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just_another_person@lemmy.world to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish ·
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Milwaukee Removes Fonzie Statue Amid Reckoning With Greaser Past

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Milwaukee Removes Fonzie Statue Amid Reckoning With Greaser Past

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just_another_person@lemmy.world to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish ·
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MILWAUKEE—Calling the effort a long overdue attempt to address the city’s checkered history, Milwaukee officials announced Friday that they had removed the iconic riverfront Fonzie statue amid an ongoing reckoning with the town’s greaser past. “In the year 2025, no one should be celebrating the dark era in this city when motorcycles, leather jackets, and necking dominated […]
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    Peter Griffin in shambles

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    I was about to RAGE.

    Then I saw the publisher. Good one guys.

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    The statue may remain in place, but only if Mister Arthur Fonzerelli apologizes in public.

    “I’m so-w-w-w-w-wrr…”
    What was that, Mister Fonzerelli?
    “I said I was so-w-w-w-w-wrr…”

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    Of course, there’s a sanitized narrative that being a greaser was all thumbs-up and fixing jukeboxes

    Pretty brilliant writing lol

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    Ate it. Eye rolled. Then looked back at it.
    Sonsabitches

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