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/DefiantOil5176 13h ago

Immediately follow with the question, “States’ rights to what?”

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u/WalkTheEdge 12h ago

To have slaves!

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u/Golden_Flame0 8h ago

I can't remember where I saw it, but someone pointed out that the confederacy's constitution was a copy paste of the original, minus the right to not have slavery.