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JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
9. I was going to make a Klan joke,
Tue Jan 22, 2013, 01:56 AM
Jan 2013

but I honestly just don't have the heart. Yeesh.

What a pack of asshats.

And on Washington's Birthday we celebrate another Slaveowning General (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #1
Yes, but at least he was on our side jberryhill Jan 2013 #4
He was fighting one war already. EOM. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #8
but not today, not on MLK JR's day, and not JUST TODAY CreekDog Jan 2013 #13
Not to worry jberryhill Jan 2013 #2
there's still a statue to that treasonous prick at the WV capitol Adenoid_Hynkel Jan 2013 #3
Stay Classy, VAGOP, Stay Classy... WCGreen Jan 2013 #5
They're not people... MrMickeysMom Jan 2013 #7
Back then, the thing was to be loyal to your state, as opposed to the United States. Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #10
THIS IS TODAY! CreekDog Jan 2013 #12
OK. Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves. Let's tear down his memorial (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2013 #14
argue with someone else CreekDog Jan 2013 #15
It is not simply the slave owning aspect jberryhill Jan 2013 #17
That's two Stonewalls today jberryhill Jan 2013 #6
I was going to make a Klan joke, JoeyT Jan 2013 #9
Well you have to hand it to the Confederates who did everybody a favor, Aristus Jan 2013 #11
Two things jberryhill Jan 2013 #16
just don't speak for me and we'll be just fine CreekDog Jan 2013 #19
How about interpretive dance? jberryhill Jan 2013 #21
would you like to derail this thread with jokes? CreekDog Jan 2013 #24
Confederate governance suits the GOP just fine: nyquil_man Jan 2013 #18
Stonewall Jackson was one of my childhood heroes hfojvt Jan 2013 #20
well he owned slaves, as for your history books, sounds like they kinda sucked CreekDog Jan 2013 #22
Former Virginia Governor and US Senator George Allen LibDemAlways Jan 2013 #23
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