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One is unconstitutional to ban, while the other is treason.
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I was honestly taken aback that the confederate flag is allowed to be displayed in public schools.
Those 4 years that they were treasonous to get rid of state rights to ban slavery is very important to their state history.
That's what we get for giving the Confederates Military burials instead of an unmarked mass graves for their murderous treachery in the name of slavery.
Mercy was a mistake.
Unironically, the leaders of the Confederacy should have been executed for treason.
“Johnson embarked on a policy designed to restore the former Confederate states to civil government with maximum speed and a minimum disturbance of Southern institutions beyond the abolition of slavery itself,” writes historian Michael Les Benedict. “His policy placed former rebels in political control of nearly every Southern state and left Southern blacks to the mercies of the men who had fought so desperately to keep them in bondage.”
Tennessee: We're not all bigots, but you shouldn't feel safe.
Tennesseean here, this is absolutely the case. I wish there was more I could do to welcome marginalized people, but the best advice I have is to get out of here as soon as possible because things are going to get worse before they get better.
I came to say the same thing.
But I'll say this- the nazis in Nashville the other week were only able to escape unscathed because we didn't know they were there.
Let's proudly expose our slavery heritage while banning a symbol of individual freedom and diversity.
Done in one.
...while claiming to support "freedom".
1st amendment lawsuit, here we come!
That's great, but who's paying for that?
I'd bet actual money that the ACLU is already looking for a case to sponsor.
I don't know how many Supreme Court Justices the ACLU can afford.
If we all kick in $25 we might be able to buy Justice Boofer some coke and a beer....
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Nashville has had a pride festival for the past thirty five years. They were a member of the confederacy for almost exactly five years.
BuT iTs our hiSTorY!!!
It's history they want to repeat, not the present they want to accept
The only Confederate flag that represents the Confederacy is 🏳️
Anything else trying to represent the confederacy is akin to a fucking high school class ring. Like "Gratz, bud. Got anything to show for it?"
The only Confederate flag that represents the Confederacy is 🏳️
It's actually even cooler than that. https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_515980
If by cooler you mean "belongs in the kitchen"
(I only say this to emasculate those that would feel emasculated by that).
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This ban is stupid and fuck those politicians, but this article is a little misleading and not a good source of information
They never explicitly voted to keep confederate flags. That being said, one of the many types of flags that are allowed are those deemed “protected historical items” as defined by TN Code § 4-1-412 which does include items relating to “any war, battle, or military conflict in which citizens of the United States or any state or territory of the United States have participated in”.
Funny enough, this law would allow you to carry an Iranian, Soviet, or other flag that would piss people off.
I would recommend this article if you want to learn more.
Florida has declared war on "woke". That should allow all kinds of flags.
Wait that allows for a lot of communist flags. American citizens join basically every army
Okay thank you for your information! I still wanna share a snarky quote from the article though even if it isn't technically true in the case
If there’s one time ~~the Tennessee~~ legislature feels strongly about protecting free speech rights, it’s when those rights involve a symbol promoting racism and treason against the United States.
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Wow Tennessee, what a shit hole it’s turning into.
Tennessee GOP quietly overturns marriage equality with immediate effect
Your "heritage" lasted three years less than the Obama Administration.
Why does there need to be any flags in the classrooms to begin with? Even putting up the flag of the country seems a little odd to me. Use a flagpole.
The effect would be felt by both LGBTQIA+ clubs and GSA's in the schools, at a bare minimum. They would be unable to utilize the pride flag, for example, in any kind of advertisement, logo, banner, etc.
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To remind those people of their place.
So they are wilfully signalling that they're traitorous scum.
The whole right wing has a perpetual sedition boner.
I went to grade school in Mississippi, (Air Force brat, 1970's) and here are some fun facts:
- The day started with the class reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and then singing "Dixie."
- Every classroom had a paddle hanging near the blackboard. The principle and many of the teachers also had a paddle handing off of their belt.
- The "That's a Paddlin' " bit on the Simpsons was a 100% accurate representation of my first day in school
- The Mississippi schools were about 6 months ahead of the Utah schools I came from and they made me do a lot of the homework assigned before I got there.
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Ban the confederate flag and prosecute anyone who flies it as an enemy of the state. We keep patting these traitors on the butt then shocked Pikachu-ing when they double down instead of magically seeing the error of their ways. I'm fucking over it and over watching dems use them as an excuse to scurry further right for "moderates" that have never and will never vote dem to please their corporate owners.
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Losers love losing. Deniers love denying. Traitors love treason. The GOP loves Trump's shit-crusted cock, but denies being his bottom.
It's a heritage of hate.
Confederate fascism emerges in the south
Because of course they did, gotta live up to that deplorable label
Stay classy, America's South...
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