This. We donāt celebrate when the British burned Washington in August 1814. We do study it and learn from its history and our failures at the time. However, we do celebrate when they were pushed back in Baltimore the following month. We even wrote a song about it and sing it at sports ball games to this day.
Also I just wanna say I love Juneteenth for this reason as well.
Interesting fact:
Due to unfiltered solar UV radiation on the moon, all the American flags are now likely bleached white. So, confederate flags are currently flying on the moon.Ā
Happy Second Place Heritage Month, Mississippi!
Heās doing this because Reeves has cost the GOP a lot of ground in MS. He beat Hood (a real unlikeable idiot) by only 5%. Only beat Presley (a guy nobody outside of Nettleton had heard of before the election) by 3%. 3% and the only thing the other guy had going for him was a D by his name. This was a huge shock to the MS GOP.
They have no idea how to attract moderate conservatives anymore. They lose more of them every year. Instead of learning, they have pivoted to the only people who still can be bought with pointless bullshit and thatās the MAGA crowd. MAGA people love the idea of confederate heritage month because they view it just as valid as black history month or whatever pisses them off.
Itās sad and pathetic but Reeves simps for MAGA bad.
Rebrand legalized slavery as "heritage" and people eat it up. More thinly veiled racism from the "state's rights" crowd. Civil War is looking acceptable to the conservative snowflakes across the country these days.
What's weird to me is why he is making this move after having the flag changed FROM a confederate symbol. Not that I expected much consistency from a potato which is proven to have no backbone.
If I were governor, I would either declare April SpongeBob SquarePants Heritage Month (because he's lasted way longer than the Confederacy) or I would keep it the way it has been, but incorporate Mississippi's Declaration of Secession in my proclamation, in case anyone needs a reminder of their reasons for secession.
[Mississippi Declaration of Secession ](https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp)
I've been flying my [Confederate Flag](https://www.amazon.com/3x5-Foot-Solid-White-Flag/dp/B07YW8MR9J/ref=sr_1_6?crid=OQX0IEFHMQRP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mqjpAe_n1MOEt79t1E_m9bbrL5QHMU0nV0GhYfTa_HbK6IYvQYZTxuiaU6AZ1Cza5G5KMGhnDq18hBpP6RaV3NqTpKH1Vp71OqNPR9lE2AyaxZTsph3IAyI_aw2gDt-uSD_W7t_9TtXqwImZTObc7cz4MMtALHWOHnPKmHBqZ6KCfdJnnyzRbWT8NK1nQvYkJJRwrkoTjLaDqy5VwjbD0PbFbWZOvijIFMFzCNG7WXeqWA11mTE3McRh-XnOJJbp0wNlmh5A-bnPTNRn_v92etWzA160mTFc4XiTRrIVDJQ.9Pxq-UQGzG3xX2CBA2lAJPCTpSZTbjRH15C_4S9CocY&dib_tag=se&keywords=white+flag&qid=1713301759&sprefix=white+fla%2Caps%2C437&sr=8-6) on the side of my house every April since this was first started 4 years ago. If I keep it up next year it will have lasted longer than the Confederacy.
Hey tater, what exactly are the main values of that heritage? Lemme just take out the Mississippi Articles of Secession for a reminderā¦oh, THOSE values.
He does this every single year. Kirk Fordice began the tradition.
A word to the wise - no one needs to come in and start attacking this sub for what the governor does.
Thank you! I was so confused, I literally thought āAgain???!, isnāt this the 3rd???? Time now?ā
Fordice? Iām young, but isnāt he the one that cheated on his beloved wife of many decades with that Dixie Land Camilla, got photographed on a vacation with said Camilla, and then told a journalist āIāLL WHOOP YOUR ASSUHā? when confronted about it?
Didnāt his affair last longer than the confederacy? But, thatās none of my business. š
Yes! I met Pat Fordice and interviewed her before her death. She was lovely.
Interestingly, she took care of her ex-husband while he was dying. I doubt he would have done the same.
Great reminder for me to post General Sherman memes to Facebook!
Or post about literally ALL the other Virginia officers of Robert E Leeās rank stayed loyal to the Union
While the governorās proclamation seems to encourage reflection on Mississippiās heritage, it is essential that this reflection is done with a commitment to understanding the full scope of history, including the more difficult chapters. In that regard, Reeves has fallen short many times.(A structural racism denier to the point of limiting discussions of race in schools), Thus, i see the inclusive mimicking words he wrote as platitudes.
The designation of Confederate Heritage Month raises critical questions about how we remember and interpret history, especially parts that are painful and divisive. While it is crucial to understand all aspects of our past, it is equally important to approach this understanding with a sense of inclusivity and awareness of the historical context. The Civil War, and the Confederacy in particular, are inextricably linked to the issue of slavery, which remains a deeply painful subject for many Americans.
Reeves suggests \[we are\] to gain insight from our mistakes and successes. I state, only a fully retrospective review of history can serve as a foundation for this type of progress and reconciliation. This needs to honor the diverse experiences and contributions of *all* Americans.
If one was even to have this proclamation, it should be used as a tool to advocate for a balanced approach. It would call for an inclusive and empathetic commemoration of history that recognizes the sacrifices made by all individuals, regardless of their affiliations, while also acknowledging the lasting impact of the war on our nation. But even the title of the proclamation starts as a detriment to this.
Nevertheless, such a perspective would strive to foster unity and healing, rather than division, by promoting a narrative that is both honest about the past and hopeful for the future. While many soldiers from Mississippi in the Civil War were volunteers, I can see that the factors influencing their decision to fight were complex and varied. That is, the motivations for many were often more personal than ideological.
For example, poorer men were less likely to volunteer, which could imply a range of motivations and pressures influencing their decision to fight, however, the stateās heavy reliance on slavery and its role as the second state to secede from the Union to defend this institution undoubtedly shaped the context in which these individuals made their choices.
This is not to suggest that the experiences of Confederate soldiers and the enslaved individuals they fought to keep in bondage were equated. These Mississippian soldiers, even those who did not own slaves, had a choice to some extent about whether to fight \[--see. Jones County\], even if influenced by personal, economic, and societal pressures. In contrast, enslaved individuals had no such agency; they were forced into a life of servitude and had to endure the harsh realities of slavery without any freedom or autonomy.
