*********** So, today I'll write my random thoughts about the tee shirt. It was given to me by my former significant other, Ed Ross. He had visited Atlanta and had gone to see the Stone Mountain monument. It has carvings of 3 confederate generals (Lee, Jackson, Davis) on horseback. I had never even known that it was a monument to these 3 who were enemies of the Union, slavery supporters, and fought against freedom and equality for black Americans. Today we're considering in the USA whether we should have monuments to confederate soldiers and leaders ANYwhere in our country. Mississippi decided THIS WEEK to remove the confederate part of their State flag. Wow - more than 150 years after the South lost the Civil War! And some Southerners STILL want to keep the flag, and the monuments. Well, my tee shirt was a gift that I've been wearing - UNKNOWINGLY supporting the confederacy - for more than 20 years. I'm sure that some have seen it and wondered why I ...
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