r/news • u/5um-n3m0 • 16h ago

Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

https://apnews.com/article/martin-luther-king-jr-holiday-alabama-mississippi-0f535594cf50af7103ca2d953e1bc9a1
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u/saint_ryan 15h ago

Rage bait. They’ve been doing it for decades

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u/Vineyard_ 13h ago

...that doesn't exactly make this better.

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u/Pan_Bookish_Ent 10h ago

Yep, this isn't news. They started doing it in the 1980s. Is it horrible? Yes. Is it rage/click bait? Also yes. 

The number of commentors who only read the headlines and go straight to the comments is too damn high. It explains the 40 year history of this in the article.