Posted on 06/25/2015 1:46:00 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A Fort Smith School Board committee passed a motion Tuesday (June 23) to ban the “Dixie” song during the 2015-2016 school year and to replace the rebel mascot for the 2016-2017 school year.
The motion passed five to zero. Susan McFerran, a member of the school board, said the decision comes after the mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina and a recent class reunion.
“There was a 30 year class reunion this weekend,” she said. “It came to our attention that the public has been pretty upset about the Confederate flag, which has already been removed, the rebel mascot [and] the playing of the ‘Dixie.’” …
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You're not paying attention, are you.
As I keep suggesting...
Change their name to the Fighting Mohammeds, and we can see what happens when the mascot shows up at school events.
Time to get serious about erasing the stain of this KKK recruiter from these places:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_Robert_Byrd
Repeat: KKK recruiter
The mascot is now going to be a drag queen.
-PJ
Collective insanity rules the country.
I do. I was in the 6th grade. I’ve hated the Beatles ever since. (You’re talking about them saying they were more popular than Jesus, right?)
I can imagine. John Lennon’s creepy communist azz frying in hell.
Yes, let’s totally erase our history and try to forget it ever happened. This will turn out well
I’m very much paying attention, and I know where it’s going. Did you read what I said in post 9?
Unless he repented at some point, which I hope he did, I wonder how that "imagine there's no Heaven" is working out for him now?
I know Jesus died for him, but unless I missed hearing it, he died an atheist.
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