TagsTagsThe more I learn about Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, the worse it looks: Opponents of Florida's 2005 'Stand Your Ground' Law Predicted 'Racially Motivated Killings'. Rep. Dennis BaxleySeven years ago, opponents of the “Stand Your Ground” legislation predicted it could lead to racially motivated killings. From Reuters, April 2005: “For ...
Florida, Trayvon Martin, Crime, Stand Your Ground, NRA, Neo-Confederates, Racism, Right Wing
As we noted Monday, the NAACP has called for Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour to denounce an outrageous proposal to commemorate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, with a state license plate. Yesterday Barbour refused to say anything negative about a license plate dedicated to ...
Haley Barbour, White Supremacists, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Ku Klux Klan, Racism, Neo-Confederates
Since the election of Barack Obama, the neo-Confederate crowd has been more active than ever, pushing hard to promote a revisionist version of US history that sweeps slavery under the rug and lionizes Southern slavemasters. But the latest initiative from these throwbacks is almost unbelievable: the Sons of Confederate Veterans ...
Haley Barbour, White Supremacists, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Ku Klux Klan, Racism, Neo-Confederates
As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War rolls around, Southern neo-Confederate groups are pushing harder than ever to rewrite American history, making it all about an unjust invasion and states' rights -- and sweeping that bothersome slavery stuff under the rug. ... As the 150th anniversary of the four-year ...
Civil War, Slavery, Neo-Confederates, Racism, Sons of Confederate Veterans, League of the South
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Jon Stewart, Comedy, Confederate History Month, Virginia, Neo-Confederates, Video