Trump is not welcome in the South which he USED via his pandering to "hot button" issues and pretending to be a Republican and a person of change. The morally unfit bigot might find himself uncomfortable in Mississippi.........
Aristotle Gluteus Maximus wrote (below):
"Here is an example of how the media is dividing the country. The people who express objections to the president attending the ceremonies are reacting to the liberal anti-Trump rhetoric propagated in the newspapers."
And the same can be said about how people like you have swallowed all the divisive anti-Democrat rhetoric and lies spewed daily by Fox News (over the past 20 years).
There now, we're even. Nyah, nyah, nyah.
Saturday is just a date and Trump has always been a racist. Don't give him any attention... let him come in, take his photo op, and wait for him to leave to have the real celebration begin once he's left the building.
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Perhaps Trump is coming to "take a knee" -- to protest the fact that the museum does not recognize "the fine people on both sides" of the civil rights struggle.
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I reject this protest against a POTUS- reagardless of who he or she is.
While civil rights have become more synonymous with the blacks - it is not a race issue.
As to protesting this POTUS - need no reminders that he was duly elected and represents aspirations of all.
And this man currently occupying the seat represents the will of people.
Finally, it does not need to be pointed out that emancipation started by a white Republucan who gave his life - was mostly completed by a white man of the Deep South.
Civil rights emphatically are not the province of the blacks.
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This is clearly an Onion headline. If Trump were to attend the opening, clearly it would be to protest civil rights, given all that he has done to destroy civil rights in the short time he's been in office.
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The White House press secretary, said in reference to the possibility of protests: “I think that would be honestly very sad. This should be something to bring the country together.” What does she or the WH know about bringing the country together - all they've been doing is tear the country apart. What a shame that he will be there when he himself perpetrated racist actions during his life. He'll say something stupid anyway.
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It would be a disgusting to have a white supremacist Pretend King Trump there at the opening. PKT has not been able to go anywhere other than the deep South, Red states small events or military bases where the soldiers have to stand and applaud. The invitation should be withdrawn. Wait for a legitimate President. Do not be GOP handled just because PKT has the title of President does not mean he is. Remember his supporters and who they are. The writing is on the Wall and future generations will wonder why you allowed PKT to be there. I hope someone there does stand up and say what he deserves.
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If Trump shows up to speak every attendee should stand up and turn their back on him
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Trump and Pence two of the biggest hypocrites today, Trump going there would be not much different that David Duke showing up for attention.
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People should be free to get as angry as they possibly can. Head gaskets are easily replaced on automobiles.
The very idea of a Civil Rights Museum in the state of Mississippi provokes me to raucous guffaws.
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Having lived through, but not actively participated in the South's Civil Rights Movement, I applaud the plan to display opposition to this most horrifying of Presidents. Trump does not respect the office, or much of anything else. Let us not pretend. I do not support violence, but, surely, a show of opposition is called for in these perilous times, especially in light of the depths to which he has sunk our government. Trump has nothing but contempt for the niceties of convention. I understand the desire for a display of respect. But there is nothing resembling respect toward anyone by this President.
I wish the celebrations of the opening of the museum well. I look forward to a visit myself some day and await the news of how the day went as well.
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Mississippi is NOT the only state with such a museum. Memphis has a Civil Rights Museum housed partially in the Lorraine Motel, the place where Martin Luther King, Jr. was slain in 1968. It is a moving experience, even for me, a middle-aged white woman. I left there on my first visit in tears, sobbing uncontrollably. I cannot imagine what the experience is for black people. I was involved in working for civil rights, including a short stint in Mississippi.
That said, I believe the museum in Mississippi will be yet another learning experience for anyone who attends. I spoke to my daughter's middle school students in a large urban setting several years ago, and they were incredulous that white people had put their lives on the line so that black people would be able to vote, including Rev. Reeb, whose church was located just a few blocks from where their school was located. (For those who may not know, Rev. Reeb, a white minister, was beaten to death after the Selma march crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge). For those students, who knew little or nothing about the Civil Rights movement, it was a learning experience.
However, I have little or no hope that Trump will have the learning capacity of those sixth graders.
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If the activists are smart, they will do nothing and let Trump embarrass himself.
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I agree - it might be a chance for Trump to start learning something.
So, have him take a quiz before he speaks.
Then tour the museum.
Re-take the quiz - see if he has learned anything.
Trump claims, ' I have a very good brain,' and, 'I have one of the great memories of all time.'
Mr. President, please demonstrate.
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I hope that more than a few people visibly kneel when Trump walks in, and/or if the national anthem is played during his visit. That would be an appropriate and powerful act of peaceful protest to honor the legacy of this museum!
