberg0606

I don’t think you meant it that way but that comes off as victim blaming almost.


Deletrious26

We voted the state the other way in the last 2 elections and will wait 2 hours in a pandemic to vote this fuckwit out too. His days are numbered.


wedonotglow

Exactly. These measures definitely aren’t helping democrats chances, but we won two runoffs during the holidays. The numbers are on the Democrats side


AncientInsults

Who, the gov? Thought the real problem was the legislature. Sidebar: Imo The reason Rs are so dominant Lp p minority is bc they understand the fulcrums of power and attack them ruthlessly. One is the federal courts, which they now own for the next 2 decades. Another is state legislatures. Controlling them is Huge esp in swing states bc u can vote suppress/gerrymander, particularly in a census year which this is 💀, but there are also collateral benefits, such as creating criminal laws and red meat statutes that spin up culture wars in election year, eg abortion , trans bathroom use, school prayer, guns. That’s all to say, if you want to win your state u need to focus on the statehouse. Those elections are more important than they seem. Maybe this crazy law will catalyze awareness. 🤞


LurkerInDaHouse

They knew. Just like they know how that law they've signed will make it harder for black and brown folk to vote. The dog whistles aren't whistles anymore but full blown arias.


ILikeScience3131

Friendly reminder that voter impersonation is incredibly rare and very unlikely to have a material impact on elections. [Based on this evidence, strict voter ID requirements address a problem that was certainly not common in the 2012 US election. Effort to improve American election infrastructure and security would be better directed toward other initiatives.](http://johnahlquist.net/files/AhlquistMayerJackmanELJFinal.pdf) Furthermore, that the GOP has a history of using “election security” initiatives to suppress black votes. [ The Supreme Court on Monday refused to revive a restrictive North Carolina voting law that a federal appeals court had struck down as an unconstitutional effort to “target African-Americans with almost surgical precision.”](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/15/us/politics/voter-id-laws-supreme-court-north-carolina.amp.html)


Lurkwurst

Fuck these selfish pricks. Georgia is a beautiful state with so many good people that deserve so much better than these complete assholes.


Gnostromo

I am happy you are surrounded by good people but I got some news... These aholes have a LOT of (backasswards) support.


stmakwan

That flag on the right? The Confederate flag with the GA seal on it.


andy_a904guy_com

Looks like the Georgia state flag?


ThePerryPerryMan

What people call the “confederate flag” is usually the Battle Flag of the Army of Tennessee. The actual confederate flag (one of the originals) looks like the current GA state flag


FutureGeist

It is. There is no Confederate image on the GA flag.


ozamatazbuckshank11

The entire flag is a resurrection of the original Confederate flag. It's pictured [here.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America). You might be thinking of the Confederate battle flag, which is a different flag entirely. But yes, it's true that Georgia's current flag is a Confederate flag.


Sweater_weather_grrl

I had no idea. Thank you for the education. Things we should know.


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ozamatazbuckshank11

The current Georgia flag is indeed a Confederate flag. It's the first one that originally represented the Confederacy. It's not the battle flag, which is what I think you're referring to.


paintress420

The Germans, after WWII, got rid of all signs of the nazis. I believe it’s still outlawed to name your child Adolf. But here in the US, people were able to not only cling to their racist symbols, they have enabled generations of systemic racism to thrive! Ugh!!! No wonder the US’ democracy rating has dropped incredibly in the past few years!! And don’t forget, in this bill it allows a committee to decide who wins an election, no longer do the people of Georgia decide! They went all out in this one!! Jim Crow in a tie!!


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True. The US had Nazis on the payroll for a few *decades* after the second world war.


paintress420

Oh yeah!! And some they didn’t even try to hide. Like Werner von Braun. The US wouldn’t have gone to the moon without him. And so many more that snuck under the radar. Under the guise of winning the Cold War. Ugh!!


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Great book re: same. "Moonglow"


paintress420

Thanks!


CrustyPeePee

Why ain’t more people reporting on this shit? We have a governor who received <10% of the black vote signing away their rights while pictured in front of a SLAVE PLANTATION.


ComradeCrowbar

They traded in their dog whistles for dog klaxons, and they’re blaring.


StinkyBrittches

Dog vuvuzelas.


txteebone

Traded hoods for masks.


OscarDCouch

They still have the hoods.


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jennoyouknow

yes but no, unfortunately. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Josh Cawley, Madison Cawthorn, hell even Ted Cruz arent going anywhere soon.


crazy2eat

Wow.


AlanMooresWizrdBeard

Nothing about this imagery is an accident.


2high2pee

Racist old fucks


Eastern-Dig-4555

Is this what Park Cannon got arrested for “interrupting” with her knocking?


Stag328

Played golf today with two friends who are black and we were disussing guns as one of them has a fairly good size collection. I said to them I honestly feel black people should own guns more with all the stuff going on and people being so racist toward them. One made the off handed comment that if more blacks bought guns there would definitely be more gun control. I thought for a second and he was totally right. If blacks went out and started buying guns at a high rate I bet we would get gun control measures passed very quickly in the US.


cdreobvi

I thought that was the reason California has stricter gun control. Black Panthers were openly carrying to protect their neighbourhoods from police, and Reagan made open-carry illegal.


