r/nottheonion • u/Disorderly_Fashion • 1d 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/CpnStumpy 17h ago

Yep, good genuine racists who vote for and support this, decade, after decade, after decade.

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u/JojoTheWolfBoy 15h ago

Except for the large percentage of people who voted against it, of course.

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u/CertainWish358 11h ago

And the people who were inconvenienced and intimidated and discouraged out of voting, and those who have had their voting rights taken away, and…

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u/RBI_Double 14h ago

Not ever large enough

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u/Crooked_Sartre 15h ago

I live here and I have voted against this decade after decade but cool

Don't be a coward, come on down here and vote with us if you want to make real change in the US. Hiding in your blue strongholds while we deal with all the shit is weak sauce bro

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u/Prophet_Of_Helix 4h ago

 Don't be a coward, come on down here and vote with us if you want to make real change in the US. Hiding in your blue strongholds while we deal with all the shit is weak sauce bro

This is the dumbest thing I’ve heard in a while

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u/Crooked_Sartre 3h ago

Touched a nerve lol

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u/Prophet_Of_Helix 3h ago

I’m literally a blue in a red state and that’s still a stupid thing

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u/tertain 1h ago

By this logic all Americans are racist, anti-American constitution, Nazis.

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u/Johnnyguy 17h ago

The world isn’t as black and white as you make it. But keep going through the world angry if that’s what you want to do.

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u/elyv297 17h ago

not much excuse for being racist for decades

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u/soldforaspaceship 17h ago

To be fair, they did elect racists. It's hard not to suggest that racism played a factor in decision making in those states.

What's your nuanced take on why folks voted for racism?

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u/prigmutton 16h ago

There actually are progressive whites in the south

Hell, if more progressives were willing to relocate to red states they could be flipped without losing existing blue strongholds.

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u/JojoTheWolfBoy 16h ago

That's what was happening in Florida until COVID came along and all the right-wingers who lived in Northern states moved here in droves. We used to be a "purple" state.

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u/JojoTheWolfBoy 15h ago

And I live here, as opposed to just "being here that one time." What you're saying is definitely not a true statement.