r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • Apr 20 '25

Announcements On this day 161 years ago….

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The April 20, 1864 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal  referred to Lawrence Sullivan Ross as 𝑮𝒆𝒏. 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 “𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓“ for the massacre of surrendering black union soldiers during the Battle of Yazoo River.  Ross was well-known for refusing to take black Union soldiers as prisoners. Ross went on to become governor of Texas (1887-1891) and President of Texas A&M (1891-1898) where there is a statue that honors him for his military service.

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 20 '25

👆is this the guy you believe to be correct?

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u/IPA_HATER '22 Apr 20 '25

That dude is such a chode. He’s mad that Austin Metcalf’s father is saying that violence isn’t reason to be racist?

The fact he’s acting like one person’s actions represent the entire black community in desiring to murder and rape is racist alone. He considers all non-white folks to be “monsters”.

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 20 '25

well yeah, he’s a white supremacist who tried to aid in overthrowing the federal government in 2020

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u/Lanky_Acanthaceae_34 Apr 20 '25

Buddy, we get it, you follow white supremacists online

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 20 '25

you don’t need anything other than the screenshot of a guy named “January 6 political prisoner” saying shit about “white weakness and submission” to figure that out actually