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ck4829

(35,079 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 01:22 PM Apr 2020

Mississippi Governor declares Confederate Heritage Month with an added bonus

In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) has taken the time to declare April “Confederate Heritage Month.”

The proclamation came two days after Reeves changed his position and issued a statewide ordering shutting down nonessential businesses and ordering residents to stay home, according to the Jackson Free Press.

Reeves’ proclamation says April is the month when, in 1861, “the American Civil War began between the Confederate and Union armies, reportedly the costliest and deadliest war ever fought on American soil.”

https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/tate-reeves-confederate-mississippi-181257392.html

And now you REALLY can reenact the time of the glorious Confederacy... with a disease that you can't call on antibiotics or a vaccine for help with!

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Mississippi Governor declares Confederate Heritage Month with an added bonus (Original Post) ck4829 Apr 2020 OP
Saddest commemorative march ever underpants Apr 2020 #1
Imagine if Bavaria celebrated Nazi Heritage Month. GeorgeGist Apr 2020 #2
My paternal ancestors were Confederates Chainfire Apr 2020 #3

Chainfire

(17,587 posts)
3. My paternal ancestors were Confederates
Tue Apr 7, 2020, 02:12 PM
Apr 2020

and slave owners. My grandfather was born on a slave plantation in Alabama during the Civil War. (yep, grandfather) I find nothing to celebrate in the foul system.

I am reasonably certain that Mississippi continues to celebrate the Confederacy just to rub it in black peoples faces. They call it heritage, not hate, but they lie.

And some people wonder why the South is the butt of so many jokes.

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