• REEEEvolution
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    6 months ago

    The phrase is a bit older, goes back to King Leonidas stand at the Thermophilae. His answer to a diplomatic surrender, becoming a vassal of persia, supposedly was “Molon labe.” - Come and take it.

    The yankee slaveowners saw themselves as greek, boy fucking, slaveowners.

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      6 months ago

      Minor correction. The story goes that the Persian king, Xerxes, asked the Spartans to surrender their arms. Leonidas tells Xerxes to “come and take them”.