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Related: About this forumNottoway Plantation Louisiana - a tale of two reactions
Posted in AfAm GroupThreads is a crazy place. As this story is blowing up in my feed today - I'm checking reactions.
On the one hand:
We have lost a piece of history.
The Resort was so beautiful.
So sad - I've been to weddings there.
On the other hand:
May the ancestors in limbo be released from the land.
This is therapeutic.
No more cos-playing Antebellum weddings.
Hundreds of Slaves - Good.
This is why I go on and on about America being in a culture war. The war won't end until one side is victorious.
I hope it's mine. I really hope truth and reconciliation matters. And if folks don't think it does? Go read threads #Nottoway. It matters far more than the maga Repub culture will ever be able to understand. And that's a good thing, because when it hits them it will be a sucker punch.
https://www.nola.com/news/history-nottoway-resort-louisiana/article_329e404e-534c-504e-8955-a4b132d629d4.html

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Nottoway Plantation Louisiana - a tale of two reactions (Original Post)
JustAnotherGen
Friday
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Grew up in South. Wish I could have been there to cheer the burning of this vile place.
Silent Type
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Silent Type
(9,402 posts)1. Grew up in South. Wish I could have been there to cheer the burning of this vile place.

SheltieLover
(67,980 posts)2. I stand with the person choosing to not glorify slavery
I am appalled at the amount of apattments, streets, & businesses called plantation.
Jilly_in_VA
(11,920 posts)3. You know
When this administration is ashes, we really do need to have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and hearings. I think it might go a long way toward healing this awful mess we're currently in.
JustAnotherGen
(34,986 posts)4. I agree
I view maga as the descendants of the CSA. If we let them get away with their shitting on the Constitution and moves towards forming a Theocracy - they'll just rise again in 160 years.
irisblue
(34,947 posts)5. This is true