Should Confederate Monuments Be Treated Like MLK Memorials? UNC Chancellor Says Silent Sam Can't Come Back to School (Now, He'll Never Graduate)

February 20, 2020

**  Florida lawmaker says Confederate monuments should be honored like MLK memorials.  (He will come under intense fire for that statement.  We know why certain people don't like anything Confederate, but is there anything that MLK did that might offend some people?

But, didn't MLK have all those extramarital affairs as a preacher?  You'd think he'd know better than that.  Plus, there was the way some Blacks reacted to his murder with rampages, fires, looting and rape.)

**  Athens mayor suggests fair's  inaction on Confederate flag will have costs.  (Athens, Ohio--  Members of the fair's governing body voted overwhelmingly against banning the sale of Confederate items.)

**  Democrats running for state senate talk legislature's role in Confederate monuments.  (Salisbury, N.C.)

**  UNC chancellor vows that the Confederate statue will not return to school.  (That would be Silent Sam.  But, didn't UNC allow those students who committed the hate crime by pulling the statue down, then rejoiced, back in school.  And what about those UNC faculty members who put them up to it.  None of them lost their jobs.)

**  Miami-Dade commissioners vote unanimously to change the name of Dixie Highway.  Florida.  Sheer ignorance.)

--Old Secesh

Confederate Memorial in Orange, Texas, Drawing Opposition, Lee-Jackson Day, Mississippi Bill

January 22, 2020

**  Did Confederate flags fly at a guns rights rally in Virginia?

**  Confederate memorial in Orange ignites modern day  civil rights  struggle.  (Texas)

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans  propose Lee-Jackson-King  Day instead of Lee-Jackson.  (Virginia)  Virginia's Senate passed a bill to remove Lee-Jackson Day as a state holiday.  I would not like to have both Lee-Jackson and MLK commemorated on the same day.

**  You thought Lakeland's Confederate statue was gone?   Not so fast.  (Florida)

**  Lee-Jackson Day luncheon illustrates toil to hold on to Confederate history.  (Lexington, Virginia)

**  Mississippi Senate bill  would prohibit moving public Confederate, other monuments.

--Old Secesh

Problems With MLK Day, Schools, Statues

January 21, 2020

**  Opinion:  The Confederate context IHL needs to consider.  From an Ole Miss student who compares slavery to concentration camps.

**  In Alabama, Martin Luther King Day also honors Confederate Robert E.Lee.

**  Lakeland confederate monument dispute heading to federal court.  (Florida.  Don't you just love it when a media source spells Confederate with a small "c."

**  Confederate flag nothing like the Stars and Bars.

**  Confederate memorial draws protest on MLK Day.  (Orange, Texas)  They drew six people for the protest.

**  Virginia school board ignores racism, refuses to ban Confederate flag clothing.  (Franklin County)

It's Confederate With a Capital "C."  --Old Secesh

Poor, Poor Lawbreaking Birmingham, MLK or Confederate, Who came First?

January 19, 2020

**  Alabama court won't reconsider Confederate monument ruling.  (Birmingham, Alabama.  They put up plywood around it and the court ruled that this went against state law protecting military memorials.  I feel so sorry for Birmingham.)

**  This MLK weekend , Texas will again recognize Confederate Heroes  Day.  (Well, at least it was an opinion piece.  Who had the day first?)

**  Lee working to amend Confederate general proclamation.  (Lee is not Robert E. but the Tennessee governor.  He does not want to do a proclamation for Nathan Bedford Forrest.)

**  Confederate Heroes Day ceremony in Longview honors ancestors' dedication.  (Texas)

**  Fight over Lakeland's Confederate monument goes to federal court.  (Florida.  It has already been relocated at a cost of $185,000.)

Confederate Monument removal very Financially Rewarding for Contractors.  --Old Secesh