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Ed Barrow (585 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:16 PM Original message |
Teacher lets students wear Klan outfits |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Context, context, context - what was the true context? |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I, too, didn't see the problem here...........hmmmm.. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. +1 |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Here's some context: the Klan has a long history in Georgia and still holds rallies there |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
3. Ridiculous-----an historical re-enactment needs the proper costumes. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Right. Hell, in Civil War reenactments, does anyone squirm at the thought |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. They should |
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LibertyLover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
27. I understand what you mean - especially about the wool |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Yep. Decades ago my dad was a Confederate reenactor. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. when in doubt throw the teacher out.... |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. In the context of a historical reenactment, I don't see the problem. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. BAN ALL REENACTMENTS lest they offend somebody! /sarcasm |
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activa8tr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. How about checking this out beforehand, having some school-wide |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. They were doing a film on the history of racism |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. From AJC: If the Klan robes are revealing our sordid history, what’s the problem with historical re- |
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Socal31 (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Reminds me of some guys that got arrested at my High School in history. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. In solidarity i think we should protest not only this |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
15. I don't think you can teach Georgia history without mentioning the KKK |
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timtom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. Preposterous!!! |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 07:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. About twenty years ago, my brother in law, who isn't the |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. When I was in High School in the 1970s, our teacher told us we could NOT... |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That's not original... It is simply derivative humor |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:59 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Zing! |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 09:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Wow, that's sum good humor. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 09:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. This could easily become an infinite series /nt |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. It's a fraction of the possible puns. n/t |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. If the teacher and the school would have used a bit of common |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Precisely. n/t |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
22. Huffington Post has explanation from teacher |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. Maybe the problem is... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:19 AM Response to Original message |
24. Were they doing a school play production of Blazing Saddles? |
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Evasporque (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. was the "Minstrel Show" cancelled too...?? nt |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
28. think of it this way |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
29. Sadly, the Klan robes were probably in some of the parents' closets. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
31. gang outfits should be prohibit too |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
34. What's the problem? |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:38 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The Problem Is |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. You've nailed it. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
37. There's no good reason to put kids in Klan uniforms. Plenty of |
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