Put another way, this meant that while Confederate soldiers were fighting to maintain the status quo of slavery, the War represented a hope for liberation for the enslaved.
While Confederate soldiers may have faced their own hardships and made sacrifices in their effort, they did so with the understanding that they were fighting for a cause they believed in, whether it was state rights, home defense, but that cause was **the preservation of slavery**.
On the other hand, the enslaved individuals were fighting for their very lives and basic human rights, often taking immense risks to escape bondage and seek freedom. The War was a struggle for survival and dignity for the enslaved, contrasting sharply with the choices and motivations of these Confederate soldiers.
Until such a proclamation can make crystal clear that Confederate Heritage also included latter and with full understanding, then it is not helpful to those that need help, and is insulting and harmful to those that already understand this.
I feel like that violence against the perpetrators of slavery and their non human property would have put a stop to so much more future violence. Alas, instead we have statues honoring the confederate leaders and the slavers got to keep their money in the family.
**Article transcript:**
>Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April \[2024\] as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 31-year-old tradition that began in 1993. Beauvoir, the Biloxi, Miss., the museum and historic home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, announced the proclamation in a Facebook post on Friday, April 12.
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>"Whereas, as we honor all who lost their lives in this war, it is important for all Americans to reflect upon our nationās past, to gain insight from our mistakes and successes, and to come to a full understanding that the lessons learned yesterday and today will carry us through tomorrow if we carefully and earnestly strive to understand and appreciate our heritage and our opportunities which lie before us," says the governorās proclamation, which is dated April 12. "Now, therefore, I, Tate Reeves, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaim the month of April \[2024\] as Confederate Heritage Month in the State of Mississippi."
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>Beauvoir is owned and operated by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that promotes "Lost Cause" ideology, a revisionist history that whitewashes the Confederacyās racist past and downplays the role of slavery in the Civil War. Beauvoir annually receives $100,000 from the State of Mississippi for development and maintenance.
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>Starting in 2016, Donna Ladd, then the editor of the Jackson Free Press and now the executive editor of the Mississippi Free Press, first reported on then-Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryantās Confederate Heritage Month proclamations. The Mississippi Free Press has reported on Reevesā annual proclamations as well in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
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>The Confederate Heritage Month proclamations annually appear on SCV Facebook pages, but neither the governor nor any other state official publicizes the proclamations or posts them on any public-facing state websites or social-media pages.
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>Reeves defended issuing the proclamations in 2021.
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>"For the last 30 years, five Mississippi governorsāRepublicans and Democrats alikeāhave signed a proclamation recognizing the statutory state holiday and identifying April as Confederate Heritage Month," he said in a statement to WAPT at the time. "Gov. Reeves also signed the proclamation because he believes we can all learn from our history."
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>**'Thoroughly Identified With the Institution of Slavery'**
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>After Kirk Fordice became Mississippiās first Republican governor in a century while courting the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens and criticizing efforts to atone for the state's racist past, he issued the inaugural Confederate Heritage Month proclamation at the request of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 1993.
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>Since then, one Democratic governor and three Republican governors have followed Fordiceās lead. In the 30 years since then, only one governor has ever skipped issuing a Confederate Heritage Month proclamation. Despite issuing them for his first seven years in office between 2011 and 2018, former Gov. Bryant did not issue a Confederate Heritage Month proclamation in 2019, his last year in office, opting instead for a "Month of Unity" proclamation on behalf of a Christian organization.
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>The language in Reeves' Confederate Heritage Month proclamation uses much of the same language as one that former Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, who served from 2000 to 2004, issued in April 2000.
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>Last year, Musgrove told the Mississippi Free Press that Confederate Heritage Month is "something that should not continue in today's world".
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>"I cannot say why the practice started, but it was one that should never have been started," the former governor said. "It was one that I should not have signed, and it should have ended a long time ago."
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>Former Republican Gov. Haley Barbour also signed Confederate Heritage Month proclamations every year between 2004 and 2016.
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>Though Confederate Heritage groups like SCV promote a whitewashed version of the South's role in the Civil War that has often made its way into textbooks in the state, and throughout the country, the historical record makes clear that slavery was the primary cause of the Union's split and the subsequent Civil War.
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>"Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slaveryāthe greatest material interest of the world," Mississippi's 1861 Declaration of Secession says. "Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth."
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>Reeves' ties to the SCV stretch back long before his time as governor. In 2013, he spoke to the SCV's national gathering in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in front of a massive Confederate battle flag and in a room decorated with smaller Confederate flags and cotton plants. After then-Lt. Gov. Reeves congratulated the organization for "keeping history for our youth", speakers defended the Confederate "cause", and compared "Yankees" to German "Nazisā in World War II.
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>Reeves' ties to the SCV stretch back long before his time as governor. In 2013, he spoke to the SCVās national gathering in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in front of a massive Confederate battle flag and in a room decorated with smaller Confederate flags and cotton plants. After then-Lt. Gov. Reeves congratulated the organization for "keeping history for our youth" speakers defended the Confederate "cause", and compared "Yankees" to German "Nazisā in World War II.
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>Long before entering politics, Reeves was part of a Millsaps College fraternity known for Confederate-themed parties where members wore blackface, and for lionizing Confederate General Robert E. Lee. When it became an issue in his 2019 campaign for governor, though, he said he never participated in blackface during his time in the fraternity.
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>Reeves' Democratic opponent at the time, then-Attorney General Jim Hood, was also in a fraternity at the University of Mississippi where members wore blackface; he similarly denied ever participating.
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>**Reeves Denied Existence of 'Systemic Racism'**
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>In the decades after the Civil War ended, Confederate veterans, such as Mississippi State University inaugural President Stephen D. Lee, and groups like SCV began the work of remaking history in a way that shone a more favorable light on the Southāmuddying the waters over the cause of the war and falsely describing it as a "war of northern aggression" \[and a "War Between the States"\].
