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sort of âtraditionâ or something like that
Yea, traditionâŚLike racist frat songs and lock-step GOP spin.
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WellâŚheâs catching on.
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No heâs not. He just got caught saying what he really thinks.
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No doubt this idjit Repub governor was going with the standard âstates rightsâ sh*t.
Then was made to realize he was the governor of Massachusetts.
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The governor told WGBH host Jim Braude that heâs an advocate for local government and thinks South Carolinians should be able to âmake their own callâ on flying the flag over the state capitol,
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âI think they should take the flag down,â the governor told The Globe, adding âThe symbolism of this one is important and I should have done a better job of appreciating that.â
This guy is a weasly clown.
Seriously, Massachusettes?
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I guess he discovered that Confederate sympathizers donât have much grass-roots support in Massachusetts. Enjoy your 1-term, Gov.
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âI just want to be clear. I abhor the symbolism and the history of that flag as much as anybody, and I am more than cognizant of the fact that literally millions of Americans died over what it represents in the Civil War,â he told the newspaper.
Translation: I done fucked up, please disregard my previous asshattery, this is what I really think. Really, Iâm being serious this time. ReallyâŚheyâŚstop laughing, Iâm serious this timeâŚstop laughing dammitâŚ
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As long as the confederate flag flies on public grounds, the Civil War isnât really over, is it?
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Take down the traitor Confederate flags. All of them. What more proof do you need than the cold blooded murder of 9 U.S. Citizens in cold blood.
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Cue the pedants explaining that the flag flying over the South Carolina statehouse isnât the âStars and Bars.â
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The Governor was late getting the memo. The GOP as a whole has realized that if it sticks with the racist demographic it is doomed so it is trying a pivot. Instead of further inciting their racist base they are going to try an Etch a Sketch moment to convince blacks that â we are all Christians together.â
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What the hell did Coakley do wrong that she couldnât defeat this moron?
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Thought the headline was a typo mistaking âMass.â for âMiss.â, guess not.
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The real tradition here is one of supporting and encouraging the people and philosophies behind the flag. Why is this whole tragedy creating such a furor, wasnât it just a âgood guyâ with a gun? Wayne LaPierre would say so, it was his 2nd amendment right to have the gun, the freedom to live doesnât belong to black people if you read the statements supporting the âWhite Supremacyâ flag.
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The governor told WGBH host Jim Braude that he's an advocate for local government and thinks South Carolinians should be able to "make their own call" on flying the flag over the state capitol, according to The Boston Globe.
Of course. Just like we should have let them make their own call about slavery. States rights and all that.
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Please proceed to spin, Governor.
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âliterally millions Americans died [over that flag during the Civil War]â. Really? Ignorant of history much? Unless he is referring to all of the former slaves and their descendents who were killed by people wielding that flag. Then maybe.
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Sorry to say she was a shitty candidate and ran a shitty campaign.
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I heard the radio interview yesterday, and thought, as Baker gave his answer: Ooops, Charley! That smell filling the room, is the pile of shit you just stepped in. Youâre making a half-assed argument for âstatesâ rightsâ? Really??!!
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