Alabama disgraces itself by continuing to honor a traitor on MLK Day
No decent person could ever seriously justify honoring Robert E. Lee at all, much less on the same day the state honors MLK.
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See recent postsMLK Day is split in Alabama. That explains a lot about the insurrection
"A day split between honoring MLK’s sacrifice and fight for equality, and Robert E. Lee, a murderous traitor and slaveowner."