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The governor of Mississippi declared April to be Confederate Heritage Month.

The governor noted that genocide had no place in society, but he neglected to mention the devastating race.

Gov. Tate Reeves (Press Conference Screengrab)
Gov. Tate Reeves (Press Conference Screengrab)

The Magnolia State's top government executive declared Confederate Heritage Month as a time to recognize the state's Civil War history, a tradition started by his predecessors in 1993.

April is the month when the American Civil War began between the Confederate and Union armies.

It is important for all Americans to reflect upon our nation's past, to gain insight from our mistakes and successes, and to come to a full understanding that the lessons learned yesterday and today.

During an April 8 news conference presenting the proclamation, Reeves was asked by a local reporter if he believed that the documented history of killing and racism in the Confederate South should be used to justify his decision.

The Confederate Heritage Month was signed in the same manner and fashion that the five governors that came before me, Republicans and Democrats alike, have done for over 30 years. We did it again this year. I didn't think this was the year to stop doing it.

One voice objected to the claim that Reeves was making.

Ray Mabus, a Democrat that served in the capacity from 1988 to 1992 and one of the last five governors, said he never supported this initiative. Doesn't make it right.

I absolutely did not issue anything like this. It started with Fordice, an overt White supremacist. My question for Gov Reeves is “so what” if 5 Governors have signed it. Doesn’t make it right. https://t.co/D3C7ddQVqW

— Ray Mabus (@SECNAV75) April 14, 2022

The only heritages of the Confederacy as far as I can tell are slavery and treason.

The second proclamation identified genocides from three of the seven continents starting at the top of the 20th century: Armenia, the Ukrainian Holodomor, and the Holocaust.

The systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group is genocide.

Not surprisingly, Reeves drew the ire of politicians and everyday citizens.

A local reporter didn't ask if there was a conflict between declaring April as Confederate Heritage Month as well as Genocide Awareness Month.

They wondered where America's original sins were.

So uh, did you just forget about Native Americans and all those black people we had shipped over to do our SLAVE labor?

— Queen Shit of Liesville (@lsama) April 12, 2022

You forgot the American Genocides. All of them, read another.

The Director of the Southern Poverty Law Center Mississippi said that it was unfortunate that the governor chose to praise the Confederacy.

The governor signed the critical race theory law on March 14 and called it a curriculum of indoctrination.

There is not systemic racism in America, and students are being force-fed an unhealthy dose of progressive fundamentalism that runs counter to the principles of the school.

Children are dragged to the front of the classroom and coerced to declare themselves as oppressors.

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