Current Events > Arkansas is celebrating MLK Day and Robert E Lee day separately for the 1st time

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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:23:50 PM
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This year

there is still a Robert E Lee day though
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Master_Bass
01/04/18 12:24:35 PM
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It's a start, I guess?
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SageHarpuia
01/04/18 12:24:45 PM
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Implying we actually celebrated Robert E Lee day to begin with
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Solar_Crimson
01/04/18 12:25:23 PM
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hockeybub89
01/04/18 12:25:46 PM
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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:25:49 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
Implying we actually celebrated Robert E Lee day to begin with


Implying we didn't?
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Solar_Crimson
01/04/18 12:26:10 PM
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Anarchy_Juiblex
01/04/18 12:27:36 PM
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When we celebrating OBL day? 9/12? Maybe Dec 7 and let's just group our worst hits in 1 go.

Fucking Robert E. Lee day, the fuck is wrong with you Southerns?
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SageHarpuia
01/04/18 12:27:46 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
Implying we actually celebrated Robert E Lee day to begin with


Implying we didn't?

I had never even heard of it until Hutchinson said he thought they should be separate
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SageHarpuia
01/04/18 12:28:40 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
Implying we actually celebrated Robert E Lee day to begin with

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_Day

Keyword "celebrate"
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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:29:09 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
I had never even heard of it until Hutchinson said he thought they should be separate


Some school districts consciously used Robert E Lee day instead of MLK in, e.g., public calendars. I believe Cabot did, for example.
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Antifar
01/04/18 12:29:32 PM
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Was it Virginia that had Lee-(Stonewall) Jackson-King day?

Also, did Robert E. Lee ever set foot in Arkansas?
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TheVipaGTS
01/04/18 12:29:52 PM
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Imagine still celebrating Robert E Lee Lol.
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SageHarpuia
01/04/18 12:30:05 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
I had never even heard of it until Hutchinson said he thought they should be separate


Some school districts consciously used Robert E Lee day instead of MLK in, e.g., public calendars. I believe Cabot did, for example.

This is the first I'm hearing of it
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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:30:49 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
This is the first I'm hearing of it


well, now you are less ignorant :)
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hockeybub89
01/04/18 12:31:13 PM
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Antifar posted...
Was it Virginia that had Lee-(Stonewall) Jackson-King day?

Also, did Robert E. Lee ever set foot in Arkansas?

Yeah unfortunately that was us.
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SageHarpuia
01/04/18 12:33:06 PM
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What the fuck does Jackson have to do with Civil Rights?
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Turbam
01/04/18 12:34:24 PM
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I had no idea Rob Lee had a day
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Antifar
01/04/18 12:34:29 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
What the fuck does Jackson have to do with Civil Rights?

It is not about civil rights, my dude. That's the point.
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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:35:07 PM
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Antifar posted...
Also, did Robert E. Lee ever set foot in Arkansas?


No, but like most places with tributes to him, the supposed logic of celebrating him is that Arkansans fought in the army of northern virginia

like, e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3d_Arkansas_Infantry_Regiment_(Confederate_States)
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hockeybub89
01/04/18 12:40:20 PM
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Antifar posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
What the fuck does Jackson have to do with Civil Rights?

It is not about civil rights, my dude. That's the point.

Yup. Curious how all pushes for Southern pride (Read: the 4 years they went rogue over owning people) throughout history seem to coincide with civil rights pushes. Curious indeed.
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TheGrindery
01/04/18 12:43:45 PM
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Letting schools out or closing the post office isn't the same as celebrating.
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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:45:15 PM
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TheGrindery posted...
Letting schools out or closing the post office isn't the same as celebrating.


there's was a robert e lee parade on MLK day in the town I landed in (and mentioned previously, Cabot) when I first moved here buddy
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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:45:33 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZIRC1cYF90

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hockeybub89
01/04/18 12:47:06 PM
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TheGrindery posted...
Letting schools out or closing the post office isn't the same as celebrating.

Celebrate doesn't just mean throwing parties, genius.

Should Confederate generals receive such an honor as an official holiday?
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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:47:45 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
Celebrate doesn't just mean throwing parties, genius.


but also people did/do throw parties for Robert E Lee day
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TheGrindery
01/04/18 12:49:07 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
TheGrindery posted...
Letting schools out or closing the post office isn't the same as celebrating.


there's was a robert e lee parade on MLK day in the town I landed in (and mentioned previously, Cabot) when I first moved here buddy

Yeah but the big problem there isn't the celebration of Robert E. Lee, but that people actually endured the shittiness that is going to a parade.
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Balrog0
01/04/18 12:54:09 PM
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its that or meth in most of the state with respect to fun times
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TheGrindery
01/04/18 1:11:37 PM
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Being cold and looking down the road to see if you can see the end so you know when it's over.

That's like seeking out trains so you can stand at the crossing and wait. Some of the graffiti may look cool, but that's nowhere near enough to make it worth doing.
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Balrog0
01/04/18 5:40:45 PM
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tag
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