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iluvtennis

(19,863 posts) Mon Jan 29, 2018, 05:37 PM Jan 2018

The GOP just arrived in DC for tomorrow's State of the Union

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The GOP just arrived in DC for tomorrow's State of the Union (Original Post) iluvtennis Jan 2018 OP

LOL underpants Jan 2018 #1

exactly gopiscrap Jan 2018 #2

Note how the KKK used to march under the Stars and Stripes. VOX Jan 2018 #3

Yep, confederate flag was/is used to try intimidate and strike fear in ppl. iluvtennis Jan 2018 #6

Well said...k and r. Stuart G Jan 2018 #4

Even wrapped in religious piety and draped in a flag, the stench of hate and bigotry procon Jan 2018 #5

Yep, stench indeed. iluvtennis Jan 2018 #7

underpants

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1. LOL

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Mon Jan 29, 2018, 05:41 PM

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gopiscrap

(23,761 posts)

2. exactly

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Mon Jan 29, 2018, 05:52 PM

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VOX

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3. Note how the KKK used to march under the Stars and Stripes.

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Mon Jan 29, 2018, 06:00 PM

Jan 2018

Not that it made them any less hateful.

The Confederate Battle Flag began appearing at Klan rallies in the 1950s-60s, as the civil rights struggle gained momentum— so there can be no doubt that it was intended as a symbol of white supremacy and segregation.