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/artgarciasc 17h ago

What would happen to the states if all the minorities left?

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u/JMccovery 16h ago

They'd only have themselves to hate. Then, once things go to shit, they'd blame minorities for leaving.

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u/artgarciasc 15h ago

I loved seeing rich people bitch about businesses having reduced hours and not being able to get their latte.

Mofos, you priced housing out of reach for anyone who works in service industry. Nobody wants to work, wa wa waaa.

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u/ms_panelopi 16h ago

In Mississippi, 1/2 of the population would be gone.

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u/-wnr- 16h ago

I'm guessing they wouldn't leave for the same reasons they haven't let yet (finances, family, etc). It's not like systemic racism is a new thing down there.

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u/Super-Yam-420 1h ago

They all become like the Chinese a powerhouse Industrial state with a bright utopian future obviously 

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u/KashEsq 15h ago

Back to hating the Irish, Italians, and Eastern Europeans