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Are you aware that in some states such as Alabama and Mississippi, Robert E. Lee day is the same day as MLK Day?
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Anonymous 3w

It doesn't matter bc no one cares about Robert E. Lee bc he's a loser (literally).

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Anonymous 3w

I mean yeah but it doesn’t really matter. Robert e Lee day started over 50 years before mlk day and given their birthdays are a day apart it makes sense administratively to put them on the same day to minimize paid govt holidays 🤷‍♀️

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

Why are we celebrating a confederate general though

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

It’s only former confederate states not the entire U.S.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

I’m aware. Still weird

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 3w

Idk he was a brilliant tactician that didn’t support slavery but couldn’t abide fighting his brothers

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

Also Alabama and Mississippi are some of the blackest states in the country so TRULY no one cares about Robert E. Lee day because who is even acknowledging it?

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

He still owned slaves though

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

I’m from rural Alabama, trust me there are a lot that do! I underestimated it before

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

My school taught about Robert E Lee, I was also taught that civil war was not about slavery it was state rights! And some people called it the war of “northern aggression”

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 3w

And some accounts say he did NOT treat them well

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

My high school history teacher in Washington called it the war of northern aggression lmao

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