Tennessee’s House of Representatives enacted an amendment Tuesday to punish Memphis for selling Confederate monuments to a nonprofit which proceeded to remove them by stripping the city of $250,000.

The state House voted 56-31 to strip the city of funding for its bicentennial celebration after Memphis’ sale of parks containing statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest to a nonprofit which then took them down, reported Commercial Appeal.

“If you recall, back in December, Memphis did something that removed historical markers in the city,” Tennessee Republican Rep. Steve McDaniel said at the House. “It was the city of Memphis that did this, and it was full knowing it was not the will of the legislature.”

Democrats were not pleased with the amendment, with Memphis Democrat Rep. Antonio Parkinson calling it “vile, racist” and claiming Republicans viewed Confederate general and former Ku Klux Klan leader Forrest “as if he was [sic] God.”

“This amendment and the explanation is hateful, it is unkind, it is un-Christian and it is unfair,” Parkinson said. “Memphis is a city in this state, and I am sick of people in this House acting like it’s not.”

But Republican Rep. Andy Holt supported the initiative, arguing that “bad actions” have “bad consequences.”

http://dailycaller.com/2018/04...-confederate-statue/

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Democrats were not pleased with the amendment, with Memphis Democrat Rep. Antonio Parkinson calling it “vile, racist” and claiming Republicans viewed Confederate general and former Ku Klux Klan leader Forrest “as if he was [sic] God.”

When you don't get your way, stomp your feet, shout racist, insult others...

Yeah we're all done being shamed pal...
It no longer works....

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Democrats were not pleased with the amendment, with Memphis Democrat Rep. Antonio Parkinson calling it “vile, racist” and claiming Republicans viewed Confederate general and former Ku Klux Klan leader Forrest “as if he was [sic] God.”

When you don't get your way, stomp your feet, shout racist, insult others...

Yeah we're all done being shamed pal...
It no longer works....

How about this:

You are a racist if you do not agree with my opinion on race.

I applaud the Tenn. Reps for taking this action.

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Originally posted by Hamden106:

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Originally posted by HRK:

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Democrats were not pleased with the amendment, with Memphis Democrat Rep. Antonio Parkinson calling it “vile, racist” and claiming Republicans viewed Confederate general and former Ku Klux Klan leader Forrest “as if he was [sic] God.”

When you don't get your way, stomp your feet, shout racist, insult others...

Yeah we're all done being shamed pal...
It no longer works....

How about this:

You are a racist if you do not agree with my opinion.

FIFY

The Reconstruction Klan and Civil-Rights Era Klan were both Democrat monopolies.

I like to remind people of this at every possible opportunity.

good

They should come up with a reason to fine Memphis, too.

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Originally posted by olfuzzy:
Democrats were not pleased with the amendment, with Memphis Democrat Rep. Antonio Parkinson calling it “vile, racist” and ...

The left has now hollered "racist" so many times, for so many reasons, in so many situations, that it's lost its bite. Just like the accusation of "rape."

Good job, leftists, of overusing these terms so many times they've become meaningless.

Idiots.

let them holler

all they want - all we need to do is point out that they have become their own worst enemies

nothing makes me smile more than to see a progressive get pissed off and yell 'racist'

Hey Parkinson, stupid should be painful. Hopefully the state legislature can find even more ways to inflict more pain on this un-American filth.

We livin' the dream, y'all.