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They just can't let it go (Original Post)
phantom power
Jan 2012
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ensho
(11,957 posts)1. kick
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phantom power
(25,966 posts)4. The more I think about this...
the more astonished I am. I suppose I shouldn't be, but really that's spitting on MLK's grave.
spanone
(135,831 posts)2. jeez
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)3. And people wonder why I don't like the South.
It's because they keep on honoring pro-slavery traitors like Lee.
Minnesota was only 3 years old when the war started and yet Minnesotan regiments were very important in many battles, most notably at Gettysburg, this shit makes my blood boil.
sinkingfeeling
(51,457 posts)5. Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi all celebrate Lee's birthday. It was
passed as a state law in 1947 January 19 and then combined in 1983 with MLKing Day.
phantom power
(25,966 posts)6. I learn something new every day
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)7. Yup. King/Lee day is a common southern thing