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School Board Committee Votes To Ban “Dixie” Song & Rebel Mascot At Southside High School (AR)
KFSM, CBS 5, Fort Smith, AR ^ | 10:36PM, June 23, 2015 | Zuzanna Sitek and Aubry Killon

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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TOPICS: Education; History; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: arkansas; dixie; fortsmith; rebelmascot; southsidehighschool
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To: Olog-hai
How is it “working”?

You're not paying attention, are you.

21 posted on 06/25/2015 3:36:37 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: Olog-hai

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.


22 posted on 06/25/2015 3:48:04 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Olog-hai

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


23 posted on 06/25/2015 3:49:38 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: Olog-hai

The mascot is now going to be a drag queen.


24 posted on 06/25/2015 3:55:03 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Making harmless people defenseless, does not make dangerous people harmless)
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To: Olog-hai
Remember the good old days when they burned Beatles records?

-PJ

25 posted on 06/25/2015 4:10:16 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Olog-hai

Collective insanity rules the country.


26 posted on 06/25/2015 5:01:39 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: Political Junkie Too

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.


27 posted on 06/25/2015 5:29:36 AM PDT by KGeorge (First the Confederate Battle Flag, then the Cross. It's not far off.)
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To: Olog-hai

Yes, let’s totally erase our history and try to forget it ever happened. This will turn out well


28 posted on 06/25/2015 5:47:13 AM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)
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To: Veggie Todd

I’m very much paying attention, and I know where it’s going. Did you read what I said in post 9?


29 posted on 06/25/2015 9:11:08 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: KGeorge
John Lennon’s creepy communist azz frying in hell.

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?

30 posted on 06/25/2015 9:12:36 AM PDT by Nea Wood
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To: Nea Wood

I know Jesus died for him, but unless I missed hearing it, he died an atheist.


31 posted on 06/25/2015 10:54:29 AM PDT by KGeorge (First the Confederate Battle Flag, then the Cross. It's not far off.)
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