Mississippi and Alabama: Just In Case You Forgot Open Racism Is Alive And Well

Mississippi and Alabama marked King-Lee Day as a state holiday.

Texas also gets a nod for celebrating Confederate Heroes Day on Lee’s actual birthday, Jan. 19, and its state employees can take a paid holiday on both Lee and MLK's days.

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

deadgerbil · 22-25

These people will use being proud of their heritage to justify them worshiping the confederacy and its legacy, yet when you point out the racism, they downplay it or make excuses. "It wasn't that bad" or "it was the Democrats who were racist and the KKK!" in a weak attempt to discredit the modern political party, while conveniently forgetting that the south was well represented by the socially conservative Democratic party at that time, until the party realignment.

bijouxbroussard · F

@deadgerbil And it does beg the question, if the racist slaveowners and segregationists were Democrats, why are the people celebrating that legacy and flying the Confederate battle flag Republicans ?

pdockal · 56-60, M

@deadgerbil
Most people who comment on the Civil War don't know their history and think it was only about one thing and they are dead wrong
I could give you a lesson but i don't think you'd listen

South was predominantly Democratic and held conservative, agrarian-oriented, anti-big-business values. These values were characteristic of the Democratic Party at the time. The majority of Northern voters, on the other hand, were Republican

The civil war resolved two fundamental questions left unresolved by the revolutionary war: whether the United States was to be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government;

Northwest · M

@pdockal [quote]South was predominantly Democratic and held conservative, agrarian-oriented, anti-big-business values. These values were characteristic of the Democratic Party at the time. The majority of Northern voters, on the other hand, were Republican
[/quote]

This, and $7.65, will buy you a venti peach-lemon iced tea at Starbucks. Pretend you have a working brain, and acknowledge that the Democrat party of 1862, has absolutely nothing to do with the Democrat party of 2023, and the same goes for the Republican party.

[quote]whether the United States was to be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government;
[/quote]

This was NEVER an unresolved issue. The Constitution is clear, and there is no provision for secession.

pdockal · 56-60, M

@Northwest your missing the point and if you don't understand my point its useless to continue conversation with you

Northwest · M

@pdockal [quote]your missing the point and if you don't understand my point its useless to continue conversation with you[/quote]

"your" missing the part where you think you have a point.