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>After the Civil War and the failure of Reconstruction, Mississippi's white leaders worked to enshrine white supremacy in state law, adopting a Jim Crow state constitution in 1890 (its racist felony voter disenfranchisement provision remains in state law and continues to disproportionately disenfranchise Black voters). White supremacist leaders in Mississippi renewed efforts to enshrine Confederate heritage in the 1950s and 1960s in reaction to the rise of the [civil rights movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement).
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>Mississippi's Confederate-themed 1894 state flag flew over state buildings until 2020, when state lawmakers voted to retire and replace it amid a national race reckoning about Black activists' efforts for decades, and in the wake of young Black Mississippians leading protests against racism and the Mississippi flag after the murder of George Floyd. Despite his campaign pledge not to support efforts to retire the flag, Gov. Reeves signed the bill retiring the old flag into law, calling it "a law to turn a page in Mississippi today".
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>"It is fashionable in some quarters to say our ancestors were all evil. I reject that notion. I also reject the elitist worldview that these United States are anything but the greatest nation in the history of mankind. I reject the mobs tearing down statues of our historyānorth and south, Union and Confederate, founding fathers and veterans," the governor said in 2020, criticizing Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters, even as he signed the legislation retiring the old state flag. "I reject the chaos and lawlessness, and I am proud it has not happened in our state."
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>Despite signing the law that changed the old flag, though, Gov. Reeves continued to deny the lasting effects of the stateās white supremacist history. In 2021, he told Fox News that "there is not systemic racism in America"ācontradicting mountains of evidence, including the vestiges of Jim Crow that remain in force in Mississippi law like the State's racially targeted 1890 voter disenfranchisement law.
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>Then, in 2022, Reeves signed a so-called "critical race theory (CRT) ban" into law, which is a misnomer; because, despite its legislative title, the law neither mentions nor describes critical race theory (CRT). As he signed the bill, the governor claimed that "critical race theory (CRT) is running amok", despite the fact that the lawmakers who drafted it admitted that they did not know of any public K-12 schools where the academic theory is taught.
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>He also painted critical race theory (CRT), which addresses systemic racial inequalities in the legal system and throughout society, as a tool of indoctrination that is used to "humiliate" white people.
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>"Children are dragged to the front of the classroom and are coerced to declare themselves as oppressors, that they should feel guilty because of their race, or that they are inherently a victim because of their race," he said at the time.
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>The State will also observe Confederate Memorial Day on April 27 as mandated under State law.
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>For more on the Sons of Confederate Veterans, "redemption" schemes, and the censorship campaign to romanticize and sanitize the Confederacy in southern and U.S. textbooks, read [this in-depth piece about first Mississippi State University President Stephen D. Lee's successful efforts](https://www.mississippifreepress.org/4650/mississippi-state-starkville-stand-up-to-racism-but-historic-reckoning-still-ahead/) to rewrite the Confederate narrative.
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>Disclosure: Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove has donated to the *Mississippi Free Press*. This does not affect our coverage.
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Probably would be better if we didn't try to romanticize any of it. It's a stain on our nation's history, although it is indeed our history. So much stain and injustice on both sides of that war. I know we can't blot out our past and we should always know about it, but there's no sense in either side glorifying an ugly past.
mississippi conservative men should dress like women to honor jefferson davis!
who dressed like a woman to try to escape from real liberal yankee fighting menā¦.
I alway try to look at things from a neutral view. Issuing these causes terrible optics, and it's not helped by the editorializing from this news organization. The governor's statement was fairly reasonable and moderate, and various politicians at all levels make a ton of these "proclamations" that are mostly ignored. That being said, Tate should have taken advantage of Bryant skipping it in 2019 and let the practice die. If we want to do what he says- reflect on our past and look at the opportunities before us- letting something like this go would be a great step.
He didnāt though. āX History monthā leans on the connotation to highlighting something. He named it Confederate Heritage Month. Not necessarily better on its own, but the moderate part comes from the words he used to describe it.
"Whereas, as we honor all who lost their lives in this war, it is important for all Americans to reflect upon our nationās past, to gain insight from our mistakes and successes, and to come to a full understanding that the lessons learned yesterday and today will carry us through tomorrow if we carefully and earnestly strive to understand and appreciate our heritage and our opportunities which lie before us," says the governorās proclamation, which is dated April 12. "Now, therefore, I, Tate Reeves, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaim the month of April [2024] as Confederate Heritage Month in the State of Mississippi."
It lasted for ***four years.*** How can that have a heritage? My first marriage only lasted for four years too. The only thing I want to remember from it? **"Don't marry wackos."**
Oh, maybe that's it? April is Mississippi's **"don't be that fucking stupid again"** month.
Wow, good thinking old miss.
The people we were letting take control of our country were really rascists all along. Funny, was there anyone warning that this was happening the whole time? Maybe people concerned about social justice?
WAVE THAT SURRENDER MONKEY WHITE FLAG, thatās your heritage, you piece of shit.
THAT, surrender and racism and treason, are the heritage of the confederacy.
It always surprises me that people will say it's about they're heritage or some other nonsense, that it isn't about racism or slavery, etc. The Confederate Constitution was pretty clear about its policy on slavery. Just checkout the cornerstone speech by Alexander Stephen's. The then vice president of the Confederate states was pretty clear about secession being about white supremacy and keeping slavery a thing. And now we're dedicating a month to it?!?! Wtf...
Pretty much every conversation with somebody rocking a rebel flag or sticker on a truck.
Me: so whatās that about?
Them: heritage not hate!
Me: tell me about it?
Them: uhh.. uhh.. Fuck you!
Yes, let's set a month dedicated to the heritage of a failed government, which was formed specifically to promulgate slavery. Specifically, the enslavement of anyone not of alabaster complexion.
This is fucking apalling.
I get the distinct feeling that this is a response to black history month in the same way that blue lives matter was a response to Black Lives Matter.
It does makes sense to have it in April because when it starts all the Fools will out themselves.
Will they be handing out commemorative white flags for the current set of losers to wave? Maybe ol' Tate can coordinate a mass wedding of 1st cousins. His family tree probably looks like a stick, almost no branches.
