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Yes, Republicans in the Virginia senate adjourned in honor of Stonewall Jackson (today), a slaveowning, confederate general of the side that lost defending slavery.
On Martin Luther King, Jr. day, no less.
Oh, other stuff happened too, but I thought this was noteworthy enough to highlight.
On motion of Senator Stosch, the Senate adjourned in memory or [sic] General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson at 4:10 p.m. to convene Tuesday, January 22, 2013, read the official minutes of the legislative day.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)like when they honored Stonewall Jackson TODAY. TODAY, optionally, they decided to do it TODAY. On MLKs day.
that's Virginia republicans for you.
and apparently you think this is no big deal.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)...the artillery salute at the Inauguration was just practice.
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)despite our state breaking away from Va. and sticking with the union.
Apparently, we're supposed to be proud the traitor was born here.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Jesus, these people have no shame.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)They're something else... But, they follow the hate with...
Where are my talking points?
When do I get my nose ring changed?
Stop! I had a thought! It hurt!
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Virginia, in his case.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)they adjourned TODAY IN HONOR OF STONEWALL JACKSON.
TODAY.
this isn't some bit of historical legacy foisted upon them.
they honored Stonewall Jackson TODAY. TODAY. They could have picked any reason to adjourn, with or without honoring ANYBODY.
they picked HIM.
HIM. TODAY.
stop apologizing for them.
it's beneath you.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)i'm not arguing with you if you support this action TODAY.
it's MLK day.
and you don't know that.
whatever.
there are plenty of other liberals you can argue with, choose one of them. you've decided not to be a liberal today.
bye. if you're going to post conservatively, then we don't have enough in common to make arguing useful.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Perhaps you can find some other marked distinctions between Jefferson and Stonewall Jackson.
Because I believe that, yes apart from one common characteristic, there are differences in thought and actions in the direction of advancing human freedom generally.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Radically different ones, but then again I don't know that much about the guy
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)but I honestly just don't have the heart. Yeesh.
What a pack of asshats.
Aristus
(66,096 posts)and shot their own general.
With so many crazies, idiots, and just-plain bad shots in the Confederacy, we should have left them alone until they all killed themselves off...
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. I agree with you it is a disgrace and an intentional horrific insult.
2. Is there going to be a Meta thread about people who don't get it?
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)if you would like to do that, you are off to a great start.
nyquil_man
(1,443 posts)The federal government is impotent
Money has no value
Prices are inflated
All to keep the rich "property" owners happy
hfojvt
(37,573 posts)I was born in the South, after all.
All the history books I read made him sound like a very capable General as well as a brave soldier. They never mentioned him owning slaves.
CreekDog
(46,192 posts)LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)of Macaca fame named his only son Forrest, after Nathan Bedford Forrest, Confederate officer and the first Grand Wizard of the KKK. His two daughters also share names of prominent Confederates. These guys find no shortage of ways to express their racist instincts.