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re: Kiffin and Leach head to Jackson Thursday to lobby for change of State Flag
Posted on 6/25/20 at 8:54 am to SidewalkTiger
Posted on 6/25/20 at 8:54 am to SidewalkTiger
Yes, all seven of them.
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Posted on 6/25/20 at 8:57 am to SummerOfGeorge
why didn't the Mississippi liberals keep pushing for a change after the vote failed in 2002?
Posted on 6/25/20 at 9:05 am to coozie
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Yes, all seven of them.
16% of black Mississippi residents is seven people?
Weird how you're dismissing those people because they dont agree with you.
Is it because they're black?
Posted on 6/25/20 at 9:50 am to SidewalkTiger
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But it wont end, it'll just be something else.
Then it will eventually lead to civil war and the death of all these snowflakes. If that's the case, it's worth it.
This post was edited on 6/25/20 at 9:50 am
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:11 am to SidewalkTiger
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So everytime some people want something, you just give it to them?
If there are enough people, that is generally how it works in this country.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:13 am to rockiee
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So everytime some people want something, you just give it to them?
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If there are enough people, that is generally how it works in this country.
So put it to a vote and do it the right way.
Unlike whats been going on the past month or so.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:18 am to SidewalkTiger
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So put it to a vote and do it the right way.
Isn't that what is going to happen?
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:24 am to I-59 Tiger
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why didn't the Mississippi liberals keep pushing for a change after the vote failed in 2002?
They have been. It’s not just the liberals.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:29 am to rockiee
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Isn't that what is going to happen?
Not so far.
Most of those against it such as PlateJohnsonIII just want the Legislature to change it themselves.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:34 am to SammyTiger
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84% polled want to change it.
oh well you have a poll! that settles it they have to change it. polls are never wrong or skewed.
why do you even care dickhead you don't live in mississippi.
this should be the new flag for Louisianan
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:42 am to SidewalkTiger
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Not so far.
Most of those against it such as PlateJohnsonIII just want the Legislature to change it themselves.
I don't think anything is wrong with that as long as you can get some good polling that people want it to be changed.
I get that everyone is using the slippery slope argument but that has its own issues as well.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:53 am to rockiee
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I don't think anything is wrong with that as long as you can get some good polling that people want it to be changed.
The only thing we have to go off of is 2/3 of Mississippians voted to keep it in 2001.
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I get that everyone is using the slippery slope argument but that has its own issues as well.
Not really.
These types of things always become slippery slopes.
See Confederate statues.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 10:59 am to SidewalkTiger
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The only thing we have to go off of is 2/3 of Mississippians voted to keep it in 2001.
Nah, something from 19 years is fairly irrelevant to what the current thought is right now. Maybe more people still do support it staying but a vote from nearly 20 years ago doesn't support that.
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Not really.
Yes really, you could argue against changing many things in the past that we now recognize as wrong if you tried to justify it with the slippery slope argument. There is a reason that it is recognized as a fallacy. That doesn't mean it never has merit though.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 11:00 am to SidewalkTiger
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Most of those against it such as PlateJohnsonIII just want the Legislature to change it themselves.
Because that’s their job. The current flag was enacted by the legislature.
We aren’t a direct democracy. We don’t solve most of our problems by putting them out to a vote by the people.
Ballot initiatives have their uses when congress fails to act. However, now is time for them to act.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 11:02 am to PlateJohnsonIII
Posted on 6/25/20 at 11:11 am to Harry Morgan
Posted on 6/25/20 at 11:13 am to rockiee
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Nah, something from 19 years is fairly irrelevant to what the current thought is right now. Maybe more people still do support it staying but a vote from nearly 20 years ago doesn't support that.
Like I said, its all we have to go on.
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Yes really, you could argue against changing many things in the past that we now recognize as wrong if you tried to justify it with the slippery slope argument.
Like what?
Posted on 6/25/20 at 11:15 am to PlateJohnsonIII
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We aren’t a direct democracy. We don’t solve most of our problems by putting them out to a vote by the people.
Because you can't vote on every little problem.
A state flag, in my opinion, should be a representative of the people of the state and therefore is a worthy ballot initiative.
Why do you have such a problem with making it one?
Posted on 6/25/20 at 11:21 am to SammyTiger
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The people pretending their pro slavery flag is ok.
Thats the problem with our society. Its not a pro slavery flag to the people who love it. That is you being closed minded. Ironic since you think they are closed minded for liking the confederate flag.
Symbols have different meanings to different people.
It's an ugly flag. It probably needs changing anyway. But don't stoop to calling people racist if you don't know their intentions or feelings about race based on something that has nothing to do with race.
Posted on 6/25/20 at 11:26 am to SidewalkTiger
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Because you can't vote on every little problem. A state flag, in my opinion, should be a representative of the people of the state and therefore is a worthy ballot initiative. Why do you have such a problem with making it one?
And let the unwashed masses decide? After all, the elected politicians have no agenda and certainly know better than the citizens that put them in office.
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