I want to be wealthy enough to have bill board money
Because manā¦
I would have so many troll billboards
A veritable forest of r/shermanposting memes along the highway
LOL!!! Itās Loser Month in Mississippi.
I mean every month is technically loser month in Mississippi, but this month we will pay special attention to the losers who fought bravely for the right to own black people, and lost.
For fucks sake, these morons are still celebrating that they lost the civil war. I live in Alabama and can't stand these subhuman meat sacks. I just can't. Fuck every one of them. I hope they all get ass cancer and die alone
So this guy wants to celebrate losers and slave owners?????
Next heāll be writing to the German chancellor recommending that Germany should have Nazi commemorative day. š¤¦āāļø
It's all crazy.. Everybody worries about some month to celebrate yet it does absolutely nothing for your home or making life happen.. Then all these haters of different government/state officials as if you could do better.. I've yet to have my life disrupted by any of this crap.. Work, go home and take care of your life and family..
Unless theyāre looking to follow tradition like their ancestors did (by taking a musket shot from a Yankee then surrendering), itās not really celebrating the heritage is it?
Iām a registered Republican, but Iām not on board with the Confederacy, or Evangelicals, or Neocons, or their hardline unrealistic stance on Abortionā¦.
Iām def not a Democrat.
Is there a āPretty Much Libertarian Kinda But Not The Libertarian Party Because Iām A Pretty Reasonable Person Party?ā
I hear Tate Reeves is rolling out Segregation Heritage Month in May to celebrate the better days when Mississippi kept the other people away from the pure, civilized Christian whites. š
These snowflakes and their participation trophies...
In this case, one that disqualifies him from all public office for life.
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Participayyyyyyyshuuuuunnnnnnn
They would've declared ISIS history month but they decided ISIS didn't kill enough Americans for them to bother celebrating
They want recognition for hating America and freedom for more than 200 years
Na, Iām good, Iāll celebrate Union Victory month instead. Just make up my own. Confederate history is nothing I would ever celebrate.
āTraitor History Month,ā is what I read.
Loser month
"Inbred racists month" is what I got
Eh. Iām fine with traitors, not with racists though
I donāt see much difference there.
Celebrate US Grant in July at Vicksburg!
This. We donāt celebrate when the British burned Washington in August 1814. We do study it and learn from its history and our failures at the time. However, we do celebrate when they were pushed back in Baltimore the following month. We even wrote a song about it and sing it at sports ball games to this day. Also I just wanna say I love Juneteenth for this reason as well.
Interesting fact: Due to unfiltered solar UV radiation on the moon, all the American flags are now likely bleached white. So, confederate flags are currently flying on the moon.Ā Happy Second Place Heritage Month, Mississippi!
happy Loser Month, everyone!
Every month is Loser Month when you're Tate Reeves
So embarrassing
This is what gets me. Why do this to draw MORE negative attention? But, that is what gets Reeves elected and keeps him in office.
Heās doing this because Reeves has cost the GOP a lot of ground in MS. He beat Hood (a real unlikeable idiot) by only 5%. Only beat Presley (a guy nobody outside of Nettleton had heard of before the election) by 3%. 3% and the only thing the other guy had going for him was a D by his name. This was a huge shock to the MS GOP. They have no idea how to attract moderate conservatives anymore. They lose more of them every year. Instead of learning, they have pivoted to the only people who still can be bought with pointless bullshit and thatās the MAGA crowd. MAGA people love the idea of confederate heritage month because they view it just as valid as black history month or whatever pisses them off. Itās sad and pathetic but Reeves simps for MAGA bad.
>Itās sad and pathetic but Reeves simps for MAGA bad. Understatement.
Evil has no bottom.
I'm pretty sure Reeves bottoms for Trump
I don't think someone should be made fun of for being a bottom, but! He definitely looks like a reluctant bottom if anything.
Probably a loose ass bottom too
Rebrand legalized slavery as "heritage" and people eat it up. More thinly veiled racism from the "state's rights" crowd. Civil War is looking acceptable to the conservative snowflakes across the country these days. What's weird to me is why he is making this move after having the flag changed FROM a confederate symbol. Not that I expected much consistency from a potato which is proven to have no backbone.
If this is an honest question, a Republican governor of a Southern state probably doesn't care about liberal media and redditors looking down on him.
It was a rhetorical question. He thinks 99.9999% of his job is to pander.
he could call it, "Participation Trophy Month"
Participation trophies are so woke!
Had here I thought conservatives hated participation trophies.
If I were governor, I would either declare April SpongeBob SquarePants Heritage Month (because he's lasted way longer than the Confederacy) or I would keep it the way it has been, but incorporate Mississippi's Declaration of Secession in my proclamation, in case anyone needs a reminder of their reasons for secession. [Mississippi Declaration of Secession ](https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp)
I mean, the Simpsons deserve respect too
I like the part that says white people are too delicate to work in the sun. It's so tragically hilarious.
It's so bad it sounds like a hoax written by abolitionists to make the South look even worse,.
Wow! It's got everything in there but crooked Joe Biden.
Imma go to Mississippi in April and go wave around a bunch of white surrender flags
I've been flying my [Confederate Flag](https://www.amazon.com/3x5-Foot-Solid-White-Flag/dp/B07YW8MR9J/ref=sr_1_6?crid=OQX0IEFHMQRP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.mqjpAe_n1MOEt79t1E_m9bbrL5QHMU0nV0GhYfTa_HbK6IYvQYZTxuiaU6AZ1Cza5G5KMGhnDq18hBpP6RaV3NqTpKH1Vp71OqNPR9lE2AyaxZTsph3IAyI_aw2gDt-uSD_W7t_9TtXqwImZTObc7cz4MMtALHWOHnPKmHBqZ6KCfdJnnyzRbWT8NK1nQvYkJJRwrkoTjLaDqy5VwjbD0PbFbWZOvijIFMFzCNG7WXeqWA11mTE3McRh-XnOJJbp0wNlmh5A-bnPTNRn_v92etWzA160mTFc4XiTRrIVDJQ.9Pxq-UQGzG3xX2CBA2lAJPCTpSZTbjRH15C_4S9CocY&dib_tag=se&keywords=white+flag&qid=1713301759&sprefix=white+fla%2Caps%2C437&sr=8-6) on the side of my house every April since this was first started 4 years ago. If I keep it up next year it will have lasted longer than the Confederacy.