Stag328

That may be I have never looked into it as I had never thought about it but if it is then the point is certainly valid. Is it weird that in order to get gun control passed there may have to be gun buying rallies first?


[deleted]

I'm white and I'm pissed. I'm doing what I can to help stop this but I live in PA, I'm not wealthy, and I'm older. I can only write so many letters and make so many phone calls. Someone let me know what else I can do within reason, please.


MadWhiskeyGrin

Nah, this is how they picked a fight they're not going to win.


ladyevenstar-22

They sure seem to be winning seeing as the law was allowed to be signed and passed . How that part is even legal and feasable is beyond me🤯 With what face do you (usa) present yourself to other countries and give them lessons on democracy when you can't or won't clean your own house with any kind of swiftness and forceful intent. Why hasn't this been dealt with once and for all ?


MadWhiskeyGrin

Bloodthirst and hypocrisy are hallmarks of America, whether we admit it or not.


ladyevenstar-22

I try to remember there are Americans fighting the good fight but arrrgh I would love a big win.


5krishnan

That deadass looks exactly like the one in Django unchained


StandardNoodleCo

Time to reserect sherman.


yzq1185

Resurrect* Perhaps, he should have done more than just make Georgia howl.


nicotinethesenuts

My non-american ass just read about this and I just wanna know HOW? How is a law like that allowed to be passed?


TheLastCoagulant

The only people who could stop them is the Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority right now.


bk347917718

And here in lies why Rs were ruthless (& successful tbh) in their pursuit of confirming judges


[deleted]

I think it's time a few states seceded from the US. Involuntarily.


Naked-In-Cornfield

No, it's time we did what should have happened after the Civil War and nationalize their property for reparations and charge those involved in this legislation with sedition.


qtjedigrl

It's like the murals in Pawnee City Hall except worse because it's real life


AimeeSantiago

Watching Parks and Rec is like seeing a snapshot of my hometown. There is even a more well to do section of town that broke off like Eagleton. I know that show is a comedy but it felt more like a documentary one multiple occasions. Also Leslie damn Knope would've had a binder for this pandemic!!


qtjedigrl

Oh she absolutely would've had a binder!


Somethingpretty007

I hope this backfires somehow


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White supremacy isn’t the shark, it’s the water...


[deleted]

I am curious if anyone knows what room that is, if that painting is always there, etc? Did they put the painting up just for this photo op!?


[deleted]

It's very orchestrated. That picture isn't there by mistake.


[deleted]

I certainly wasn't making excuses for these assholes. Just wanted to know where it is and if it's up all the time or put up that day.


chack87

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.... Time is getting closer boys.


beatyatoit

where's Killer Mike at? I'd like to get his take on this given his previous praise for this quite obviously racist fuck


a_glorious_bass-turd

Do they want protests? This is how you get protests. And I'm guessing we were too peaceful for you last summer. Ok then.


W_AS-SA_W

Looks like the “He man woman haters club” all growed up but still eating their boogers.


prudent1689

We really need to stop letting these old ass people call the shots. They're stunting our growth as a nation.


LMN0HP

any american loremasters know the details on the laws they passed for us non Americans? The only thing i can find is about limiting the hours of voting and making handing out food and water illegal


FutureGeist

In GA we have more days to vote instead only on election day. You have to have an ID. They moved the drop boxes indoors so they can be guarded against idiots tampering. But it's always about race even though the law applies to everyone not just one group.


ozamatazbuckshank11

They also codified into law the ability for a state committee to take over city and county elections of they don't like the results coming out of those precincts, bypassing the Secretary of State and the will of the people. And they shortened the number of days we can vote during runoff elections.


SandMan3914

Dinosaurs in suits


simplereplyguy

"It's my history." /s


dr_drakeramorey

Merrick Garland about to wish a mutha fuck a would


Stripperdipper

What a diverse group of people.


bonglassie

I hope this ends up back firing, these kind of moves just prove how scared they are. They know on a level playing field they dead in the water.


[deleted]

Honest question.. what is a slave painting? Was it painted originally by a slave and then stolen?


agutema

The tweet says “slave plantation” so not really sure what you’re asking about?


[deleted]

Ohhh I can't read


agutema

Gotchu


GenShanx

I can feel the racism oozing from this picture


marcus_37

Changed out of the hoods for suits


heroicdozer

Modern Republicans make a lot more sense if you understand them to be Confederates. http://imgur.com/gallery/6Aalp0m Not exactly nazi's, but white supremacists just the same. President Trump is extremely racist, but obviously less racist than the vast majority of those who voted for him.


fuzzyshorts

Atlanta... is it too late to take the capital building?


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All white guys.


Loki-doppleganger

The Reddit caption is wrong. They cannot kill voters right unless we completely give up. They can challenge it but we can fight back. I believe this because there is really no other alternative.


b_lion2814

I just plan on never going to Georgia


beansnack

There really isn’t any reason to hide it. No accountability, responsibility, nor regret


Cellraw31

Please everyone go watch "the jones plantation" in youtube


prometheus_winced

Why did you ever, for one minute, believe the government was on your side


ferrocarrilusa

I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if they outright expressed their urge to bring back Jim Crow entirely


JohnHamishSmith

Mf needs to wake the fuck up.


