Proud of u, MD.

Same in Texas. But after MLK Day became a federal holiday, our state government changed the official state holiday from “Robert E. Lee Day” to “Confederate Heroes Day.”

when I had a contract job in Virginia last year I stayed in an apartment that was part of a reconditioned old warehouse (Lucky Strike cigarettes, whee) and in the foyer entrance were proudly displayed old timey pictures of Lee and Stonewall Jackson. As someone descended from a Union prisoner at Andersonville (who…

You are so right. It’s disgraceful. I live in DC and not five minutes from here is “Jefferson Davis Highway” - blows my mind that we allow that kind of crap (anywhere) let alone so close to our capitol.

Yup. I live in Northern VA—right across the river from DC—and we have Jeff Davis Highway (which we all call Route 1) among other roads but my personal fave is: Jackson-Lee Day, which is put into place for Virginia state employees by every Republican governor, which is a day off the day after? MLK Day.

Can we talk about how fucking racist Israel is against black people? (And against Palestinians and Arabs, obviously, but that’s a whole other discussion.) There are huge things like the forced sterilization of Ethiopian women, and there are a million little cultural things. Blackface on TV all the time. (Not Rachel…

There is something to be said about white people who don’t think about race (because they don’t have to), but the myth that only black people are obsessed with race is so laughable. I love how she throws her friend under the bus too. “It’s not my fault! My friend told it to me! I don’t have a mind of my own!”

If she is willing to be this disrespectful publicly on Twitter, just imagine what she says privately at home. With her husband. Who is in charge of US-Israeli relations. Staggering level of disrespect for a leader of a country who gives you billions every year.

The idea of black children waking up the day after the shooting and having to go to Stonewall Jackson elementary school or whatever stupid fucking thing is just sickening. (The fact that they do, at all ever, is, of course. But for Christsakes.)

Yeah, even in Texas, which has more of a hardon for it’s Republic days, that shit is everywhere. I hope it very soon is no longer sanctioned by state governments, but who knows what will happen.

She didn’t see the need to bring it down because “CEO’s didn’t mind it, and South Carolina wasn’t losing business over it.” That’s about all I need to know about Nikki Haley.

If I know my git r dun rednecks—and I very much do—this will lead to a lot of “we are oppressed” confederate flag flying in antagonistic retaliation. I mean, I went to high school with people who wore t-shirts with that shit on it, had bumper stickers on their trucks, and flew that shit around at football games. It is…

From what I understand (limited both generally and on this specifically), it doesn’t matter what she says. The state legislature has to approve it to even fly at half-mast never mind being taken down, at all. So, even with this horrific tragedy done under the banner of that article of hate it probably still won’t…

Dear butthurt SC racists,

Well thank fuck the CEOs don’t mind it.

Haley defended the flag last year by saying CEOs don’t mind it and the state isn’t losing business because of it.

Well at least we know that absolutely nobody will say anything remotely racist about her in retaliation for her stance.

I’m happy the flag may be coming down. I’m angry and disgusted that it took the unneccesary death of 9 innocent people for something that should have happened years ago to finally possibly maybe occur.