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Old 09-22-2021 | 07:21 AM
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Originally Posted by detpilot
I always find it interesting that it's "Never Forget" about most tragedies in the world, especially the USA.

But bring up the fact that my grandmother's father-in-law was born a slave in this country, was almost killed numerous times following train tracks as he ran away north to New York city, and it's "get over it, move on already, that was ages ago, no one alive now took part in that!"

History is important, even when our country was on the wrong side of it.

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Not to diminish what you said, but your generational gaps must be huge. I'm not a young guy and my great-grandparents were born in the 20th century.
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