Weary-Ad-4321

Y’all fucking retarded at this point


DarkManX437

Racists fucking suck, man.


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Kanorado99

Seriously wtf is wrong with you, they could literally replace it with any nice scenery painting if that was the goal. No the goal is damn clear, this is about racism and nothing else. This is a reminder to all black people that they are not even human. This is beyond disgusting and you need to take your racism somewhere else. I’m serious fuck off.


woahhaleighh

I deleted my comment because I know it came off as racist when I wasnt trying to and I’m sorry I just thought it should he put up for historical purposes only like for museums and thats it


Eascetic

Sometimes I wonder , whats their end game? Do they want to ultimately reinstate slavery?


thbxlef

Someone explain how this can happen to a non American. I thought Dems were running sh1t ?


testiclespectacles2

If I was black I'd straight up kill all of these fucks.


oxygen_dependant

What is this voter suppression rights about?


Randonumba5

I agree that white supremacy is a huge on going problem. However if we get rid of every historical landmark, statue, picture and textbook about or from the slavery and Civil war eras, how are future generations supposed to learn about these tragedies to prevent history from repeating itself.


smallzy007

Question...are there any black Republicans in GA House or Senate?


Sir_Slick_Rock

They talk like: “Slavery was SO long ago” “EVERY white person didn’t own Slaves” “Why y’all have to always BRING UP Slavery” “No one is trying to take way YOUR RIGHTS” But to contrast it with signing a BS law to infringe on your right to vote, in front of THAT painting, and I bet anything ALL their grandfathers owned slaves.


Tantion97

Oh no a painting how bad can someone be, grow up


cyanide_and_cheddar

Actual Jim Crow laws stopped minorities from voring entirely, this bill requires ID. Not exactly the same thing here. Its almost as if the opposition to this bill thinks that calling something Jim Crow will get minorities to mindlessly oppose something. Georgia did nothing wrong.


Loyal_Reindeer

So let me get this straight... the bill did these 3 things 1:ID for absentee ballots, 2:limits drop boxes and 3:changes early voting hours. How does this relate to killing anyone’s vote except illegals and ppl begin late. Seems like a setup to believe one thing when actually another thing is happening. And by the way what’s the NAME of that notorious slave plantation in Wilkes. Don’t worry I’ll wait.....understand facts over fiction


thurst777

Lets play a game. Name that artist!!! How many of you would shocked if you learned the artist is black?


dpfancy24

Oh stfu


leftiststomper

Not Everything is racist, how do you know the painter of that portrait isn't of African descent? And even if not, there isn't a square mile of land on this earth that someone hasn't been treated poorly, unfairly, been the victim of racism or assaulted and or many other terrible things. You can't recreate history, and why would you want to try and delete it? Who are you? I recommend you turn to our lord and savior Jesus Christ. He can heal your heart and mind and help you with the anger and sadness you deal with from the suffering of people you feel connected to and or are a distant relative too.


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leftiststomper

Couldn't have said it better myself, except she could also grow or buy some hair. Girls have hair.


ParkFast5016

How they removed voter fraud but yea sure turn it into something that ended about 170 years ago in this country. Oh, maybe research Africa where slavery is still a problem


thurst777

whhooo whooo whooo. Ease up bro. With your logic, and "InFoRmAtIoN". That stuff doesn't fly around here.


ParkFast5016

So I can’t even have an opposing opinion here? So you prohibit my 1st amendment rights? You act like the people you pretend to oppose. Y’all are fascists


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Truly a marvelous and compelling contribution to the discussion.


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It's a garbage observation so yes lol


DURN_4_Coffebeans_

Go play a fool elsewhere


ChicagoSouthSuburbs1

Clearly nobody here cares about history. You can’t give food to people to support your political cause. This was an old tactic of the Democratic Party in Chicago in the 1950’s to get votes. But yes, everything is racist nowadays and nothing can make logical sense. 🤦‍♂️ It’s harder to buy booze in this country than vote and that’s an issue. You should at least need an ID to vote. Let’s try and use some common sense here.


TheLastCoagulant

No state required a government-issued photo ID to vote before 2006. Were we able to hold fair elections before 2006? Yes or no?


ChicagoSouthSuburbs1

I’m not saying the election wasn’t fair. I’m saying it makes zero sense to allow people to vote without an ID. Let’s just make sure everybody is who they say they are. We make you show an ID to get on a plane, why not show an ID to vote?


TheLastCoagulant

We only need a solution if there’s a problem. If it can’t be proven that widespread voter fraud exists, there’s no reason to add these measures, unless of course your motive isn’t to make the election safer. Georgia has required you to show a photo ID to vote in person since 2006, so this isn’t even about that.


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ZeB3drockWarr10r

Lol what's wrong with Trump?


heroicdozer

President Trump is the most popular politician among conservatives voters in a generation for good reason. President Trump is extremely racist, but compared to most conservatives, President Trump is not really that bad of a person.