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Miles Archer

(18,837 posts)
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 12:40 PM Jan 2017

Biloxi, MS Sends Out Tweet Renaming Martin Luther King Day "Great Americans Day"

NOTE: The tweet has been removed.

http://crooksandliars.com/2017/01/yikes-biloxi-ms-sends-out-tweet-renaming

I shouldn't be surprised that a state that has the confederate flag actually IN it's state flag is racist. I mean, they are literally showing us their "patriotic" American views, right? And yet I was still shocked by this tweet that was sent out by the City of Biloxi's office twitter account this afternoon:

Non-emergency municipal offices in Biloxi will be closed on Monday in observance of Great Americans Day.

— City of Biloxi (@CityofBiloxi) January 13, 2017


Yes, they renamed Martin Luther King Day "Great Americans Day."


Twitter jumped all over this, and rightfully so.
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Biloxi, MS Sends Out Tweet Renaming Martin Luther King Day "Great Americans Day" (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2017 OP
Biloxi is a shithole sharp_stick Jan 2017 #1
And jehop61 Jan 2017 #2

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
1. Biloxi is a shithole
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 12:46 PM
Jan 2017

I drove through it, as fast as possible, several years ago. Much like the State that it's part of, the administration does nothing to improve the lives of any of it's residents.

jehop61

(1,735 posts)
2. And
Sat Jan 14, 2017, 12:52 PM
Jan 2017

so it begins........the Rws have been wanting to turn around all gains by democrats for years. They feel empowered

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