As governor of Texas, GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry fought to keep confederate symbols displayed on state government buildings. But now in the national limelight, Perry is not so gung-ho. The Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans want to put a confederate flag on Texas license plates to “remember Texans who died fighting in the Civil War.” But Perry dismissed the plan yesterday, “We don’t need to be scraping old wounds.” His spokeswoman clarified, “While the governor believes this is a decision for the DMV board, he personally does not support the Confederate plate.” The Sons of Confederate Veterans response was swift: “Rather than worry about opening old wounds, they ought to heal them…They need to honor the soldiers.” Link
Yes, because putting a divisive hateful symbol representing slavery on license plates will honor those who seceded from and raised arms against the United States and heal the wounds of people dead for nearly 150 years.
Sheesh.
2 comments:
When I saw the title of your post on Google Reader, my first thought was, “What? He dropped out of the race?”
How about all kids that just died in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Uskbeki-beki-beki-stan?
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