In a slap at Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement three former Confederate states — Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi — have turned the federal holiday of MLK Day into state holidays jointly honoring the birthdays of Dr. King and Confederate General Robert E. Lee, military leader of the Secession. Well, what do you expect from a culture that thinks the KKK is a civic group?
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