Is John Rocker considering a run for office in Georgia? After being quoted years ago saying, “I’m not a very big fan of foreigners…how the hell did they get into this country(?)”, his baseball career took a bad turn. Clearly he was too heavy a racist to play baseball for Ted Turner, but I have a feeling that he’d fit right in with the Georgia state legislature. A story that flew under the national radar this week featured Republican lawmakers from Georgia considering whether or not they should follow the lead of Virginia and Missouri in formally apologizing for their role in slavery. That Georgia decided against doing so isn’t surprising, but to add insult to injury they decided to hammer the point home by designating the month of April as Confederate History and Heritage Month.
Lest anyone think I pulled this scenario from The Onion or something, here is a link. In other words, “not only aren’t we apologizing, we think someone should apologize for taking our slaves away…anything short of that will have to get made up during April of every year when the white people of Georgia commemorate the good ‘ol days.” – - I bust John Konop’s chops occasionally on how the illegal immigration issue takes on an unmistakably racist tone on talk radio and within southern politics. He takes offense and generally turns it around to where I’m the villain for throwing around the ‘r’ word in mixed company. In light of recent developments, perhaps it’s time for Republicans from Georgia who resent being called racists when they bash immigrants to start making a stink about every April from now on being devoted to Confederate History and Heritage. Until I see that happening, the shoe fits as far as I’m concerned.
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