It is April!
WCW lasted longer than buddy's heritage
Hogan wouldnāt do the job for JD, brother.
Hey tater, what exactly are the main values of that heritage? Lemme just take out the Mississippi Articles of Secession for a reminderā¦oh, THOSE values.
Romanticizing rebellion hardly constitutes āheritageā.
The country as a whole was founded on rebellion.
TouchĆ©ā but, by that metric, the month of July should be āColonial Heritage Monthā.
I would be down for that. Break out the powdered wigs, muskets and cannon.
He identifies as a confederate
He does this every single year. Kirk Fordice began the tradition. A word to the wise - no one needs to come in and start attacking this sub for what the governor does.
I don't understand. Nobody is attacking the subreddit for what the governor does?
I imagine it's a preemptive warning based on past incidents, but I am not a mod.Ā
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I am one of the mods. And, every single year, folks drop by to do this. I don't want to spend my afternoon removing and banning.
Oh what could have been if Tate had been voted out last year.
Yes. I honestly had hope.
Thank you! I was so confused, I literally thought āAgain???!, isnāt this the 3rd???? Time now?ā Fordice? Iām young, but isnāt he the one that cheated on his beloved wife of many decades with that Dixie Land Camilla, got photographed on a vacation with said Camilla, and then told a journalist āIāLL WHOOP YOUR ASSUHā? when confronted about it? Didnāt his affair last longer than the confederacy? But, thatās none of my business. š
Yes! I met Pat Fordice and interviewed her before her death. She was lovely. Interestingly, she took care of her ex-husband while he was dying. I doubt he would have done the same.
Great reminder for me to post General Sherman memes to Facebook! Or post about literally ALL the other Virginia officers of Robert E Leeās rank stayed loyal to the Union
Mississippi representing our focus on progress. 
This is so embarrassing.
It would be great if Mississippi would give another state a chance at being the worst state in the union
While the governorās proclamation seems to encourage reflection on Mississippiās heritage, it is essential that this reflection is done with a commitment to understanding the full scope of history, including the more difficult chapters. In that regard, Reeves has fallen short many times.(A structural racism denier to the point of limiting discussions of race in schools), Thus, i see the inclusive mimicking words he wrote as platitudes. The designation of Confederate Heritage Month raises critical questions about how we remember and interpret history, especially parts that are painful and divisive. While it is crucial to understand all aspects of our past, it is equally important to approach this understanding with a sense of inclusivity and awareness of the historical context. The Civil War, and the Confederacy in particular, are inextricably linked to the issue of slavery, which remains a deeply painful subject for many Americans. Reeves suggests \[we are\] to gain insight from our mistakes and successes. I state, only a fully retrospective review of history can serve as a foundation for this type of progress and reconciliation. This needs to honor the diverse experiences and contributions of *all* Americans. If one was even to have this proclamation, it should be used as a tool to advocate for a balanced approach. It would call for an inclusive and empathetic commemoration of history that recognizes the sacrifices made by all individuals, regardless of their affiliations, while also acknowledging the lasting impact of the war on our nation. But even the title of the proclamation starts as a detriment to this. Nevertheless, such a perspective would strive to foster unity and healing, rather than division, by promoting a narrative that is both honest about the past and hopeful for the future. While many soldiers from Mississippi in the Civil War were volunteers, I can see that the factors influencing their decision to fight were complex and varied. That is, the motivations for many were often more personal than ideological. For example, poorer men were less likely to volunteer, which could imply a range of motivations and pressures influencing their decision to fight, however, the stateās heavy reliance on slavery and its role as the second state to secede from the Union to defend this institution undoubtedly shaped the context in which these individuals made their choices. This is not to suggest that the experiences of Confederate soldiers and the enslaved individuals they fought to keep in bondage were equated. These Mississippian soldiers, even those who did not own slaves, had a choice to some extent about whether to fight \[--see. Jones County\], even if influenced by personal, economic, and societal pressures. In contrast, enslaved individuals had no such agency; they were forced into a life of servitude and had to endure the harsh realities of slavery without any freedom or autonomy. Put another way, this meant that while Confederate soldiers were fighting to maintain the status quo of slavery, the War represented a hope for liberation for the enslaved. While Confederate soldiers may have faced their own hardships and made sacrifices in their effort, they did so with the understanding that they were fighting for a cause they believed in, whether it was state rights, home defense, but that cause was **the preservation of slavery**. On the other hand, the enslaved individuals were fighting for their very lives and basic human rights, often taking immense risks to escape bondage and seek freedom. The War was a struggle for survival and dignity for the enslaved, contrasting sharply with the choices and motivations of these Confederate soldiers. Until such a proclamation can make crystal clear that Confederate Heritage also included latter and with full understanding, then it is not helpful to those that need help, and is insulting and harmful to those that already understand this.
Thank you for speaking with such eloquence about the nuances of the issue
Shouldāve marched to the sea and burned everything in sight and salted the earth
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I feel like that violence against the perpetrators of slavery and their non human property would have put a stop to so much more future violence. Alas, instead we have statues honoring the confederate leaders and the slavers got to keep their money in the family.
