Mississippi Governor officially proclaims April as "Confederate Heritage" Month

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Mississippi governor declares April 'Confederate Heritage Month'

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a proclamation declaring the month of April "Confederate Heritage Month" in his state. The signing was first reported by the Jackson Free Press.

The proclamation does not appear on the State of Mississippi's website, the alternative weekly reports, with other proclamations, such as those about emergency inclement weather, but is posted on the website of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which is against changing the Mississippi flag to remove the Confederate battle flag.

The 122-year-old flag features a large Confederate emblem.

Clay Chandler, director of communications for Gov. Bryant, confirmed that the proclamation had been issued.

"Like his predecessors -- both Republican and Democrat -- who issued similar proclamations, Gov. Bryant believes Mississippi's history deserves study and reflection, no matter how unpleasant or complicated parts of it may be," Chandler said. "Like the proclamation says, gaining insight from our mistakes and successes will help us move forward."

The proclamation says that April is the appropriate month to honor Confederate heritage because it "is the month in which the Confederate States began and ended a four-year struggle." It adds that the state celebrates Confederate Memorial Day on April 25 to "recognize those who served in the Confederacy."

The proclamation concludes:

WHEREAS, it is important for all Americans to reflect upon our nation's 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:

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Phil Bryant, Governor of the State of Mississippi, hereby proclaim the month of April 2016 as

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Mississippi?

 

[Big D Bangston]

 

[Da King]

live in the south brehs

 

[JBoy]

dikk ride a unrecgonized government dumb enough to start a war that led directly to your state still being last in nearly all categories brehs

 

[Spuffy]

April the appropriate month huh? Well it is Hitlers birthday

 

[Full Measures]

@bdizzle are you aware of any black groups similar to the Sons of Rebel Veterans?

I just know they dropped a bag on his doorstep for him to pull this

 

[JetFueledThoughts]

As fukked up as it seems, you kinda gotta let it fly if we giving other cultures and heritages months


But we should all know Mississippi is the lamest state anyways, so take it with a grain of salt.

 

[Full Measures]

As fukked up as it seems, you kinda gotta let it fly if we giving other cultures and heritages months


But we should all know Mississippi is the lamest state anyways, so take it with a grain of salt.

Did other cultures and heritages own and treat human beings as cattle? Let it fly?

You sounding real funny breh

 

[JetFueledThoughts]

Did other cultures and heritages own and treat human beings as cattle? Let it fly?

You sounding real funny breh

So do you think that the northerners were just these righteous humans dying to free the slaves?

Stop it my guy. My whole point is that in their minds, there's way more to their heritage than slavery. Because slavery wasn't just exclusive to the south. So to target just confederate heritage as these slave owning heathens is revisionist history. It was deeper than that, our entire country was fukked up a lot of shyt they went to war over wasn't even slaves. So at some point you gotta recognize that, or you can play pretend and treat northerners like some slave freeing super heroes, I don't care either way

 

[Another Man]

Still root for the losing team over a century later inbred cacs

 

[Another Man]

So do you think that the northerners were just these righteous humans dying to free the slaves?

Stop it my guy. My whole point is that in their minds, there's way more to their heritage than slavery. Because slavery wasn't just exclusive to the south. So to target just confederate heritage as these slave owning heathens is revisionist history. It was deeper than that, our entire country was fukked up a lot of shyt they went to war over wasn't even slaves. So at some point you gotta recognize that, or you can play pretend and treat northerners like some slave freeing super heroes, I don't care either way

Except you're conveniently skipping the fact that many white supremacist groups have used the flag as a symbol, SPECIFICALLY to stand for racism, but by all means keep ing for the shyt.

 

[↓R↑LYB]

@bdizzle are you aware of any black groups similar to the Sons of Rebel Veterans?

I just know they dropped a bag on his doorstep for him to pull this

Never heard of that group before, so unfortunately I don't.

And I don't think a bag had to be dropped off. He was probably more than happy to do this.

 

[live it to the limit]

I live in Tennessee. Takes me about 15 minutes to get to Mississippi. Not saying that Tennessee is perfect but it's stuff like this that still makes going to Mississippi give me the heebie geebies. It's a weird feeling of awareness. I took a class there last year and had to drive back alone at night. Always made me feel strange. Like something could happen to me in this state.

 

[Imhotep2]

So do you think that the northerners were just these righteous humans dying to free the slaves?

Stop it my guy. My whole point is that in their minds, there's way more to their heritage than slavery. Because slavery wasn't just exclusive to the south. So to target just confederate heritage as these slave owning heathens is revisionist history. It was deeper than that, our entire country was fukked up a lot of shyt they went to war over wasn't even slaves. So at some point you gotta recognize that, or you can play pretend and treat northerners like some slave freeing super heroes, I don't care either way

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