Mercedes cars, unlike Confederate statues, are not built with the purpose of reinforcing and celebrating racism.
Also, Daimler-Benz has in fact taken responsibility, admitted guilt and paid restitution for some of their wartime actions:
https://www.jta.org/1988/06/16/archi...say-recipients
So if you want to have a conversation about reparations regarding the use of slave labor in this country there's precedent for that.
Ted Clayton
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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
So I should just go out and topple whatever statue offends me without going through the proper process? I'm Jewish, will you support me in eradicating Mercedes Benzes from the country? Daimler-Benz made a fortune producing armaments for the Third Reich, after all.
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