Treason Celebrated in America
Today is Martin Luther King’s birthday. And yet. This is America in 2023 and the “old South” lives on. You can be a fan of Robert E. Lee as a military tactical genius. But if you can’t call him a traitor to this nation, you need to question your own loyalty to the US of A. You can’t fly the Confederate battle flag and the American flag at the same time. If try, you are a bigoted and confused idiot.
Below is an article from Axios that explains that several states still celebrate THE CONFEDERACY and the TRAITORS who led a rebellion against the United States of America. And we wonder where “White Supremacy” and “Christian Nationalism” comes from?
“Confederate Memorial Day”? WTF?
Could we possibly stop dancing around…politely trying to be respectful of a culture that enslaved, tortured and lynched thousands of humans? The South still honors and celebrates brutality and inhumanity. Why do we ignore it? Who are these people? They are not real Christians. What are they? Find your own definitions. I’ll go with monsters. The “old South” is right up there with the Third Reich. In fact, Hitler derived some of his ideas from the American South’s view of African Americans. Links below.
Mapped: 10 states celebrate both MLK Day, Confederate holidays
Confederate holidays include Robert E. Lee's birthday, Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate Heroes Day (Texas), Nathan Bedford Forrest Day (Tennessee), Jefferson Davis' birthday. Data: State government calendars, Axios research. Cartogram: Shoshana Gordon and Jacque Schrag/Axios Visuals
Ten states — all in the South — observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day + at least one Confederate holiday, Axios' Shoshana Gordon, Jacque Schrag and Russell Contreras report.
Why it matters: All U.S. states honor King — a federal holiday. But the number of states also honoring the Confederacy highlights the country's struggle to reconcile its racial past.
Today, Alabama and Mississippi celebrate King-Lee Day — honoring both King and Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general and slaveholder.
Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas all have at least one day commemorating the Confederacy on other days of the year.
Mississippi and Alabama each celebrate a total of three Confederate holidays every year — Robert E. Lee Day, Confederate Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis' Birthday — all paid holidays for state employees.
In 2000, when South Carolina became one of the last states to honor MLK with a state holiday, the legislature also voted to create Confederate Memorial Day.
And there it is on the official 2023 state calendar — May 10.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/11/what-america-taught-the-nazis/540630/
I remain angry that I learned about Custers Last Stand and other “significant” details, but why did I only learn of the Tulsa Massacre recently? We don’t teach our gravest sins to our children so the little darlings won’t feel guilty. It’s what we do. And it’s wrong.
This shows how deeply entrenched racism and white supremacy is in the southern states. It is disgraceful and sickening.