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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:44 AM Original message |
Proposed Miss. License Plate To Honor KKK Leader |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 06:51 AM Response to Original message |
1. Please, Mississippians, tell me there's more to this story. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Before the war he and his brother bought and sold slaves. |
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Ex Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. nevermind |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. That is a fluff piece |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I saw all that crap... |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. Good grief. |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
4. I know I shouldn't be surprised by this, |
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wilt the stilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. don't give Virginia any ideas |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Do they still call MLK day "Lee/Jackson/King day"? |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 12:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. Yes. And the L/J portion of it is a State holiday. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. No, but US Route 1 is "Jefferson Davis Highway" through Alexandria |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. Well, Virgina celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on MLK's birthday |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 09:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Tribalism |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. So now they want to advertise their bigotry |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. Dupe |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 07:27 AM Response to Original message |
7. Battle of Fort Pillow |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
10. From a purely military view |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Oh I don't know; he was in the west mostly |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-11-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Jackson & Lee clearly made the South viable |
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queenjane (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. The Cult of the Ol' Confederacy, I fear, will never die |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. Most who would get one -- and there are many -- have a confederate flag somewhere on vehicle. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Negative. They have a 1920's mashup of the CSA navy jack and Lee's battle colors |
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nalnn (528 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. Oh boy. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. He ran a business in Hernando, apparently |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-10-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. "An early leader" of the KKK? He was its first Grand Wizard! |
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