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Originally Posted by Convinced
Please excuse the language, but I am pissed! My lovely southern state of MS recently put it to a public vote as to whether or not we should keep the Rebel flag. 70% of Mississippians voted to keep it. Tonight, Cheryl Martin had this idiot (a Negro!!!) who has led all kind of rallies to keep the flag. I am also pissed at our Governor and other leaders, because if they had REALLY wanted to remove the flag, they would have done like South Carolina and Georgia and just removed the dang thing! Putting it to a vote all but guaranteed that it would remain. Our state NAACP is talking about economic boycotts, like they did in N. Carolina... why oh why am I in such a backwards state?
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I REMEMBER THIS EVENT! I hate that I wasn't around GC when this occurred, because I, too, voted in that election and was horrified as to how complacent and passive our people were about the changes offered to us. I actually heard people say things like, "That's the stupidest election I've ever heard of. It's just meaningless. It's a waste of my time." I've felt the same way about it for years now, and I am still boiling over at how nonchalant we are about having a voice nowadays. It's so sad