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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Are you under the impression that the girls in the photo burned down the plantation, or are you unaware of the history of such buildings in this nation, what they symbolize, and why the descendants of those brutalized in the shadow of those white pillars might be happy to see it burned down?

Nobody went and burned down the plantation because of its history. (Unless this turns out to be arson, which I would find entirely justifiable.)

The plantation burned down, and some folks are rightly rejoicing in the destruction of a nexus of brutality and harm.

If rich young descendants of nazis were getting married in auschwitz on the regular, I think that wouldn't sit well with some folks, so I'm certainly not going to shed any tears about all the rich young white women who will have to find a better place to serve as the backdrop of their weddings.

Or is that that you don't know what "early" means in this context? It would have been even more satisfying if it had waited a couple of weeks to burn down.

Note that I’m not from US so might be missing more context

This was a great film, and might lend some needed perspective.