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riversedge

(70,322 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 09:52 AM Jun 2015

There's something absurd about seeing the Confederate Flag flying at half mast the day after a mass

This says it all.


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There's something absurd about seeing the Confederate Flag flying at half mast the day after a mass shooting at historic black church.

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trigger warning ‏@M4forLiberty 26m26 minutes ago

@WillMcAvoyACN and/or maybe your ignorant comment is absurd
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Will McAvoy ‏@WillMcAvoyACN 21m21 minutes ago

@M4forLiberty Which part? The part that was a fact, or the other part that was a fact?
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trigger warning ‏@M4forLiberty 16m16 minutes ago

@WillMcAvoyACN nice try ! it is absurd...fact fact. why is it absurd?
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Will McAvoy ‏@WillMcAvoyACN 15m15 minutes ago

@M4forLiberty I'm going to give you a second to consider the many ways you are an idiot and give you a chance to withdraw your question.

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There's something absurd about seeing the Confederate Flag flying at half mast the day after a mass (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2015 OP
Mr McAvoy is too kind. malthaussen Jun 2015 #1
Do the Confederate States of America have some kind of history with black people? DetlefK Jun 2015 #2
Not just ironic. It's provocative. KittyWampus Jun 2015 #3
It's heritage ... GeorgeGist Jun 2015 #4

malthaussen

(17,217 posts)
1. Mr McAvoy is too kind.
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 09:56 AM
Jun 2015

I would call it "criminal." Certain levels of hypocrisy transcend absurdity.

-- Mal

DetlefK

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2. Do the Confederate States of America have some kind of history with black people?
Thu Jun 18, 2015, 10:06 AM
Jun 2015

I mean, that is just the battle-flag of a nation that seceded because its members didn't want to cede to their former government the right to make political decisions about an economic model that really doesn't need to be mentioned here.

The war was about states' rights, not black people!

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