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TexasTowelie

(115,893 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 11:39 PM Feb 2019

Pro-Confederate Groups Planning Rally at the University of Mississippi

Members of Confederate 901 and The Hiwaymen say they are marching to "draw a line in the sand" on Saturday against the university for the removal of Confederate symbols. The groups are calling the event the Mississippi Stands Rally. George "K-Rack" Johnson is with Confederate 901. In a Facebook Live video, Johnson says that students, faculty, and staff at the university should not be afraid that they are coming to town.

“We’re not coming to Oxford or the university to cause any trouble,” said Johnson. “We’re trying to just come in there and show that there’s lots of people throughout the state of Mississippi and the South that still believe and support their southern pride, and their history, and their heritage.”

Johnson also says there is no evidence that the pro-Confederate supporters are racist or affiliated with white supremacist groups.

Jody Owens is with the Southern Poverty Law Center. The nonprofit organization focuses on erasing hate and teaching tolerance. Owens says it's sad that a group will come to a place in Mississippi with such a deep history of racial inequity and hatred and protest about Confederate monuments.

Read more: http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2019/02/22/pro-confederate-groups-planning-rally-at-the-university-of-mississippi/

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Pro-Confederate Groups Planning Rally at the University of Mississippi (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2019 OP
Hopefully, only a few white wingers will show up, but lots will be there in spirit, including trump. Hoyt Feb 2019 #1
I wonder if Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith will be there TexasTowelie Feb 2019 #2
The continued ignorance of Mississippi boggles the mind. Southern Pride??? walkingman Feb 2019 #3
Breaking News: TexasTowelie Feb 2019 #4
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. Hopefully, only a few white wingers will show up, but lots will be there in spirit, including trump.
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:12 AM
Feb 2019

TexasTowelie

(115,893 posts)
2. I wonder if Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith will be there
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 12:15 AM
Feb 2019

since it will be the type of crowd that is her base?

TexasTowelie

(115,893 posts)
4. Breaking News:
Sat Feb 23, 2019, 07:56 PM
Feb 2019

Southern Pride isn't an LGBT rally in Dixie.

It's part of the GOP plan to keep people stupid (and the plan isn't isolated to Mississippi, either).

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