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They just can't let it go (Original Post) phantom power Jan 2012 OP
kick ensho Jan 2012 #1
The more I think about this... phantom power Jan 2012 #4
jeez spanone Jan 2012 #2
And people wonder why I don't like the South. Odin2005 Jan 2012 #3
Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi all celebrate Lee's birthday. It was sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #5
I learn something new every day phantom power Jan 2012 #6
Yup. King/Lee day is a common southern thing cthulu2016 Jan 2012 #7

phantom power

(25,966 posts)
4. The more I think about this...
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 11:08 AM
Jan 2012

the more astonished I am. I suppose I shouldn't be, but really that's spitting on MLK's grave.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
3. And people wonder why I don't like the South.
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 11:07 AM
Jan 2012

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

(51,445 posts)
5. Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi all celebrate Lee's birthday. It was
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 11:34 AM
Jan 2012

passed as a state law in 1947 January 19 and then combined in 1983 with MLKing Day.

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