Anyone else sick that...

[LostOne4Ever]

[font style="font-family:papyrus,'Brush Script MT','Infindel B',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]our state will be celebrating "Confederate Heroes Day" on [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]FREAKING[/font] Martin Luther King, Jr. Day?

I think it is disgusting that we even have a CHD at all. The confederacy was created and run by traitors who betrayed their country because they didn't get their way in an election and because they wanted to defend and promote the [font style="font-family:'Brush Script MT',''Lucida handwriting','forte',cursive;" size=5 color=crimson]EVIL[/font] of slavery.

Not only is this day, imho, a slap in the face to every single African American living in our state; but to every decent Texan of conscience. To add insult to injury, to have it coincide with MLK day is a disgrace.

CHD should be abolished, or at the very least renamed Texas Civil War Memorial Day, and honor the loss of life back then...rather than the racists who betrayed our country. But knowing the politics of our state, I won't hold my breath on that happening anytime soon.



Sorry for the rant, but I had to complain about this somewhere.[/font]

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Kind of like designating Nov. 22 as "Lee Harvey Oswald Day". n/t

[yeoman6987]

2. In North Carolina, Lee's birthday is on MLK

Day so they changed Lee holiday to Friday....seems at the LEAST they could do that and changing the name sounds like a good idea.

[TexasTowelie]

4. The holiday for Lee's birthday was adopted in 1931 so there originally was no conflict with MLK Day.

The change from Lee's birthday to Confederate Heroes Day occurred in 1973. Previously, Texas commemorated both Robert E. Lee's birthday (Jan. 19) and Jefferson Davis' birthday (June 3). The two holidays were combined and the holiday was renamed to honor the people that died in the Civil War.

As a former state employee I can verify that since the Legislature is in session most agencies will maintain at least a skeleton staff. Supposedly it is a day to honor the people that died in the Civil War instead of a day commemorating the cause of the Confederacy.

It is unfortunate that the two observances frequently coincide on the same day and I am not an apologist for the Confederacy, but it is noteworthy to understand the background and context of why it is a designated holiday.

[Kablooie]

3. God god. So on purpose they openly proclaim that black people should have remained slaves.

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Edit: disregard this post. It's not accurate.
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They try to usurp a day to celebrate a man who was so greatly responsible for African American rights to celebrate the people who fought to keep them as slaves.

It's clear cut racism and a spit in the face of all who are descended from slaves.

Yes.
It's sick, it's wrong and it's deeply American.
Unfortunately that's who we are.

[TexasTowelie]

5. See post #4.

Some additional context is helpful, particularly since the day was being observed while MLK was just a toddler.

[Kablooie]

6. I see. Well that, at least, is a relief.

Unfortunate but not deliberate.
My outrage was a bit misplaced.

[DhhD]

7. MLK brought the protection of Civil Rights to all Americans.

I thank MLK for the civil action that made the Voting Rights Act possible with all of its protections. MLK and his leadership of civil action made the Civil Rights Act of 1964 possible. People with disabilities and all others that were not gainfully employed or were not men with property, could get to the voting booth and into many other facets of living in America. Most Americans have liberty and freedoms due to the dream of MLK.