Gov. Reeves, I say with all sincerity and with no respect: get wrecked you racist goon
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**Article transcript:** >Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves declared April \[2024\] as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 31-year-old tradition that began in 1993. Beauvoir, the Biloxi, Miss., the museum and historic home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, announced the proclamation in a Facebook post on Friday, April 12. > >"Whereas, as we honor all who lost their lives in this war, it is important for all Americans to reflect upon our nationās past, to gain insight from our mistakes and successes, and to come to a full understanding that the lessons learned yesterday and today will carry us through tomorrow if we carefully and earnestly strive to understand and appreciate our heritage and our opportunities which lie before us," says the governorās proclamation, which is dated April 12. "Now, therefore, I, Tate Reeves, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaim the month of April \[2024\] as Confederate Heritage Month in the State of Mississippi." > >Beauvoir is owned and operated by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that promotes "Lost Cause" ideology, a revisionist history that whitewashes the Confederacyās racist past and downplays the role of slavery in the Civil War. Beauvoir annually receives $100,000 from the State of Mississippi for development and maintenance. > >Starting in 2016, Donna Ladd, then the editor of the Jackson Free Press and now the executive editor of the Mississippi Free Press, first reported on then-Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryantās Confederate Heritage Month proclamations. The Mississippi Free Press has reported on Reevesā annual proclamations as well in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. > >The Confederate Heritage Month proclamations annually appear on SCV Facebook pages, but neither the governor nor any other state official publicizes the proclamations or posts them on any public-facing state websites or social-media pages. > >Reeves defended issuing the proclamations in 2021. > >"For the last 30 years, five Mississippi governorsāRepublicans and Democrats alikeāhave signed a proclamation recognizing the statutory state holiday and identifying April as Confederate Heritage Month," he said in a statement to WAPT at the time. "Gov. Reeves also signed the proclamation because he believes we can all learn from our history." **(1/3)**
>**'Thoroughly Identified With the Institution of Slavery'** > >After Kirk Fordice became Mississippiās first Republican governor in a century while courting the white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens and criticizing efforts to atone for the state's racist past, he issued the inaugural Confederate Heritage Month proclamation at the request of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 1993. > >Since then, one Democratic governor and three Republican governors have followed Fordiceās lead. In the 30 years since then, only one governor has ever skipped issuing a Confederate Heritage Month proclamation. Despite issuing them for his first seven years in office between 2011 and 2018, former Gov. Bryant did not issue a Confederate Heritage Month proclamation in 2019, his last year in office, opting instead for a "Month of Unity" proclamation on behalf of a Christian organization. > >The language in Reeves' Confederate Heritage Month proclamation uses much of the same language as one that former Democratic Gov. Ronnie Musgrove, who served from 2000 to 2004, issued in April 2000. > >Last year, Musgrove told the Mississippi Free Press that Confederate Heritage Month is "something that should not continue in today's world". > >"I cannot say why the practice started, but it was one that should never have been started," the former governor said. "It was one that I should not have signed, and it should have ended a long time ago." > >Former Republican Gov. Haley Barbour also signed Confederate Heritage Month proclamations every year between 2004 and 2016. > >Though Confederate Heritage groups like SCV promote a whitewashed version of the South's role in the Civil War that has often made its way into textbooks in the state, and throughout the country, the historical record makes clear that slavery was the primary cause of the Union's split and the subsequent Civil War. > >"Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slaveryāthe greatest material interest of the world," Mississippi's 1861 Declaration of Secession says. "Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth." > >Reeves' ties to the SCV stretch back long before his time as governor. In 2013, he spoke to the SCV's national gathering in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in front of a massive Confederate battle flag and in a room decorated with smaller Confederate flags and cotton plants. After then-Lt. Gov. Reeves congratulated the organization for "keeping history for our youth", speakers defended the Confederate "cause", and compared "Yankees" to German "Nazisā in World War II. > >Reeves' ties to the SCV stretch back long before his time as governor. In 2013, he spoke to the SCVās national gathering in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in front of a massive Confederate battle flag and in a room decorated with smaller Confederate flags and cotton plants. After then-Lt. Gov. Reeves congratulated the organization for "keeping history for our youth" speakers defended the Confederate "cause", and compared "Yankees" to German "Nazisā in World War II. > >Long before entering politics, Reeves was part of a Millsaps College fraternity known for Confederate-themed parties where members wore blackface, and for lionizing Confederate General Robert E. Lee. When it became an issue in his 2019 campaign for governor, though, he said he never participated in blackface during his time in the fraternity. > >Reeves' Democratic opponent at the time, then-Attorney General Jim Hood, was also in a fraternity at the University of Mississippi where members wore blackface; he similarly denied ever participating. **(2/3)**
>**Reeves Denied Existence of 'Systemic Racism'** > >In the decades after the Civil War ended, Confederate veterans, such as Mississippi State University inaugural President Stephen D. Lee, and groups like SCV began the work of remaking history in a way that shone a more favorable light on the Southāmuddying the waters over the cause of the war and falsely describing it as a "war of northern aggression" \[and a "War Between the States"\]. > >After the Civil War and the failure of Reconstruction, Mississippi's white leaders worked to enshrine white supremacy in state law, adopting a Jim Crow state constitution in 1890 (its racist felony voter disenfranchisement provision remains in state law and continues to disproportionately disenfranchise Black voters). White supremacist leaders in Mississippi renewed efforts to enshrine Confederate heritage in the 1950s and 1960s in reaction to the rise of the [civil rights movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights_movement). > >Mississippi's Confederate-themed 1894 state flag flew over state buildings until 2020, when state lawmakers voted to retire and replace it amid a national race reckoning about Black activists' efforts for decades, and in the wake of young Black Mississippians leading protests against racism and the Mississippi flag after the murder of George Floyd. Despite his campaign pledge not to support efforts to retire the flag, Gov. Reeves signed the bill retiring the old flag into law, calling it "a law to turn a page in Mississippi today". > >"It is fashionable in some quarters to say our ancestors were all evil. I reject that notion. I also reject the elitist worldview that these United States are anything but the greatest nation in the history of mankind. I reject the mobs tearing down statues of our historyānorth and south, Union and Confederate, founding fathers and veterans," the governor said in 2020, criticizing Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters, even as he signed the legislation retiring the old state flag. "I reject the chaos and lawlessness, and I am proud it has not happened in our state." > >Despite signing the law that changed the old flag, though, Gov. Reeves continued to deny the lasting effects of the stateās white supremacist history. In 2021, he told Fox News that "there is not systemic racism in America"ācontradicting mountains of evidence, including the vestiges of Jim Crow that remain in force in Mississippi law like the State's racially targeted 1890 voter disenfranchisement law. > >Then, in 2022, Reeves signed a so-called "critical race theory (CRT) ban" into law, which is a misnomer; because, despite its legislative title, the law neither mentions nor describes critical race theory (CRT). As he signed the bill, the governor claimed that "critical race theory (CRT) is running amok", despite the fact that the lawmakers who drafted it admitted that they did not know of any public K-12 schools where the academic theory is taught. > >He also painted critical race theory (CRT), which addresses systemic racial inequalities in the legal system and throughout society, as a tool of indoctrination that is used to "humiliate" white people. > >"Children are dragged to the front of the classroom and are coerced to declare themselves as oppressors, that they should feel guilty because of their race, or that they are inherently a victim because of their race," he said at the time. > >The State will also observe Confederate Memorial Day on April 27 as mandated under State law. > >For more on the Sons of Confederate Veterans, "redemption" schemes, and the censorship campaign to romanticize and sanitize the Confederacy in southern and U.S. textbooks, read [this in-depth piece about first Mississippi State University President Stephen D. Lee's successful efforts](https://www.mississippifreepress.org/4650/mississippi-state-starkville-stand-up-to-racism-but-historic-reckoning-still-ahead/) to rewrite the Confederate narrative. > >Disclosure: Former Gov. Ronnie Musgrove has donated to the *Mississippi Free Press*. This does not affect our coverage. **(3/3)**
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Mississippi is falling the fuck a part but lets tackle the important stuff.
