So Civil Rights leaders are upset again?
Why?
Virginia celebrating their Confederate past only has one interpretation?
Are we going to have a discussion about which party were the original enslavers of Black people?
Answer: The Democrat Party?
Are we going to discuss which party filibustered Civil Rights legislation?
Answer: The Democrat Party
Are we going to discuss which party came up with Jim Crow laws?
Answer the Democrat Party
Which party did Bull Conner belong to?
Answer: The Democrat Party
From The Washington Post:
Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, reviving a controversy that had been dormant for eight years, has declared that April will be Confederate History Month in Virginia, a move that angered civil rights leaders Tuesday but that political observers said would strengthen his position with his conservative base.
The two previous Democratic governors had refused to issue the mostly symbolic proclamation honoring the soldiers who fought for the South in the Civil War. McDonnell (R) revived a practice started by Republican governor George Allen in 1997. McDonnell left out anti-slavery language that Allen's successor, James S. Gilmore III (R), had included in his proclamation.
McDonnell said Tuesday that the move was designed to promote tourism in the state, which next year will mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the war. McDonnell said he did not include a reference to slavery because "there were any number of aspects to that conflict between the states. Obviously, it involved slavery. It involved other issues. But I focused on the ones I thought were most significant for Virginia."
The proclamation was condemned by the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus and the NAACP. Former governor L. Douglas Wilder called it "mind-boggling to say the least" that McDonnell did not reference slavery or Virginia's struggle with civil rights in his proclamation. Though a Democrat, Wilder has been supportive of McDonnell and boosted his election efforts when he declined to endorse the Republican's opponent, R. Creigh Deeds.
"Confederate history is full of many things that unfortunately are not put forth in a proclamation of this kind nor are they things that anyone wants to celebrate," he said. "It's one thing to sound a cause of rallying a base. But it's quite another to distort history."
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Distort history?
Democrats have been distorting their history for over 60 years. The only reason Civil Rights leaders are upset, or should I say feigning upset, is to perpetuate the mythical history of the Democrat Party and to stoke and maintain the mental plantations they continue to run in Blacks folks minds.
Lets have a real discussion!
Via Washington Post
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