It is always helpful to all of us, white and Black Americans, when a racist white woman from deep country Northwest Georgia goes out of her way to explain how Black Americans should think about the confederacy, the Civil War, and Confederate Statues. It helps us see casually open racism. Only a racist white woman can really get it through those Black Americans’ dumb heads (This is her condescension/racism, not mine) what they should think while walking by all those Confederate Statues… they should look at them and see how far they’ve come, be proud!

Except, wait.

These Confederate Statues are of “heroes” to the Southern White Confederacy, people who were traitors to the United States. They were traitors because they so desperately needed to protect the institution of slavery. And everywhere where there is a statue still standing down South (or anywhere), it’s actually a symbol of resistance to progress. I am not black so I’m not going to say what I would feel if I were black, but as a white guy passing those statues, I see them as symbolic of the fact that we’ve not come far at all and when people like Marjorie defend them, I feel like she wants to drag us back to the days when one would be a hero.

But that’s just me. Let’s hear from Marj:

Marjorie Taylor Greene on Confederate statues: “If I were Black people today and I walked by one of those statues I would be so proud because I’d say look how far I have come in this country.” pic.twitter.com/6oSJ3knD3R

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 19, 2023

Yeah, be proud of yourselves, Black Americans, of course. And, since I’m not black, I’m not going to tell anyone anything. But I’m not proud of a Congresswoman who condescendingly and with dripping racism, tells Black Americans what they should think. 

Twitter wasn’t happy with her:

That's why Germany has all those Hitler statues.
(Germany doesn't, obv.)

— Rick G. Rosner (@dumbassgenius) February 19, 2023

There is nothing you can say or do to confront MAGA gaslighting that won’t be met with more MAGA gaslighting

Nothing. That’s the loop we’re in.

They will do and say anything. And there is nothing you can do or say to do anything about it.

That is the MAGA gaslighting paradox

— Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) February 19, 2023

Who erects a statue of former Confederate generals on the very heels of fighting and winning a war FOR democracy?

Insurrectionists who want to be thought of as "patriots" instead of what they really are
– INSURRECTIONISTS.

— Randi Rhodes (@RandiRhodes) February 19, 2023

Oh, sure, it’s just like how people love to keep pictures of their abusers in their house!

It’s not traumatic to see them AT ALL! When you look into the cold, dead eyes of the person who hurt you, you think “I’ve made so much progress!”

—MY PHONE IS BREAKING FROM THE SARCASM—

— Jay Black (@jayblackisfunny) February 19, 2023

Change this to "If I were a Jew today and I walked by a statue of Hitler in Germany I would be so proud…"

— James B. Webb (@BrainRage) February 19, 2023

White people really need to stop telling black people how to feel about things.

— FragPaws (@FragPaws) February 19, 2023

Ahh, yes, @RepMTG, they've come so far, from being dehumanized by slavery and shackles to now being dehumanized (and murdered) for having the nerve to walk, run, drive, birdwatch and shop while being black. Proud? Yes, of their own courage, strength & determination despite it!!

— Jamie Jenson (@JamieJaeTweets) February 19, 2023

@RepMarjorieTG But yet we can’t teach it in schools because it makes “white people feel bad.” So I’m wondering why she doesn’t use the argument “we need to remove the statues because it reminds white people to feel bad.” Her inconsistency and hypocrisy is appalling.

— Primrose Lane (@ridiculoustimes) February 19, 2023

If I were an unqualified, white member of Congress I’d probably keep my mouth shut about how other ethnicities should feel about anything related to race.

— Lord Munson (@ThatsFare) February 19, 2023

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