(And I would LOVE to see Trump try to sputter a reaction if that were to happen!)
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Here is an example of how the media is dividing the country. The people who express objections to the president attending the ceremonies are reacting to the liberal anti-Trump rhetoric propagated in the newspapers.
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What has Trump done to promote civil rights? Absolutely nothing!
It's like inviting Harvey Weinstein to a museum celebrating women's equality. Does not belong there!
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My guess is, his handlers will have him on a very short leash. Some handshakes, a scripted speech, and then back to the chopper before anyone has a chance to throw something at him.
That or he'll say something stupid. In which case we'll be in for a real show.
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A number of years ago I went to pay homage at James Chaney's grave. To my surprise it was quite isolated, with little context of the struggle for which he gave his life. If President Trump wants to honor the Civil Rights struggle in Mississippi, he should visit Chaney's grave, media in tow, and denounce by organizational and individual names those racists who support him.
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And yet, James Chaney's grave is often desecrated and has had to be shorn up by metal rods because it's been knocked down and vandalized so many times. It's a little known fact that when the Mississippi River was dredged looking for Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney, many unidentified bodies of young black men were found--young men who'd been missing for years and no one knew what had happened to them. They'd been killed for whatever small infraction by someone or someones who didn't like them because of the color of their skin and thrown into the river. Many years ago, Judy Collins recorded a song called "Medgar Evers Lullaby," with the following words: "Bye, bye my baby, I'll sing you to sleep, sing you a sad song that might make you weep. Your daddy is dead and will never come back, and the reason they killed him? Because he was black." I've never forgotten that. I have also visited James Chaney's grave. It brings tears to my eyes to think of it.
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Since the 1960s, I have never seen such exressions of racial fear and divisions. I blame Mr. Trump for making insensitive stements which fuel those divisions. However, by far, I accuse the partisan news media and political demogagues who exploit the emotions of the people and for their own self interests rile up the population and stoke fear and resentment, without any regard or concern for the damage they do to racial relations.
I am an equal opportunity accuser. I blame those on the right, and their media outlets, for stoking fear and suspicion about minorities. I blame those on the left for stoking fears of hatred and bigotry.
I blame the cable news networks - all of them - Fox, CNN and MSNBC for being more concerned about exploiting the emotions of their viewership, for no underlying principle other than making sure their viewers come back for more.
There is no racial divide that we cannot conquer, no accomodation of others that we cannot reach. But as long as influential people and organizations have a stake - often an economic one - to perpetuate our differences, we will never come together.
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All come together: the billionaire and the homeless person. Great country.
It's sad if perhaps understandable that some of the veterans from the civil rights movement only want to look back.
It's obvious to me that ML King, Jr., Medgar Evers and others would have used the opportunity to speak truth to power. As King himself said when he spoke against the Vietnam War, time to "break the betrayal of my silence."
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If anyone has a right to be hostile to the President’s visit it would be Mrs. Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of brutally murdered civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Nonetheless, the article reports, “This is still a free country, and attending this event is open to anyone who wishes to come,” said Ms. Evers-Williams, whose donation of her late husband’s papers to the Mississippi state archives gave credibility to the museum project within the civil rights community. “I hope in his coming there will be an opportunity for him to learn something.”
She added: “If God gives me the breath and the strength, I will address his attendance when I stand to speak.”
On the occasion of the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum should not all concerned be, shall we say, civil?
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Not sure it'll matter. Trump has been oblivious to all protests so far, people have been protesting since the day he was inaugurated and it's accomplished nothing. If we were in a democracy, then the voice of the people would matter, but we are in an oligarchy headed by Trump now, and protests no longer have meaning.
It's unfortunate but America is on the downslope towards fascism, and I see very little hope of it climbing back up from here. Protest if y'all want, but also get an exit strategy together, or maybe start thinking about actual rebellion.
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If Trump does not show up,he will not be missed; Pence is hopeless!
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Any reasonable individual should protest and reject the white supremacist and racist #45's attendance at this solemn occasion. He does not deserve to appear on in the same city, let alone on the same stage as Ms. Evers-Williams.
Indeed, I would argue that 45, just like he didn't know that Frederick Douglass died over a 100 years ago, has no clue who Medgar is or was. Moreover, it will be an abomination to allow him to appear without a raucus demonstration that will resoundingly put him in his place.
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Was he invited? This is one party he doesn't deserve to crash.
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I grew up in NY (a small white kid in a poor neighborhood) and was beat up or tormented by African-Americans just about every single day for MANY years. I got over it. I welcome African-Americans to my home all the time. Let's just try for a few days to forgive and get along.
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The Republican governor invited him. Disgraceful!
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The only museum that Trump is qualified to open is a Museum of Uncivil Wrongs.
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