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The Arlington National Cemetery website has scrubbed dozens of pages on gravesites and educational materials that include histories of prominent Native American, Black, Hispanic, and female service members buried in the cemetery. Only White males remain.
“Obama broke them” someone wrote. I thought it was hyperbole at first, but it makes sense. The process of turning the GOP into dumbfuck MAGAQOP started when he first became potus. The outrage over having a POC POTUS helped the process along nicely.
OTOH it’s also when the age of social media kicked off.