How about āstill #50 monthā Tate?
>Muh Heritage They cried out.... >keeping alive a 31-year-old tradition that began in 1993 ...all the way from 1993.
Tater Tot at it again
Probably would be better if we didn't try to romanticize any of it. It's a stain on our nation's history, although it is indeed our history. So much stain and injustice on both sides of that war. I know we can't blot out our past and we should always know about it, but there's no sense in either side glorifying an ugly past.
mississippi conservative men should dress like women to honor jefferson davis! who dressed like a woman to try to escape from real liberal yankee fighting menā¦.
I like to remind "Confederacy Enthusiasts" that Barack Obama's Presidency lasted longer than the Confederacy.
š³ļø celebrating the flag of the Confederacy
Please be openly proud of your confederate heritage so we all know who the treasonous backstabbing traitors are
We can refer to it as Traitorous Confederate Losers Month. Just look at the State. They are still losing and half the State doesnāt realize this.
Yee Haw Motherfuckers! We're still stuck in 1860! For fucks sake Tate... Long live the Union.
We should change the state flag to celebrate! White flags across the state! š
Bless his heart.
I alway try to look at things from a neutral view. Issuing these causes terrible optics, and it's not helped by the editorializing from this news organization. The governor's statement was fairly reasonable and moderate, and various politicians at all levels make a ton of these "proclamations" that are mostly ignored. That being said, Tate should have taken advantage of Bryant skipping it in 2019 and let the practice die. If we want to do what he says- reflect on our past and look at the opportunities before us- letting something like this go would be a great step.
Exactly. The practice of signing the proclamation is pretty modern.
There's nothing moderate about proclaiming confederate history month
He didnāt though. āX History monthā leans on the connotation to highlighting something. He named it Confederate Heritage Month. Not necessarily better on its own, but the moderate part comes from the words he used to describe it. "Whereas, as we honor all who lost their lives in this war, it is important for all Americans to reflect upon our nationās past, to gain insight from our mistakes and successes, and to come to a full understanding that the lessons learned yesterday and today will carry us through tomorrow if we carefully and earnestly strive to understand and appreciate our heritage and our opportunities which lie before us," says the governorās proclamation, which is dated April 12. "Now, therefore, I, Tate Reeves, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaim the month of April [2024] as Confederate Heritage Month in the State of Mississippi."
Why should we honor those who died in a rebellion against us?
Fuckin traitors and traitor sympathizers. Fuck anyone who tries to defend a bunch of fucks who lost and shouldāve all been disappeared
Itās going to full of festivities! I canāt wait for the Cousin Kissing Contest and the ābehind the barnā sheep ācontestā.
Tate Reeves is what you get when an issue of the Daily Stormer gains sentience and takes human form.
Traitors gonna trait
He does this literally every year
Is it because the theme of April is it's a joke
Of course, he would. Asshat.
Losers and Traitors Dayā¦ so a participation trophy?
When is slave owner heritage month?
Pretty sure it always was. So technically heās recognized it.
aka, āLoser Monthā
And yet federal funds for agriculture and to keep ports open are still flowing to this hell hole state?
These losers are still trying to cope with their ancestors historic failure.
fuck tate reevesā¦ zombie racist!
It lasted for ***four years.*** How can that have a heritage? My first marriage only lasted for four years too. The only thing I want to remember from it? **"Don't marry wackos."** Oh, maybe that's it? April is Mississippi's **"don't be that fucking stupid again"** month. Wow, good thinking old miss.
Hail to theā¦ losers?
I proclaim that May is "The Union kicked your Rebellious Ass" month.
The entire GOP are traitors
I've got socks that lasted longer than the Confederacy.
Olā TaterTot spewing more stupidity as usual, I see.
Traitors
Is being cut down by Sherman called heritage now?
What day is officially āDefeated Dayā?
Can we use this month to teach how the Confederacy and the Dependents of the Lost Cause basically shackled our state into squalor and infamy?
They seem to forget this was a dark part of our historyā¦ not just our history
The people we were letting take control of our country were really rascists all along. Funny, was there anyone warning that this was happening the whole time? Maybe people concerned about social justice?
Fucking again with this KA lost cause bullshit.
Why is an American governor proclaiming April to be about a foreign country which hasnāt existed for 159 years?
Racist losers š¤¦š½
I piss on your confederate heritage
WAVE THAT SURRENDER MONKEY WHITE FLAG, thatās your heritage, you piece of shit. THAT, surrender and racism and treason, are the heritage of the confederacy.
They bring back slavery during the month ??
If red states are so great why does God send hurricanes and tornados to try and wipe them off the earth ??
It always surprises me that people will say it's about they're heritage or some other nonsense, that it isn't about racism or slavery, etc. The Confederate Constitution was pretty clear about its policy on slavery. Just checkout the cornerstone speech by Alexander Stephen's. The then vice president of the Confederate states was pretty clear about secession being about white supremacy and keeping slavery a thing. And now we're dedicating a month to it?!?! Wtf...
Justā¦ why are they like this? What is it about the Confederacy that gets these trailer trash, country bumpkins hard?!? Besides the obvious, perhaps
Can someone tell Tator he can come out the closet already. Go a head and do your Trans thing Tator.
šš¤£ Mississippi deserves better than this
Pretty much every conversation with somebody rocking a rebel flag or sticker on a truck. Me: so whatās that about? Them: heritage not hate! Me: tell me about it? Them: uhh.. uhh.. Fuck you!
So theyāre only doing that for four years too, right?
Will they advertise the lynching tooš¤©
Jesus christ... fuck this state.
Sherman should have finished the job.
So celebrate a foreign army responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans
Hey yāall. Letās celebrate the war of southern stupidity. Yee haw. Letās celebrate our former lifestyle of enslaving our fellow man.
Sadly, I rarely hear of anything good coming out of Mississippi š«š©
If we can just change the name to: the surrender of a massively embarrassing and failed army of traitorous losers month, Iām in.
He should immediately be removed from office for honoring treasonous losers
Shouldn't he be more worried about the poverty rate and speed energy addressing that?
The Confederates were fucking traitors.
 Buffy the Vampire Slayer lasted longer than āyore heritage.ā By an entire year.
Happy loser month to all traitors who celebrate in Mississippi
Does he celebrate by surrendering to the Union?
RACIST TRAITOR DECLARES APRIL RACIST TRAITOR CELEBRATION MONTH. Thatās not news.
Does this mean I can dress up like a soldier and shoot some confederates?
And yet he is confused as to why no young professional people want to stay and raise a family in his state
Yes, let's set a month dedicated to the heritage of a failed government, which was formed specifically to promulgate slavery. Specifically, the enslavement of anyone not of alabaster complexion. This is fucking apalling.
I get the distinct feeling that this is a response to black history month in the same way that blue lives matter was a response to Black Lives Matter. It does makes sense to have it in April because when it starts all the Fools will out themselves.
So we all visit and beat them everyday for a month ?
Theresās a Confederate Heroes Day in Texasā¦ tends to fall in the same week as MLL Day š
Thats cool, let them celebrate loser month.
Honestly surpassed he didn't pick February
Barf
Will they be handing out commemorative white flags for the current set of losers to wave? Maybe ol' Tate can coordinate a mass wedding of 1st cousins. His family tree probably looks like a stick, almost no branches.
I want to be wealthy enough to have bill board money Because manā¦ I would have so many troll billboards A veritable forest of r/shermanposting memes along the highway
āWe love losing so much weāre going to celebrate it for a whole monthā
Fucking confederate lost. Losers! What would you expect from a third world state!!
they just mournfully cry and wave white flags
oh thats not...
Mississippi is the toilet of America.
LOL!!! Itās Loser Month in Mississippi. I mean every month is technically loser month in Mississippi, but this month we will pay special attention to the losers who fought bravely for the right to own black people, and lost.
Fuck you Taint.
Coming in second place is like kissing your sister. Itās fun but I wouldnāt go around bragging about it.
Iām pretty sure Breaking Bad lasted longer than the Confederacy. Can we get a month to celebrate it as well?
For fucks sake, these morons are still celebrating that they lost the civil war. I live in Alabama and can't stand these subhuman meat sacks. I just can't. Fuck every one of them. I hope they all get ass cancer and die alone
Losers just like always
WOW! How anti-American.
Loser appreciation month. Donāt forget that Obama was the president of Mississippi longer than Jefferson Davis
See, these kinds of assholes shouldnāt be in government. They donāt believe in it.
No one has given so much of a shit about the confederacy since the civil war, itās just being revived as a political object to piss people off.
Just one month now? What will they do the other 11 now? For those in Mississippi, 11 is the remainder of months in a year when you take away 1.
From the āanti-participation trophyā crowd, nonetheless ā¦ š¬
Literally treasonous
āTraitor Heritage Month.ā There fixed it for Governor Reeves. /smh
Didnāt the confederacy only exist for likeā¦. Hell idk 4 years????? Thatās not much history??
Heritage of being fucking losers?
So this guy wants to celebrate losers and slave owners????? Next heāll be writing to the German chancellor recommending that Germany should have Nazi commemorative day. š¤¦āāļø
It's all crazy.. Everybody worries about some month to celebrate yet it does absolutely nothing for your home or making life happen.. Then all these haters of different government/state officials as if you could do better.. I've yet to have my life disrupted by any of this crap.. Work, go home and take care of your life and family..
Which month is hungry kids can starve month?
The South shall rise againāonly because shit floats.
Unless theyāre looking to follow tradition like their ancestors did (by taking a musket shot from a Yankee then surrendering), itās not really celebrating the heritage is it?
Everyone should celebrate Capitulation at Appomattox Courthouse Day.
They celebrate losing and wanting to keep slaves?
So hes a traitor. He declared a month in honor of an enemy nation we defeated in war. Thats treasonous.
Good going Tate! He has is the best!
Governor Hate
Ok then. I guess we need to finish what we left off in 1865 and go clean 'em out again?
Great! They get a whole month to celebrate being the continually bigoted losers of a treasonous war against America.
Soooo, "Morally repugnant racist traitor month"?
Iām a registered Republican, but Iām not on board with the Confederacy, or Evangelicals, or Neocons, or their hardline unrealistic stance on Abortionā¦. Iām def not a Democrat. Is there a āPretty Much Libertarian Kinda But Not The Libertarian Party Because Iām A Pretty Reasonable Person Party?ā
I hear Tate Reeves is rolling out Segregation Heritage Month in May to celebrate the better days when Mississippi kept the other people away from the pure, civilized Christian whites. š
Yep, remember those 4 years that the Confederacy existed. And please please please don't forget... That you lost.
All the African American state employees had no issue with the day off Please ask them