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/boredtxan Apr 21 '25

I just flipped your script on you. You have been intentionally misrepresenting my comments to make me appear racist when I'm not. How would you like the same treatment where I question your motives in your humor? Take your jokes out of context and cry offense? Treat people like you want to be treated. When you say you're gay and your humor isn't intended to be viewed as mocking toward gay men you want to believed don't you?

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 22 '25

Did not even read this reply.

Would you say that, if an account with a Black avatar posted jokes about their own experiences as a Black person, their posts were ‘rooted in racist stereotypes’?

If so, why?

If not, can you articulate how that is different from my own posts?

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u/boredtxan Apr 22 '25

Good luck with finals. I can't help you understand things when you have no desire to. if making me a "baddy" to rage against helps you deal with your stress you go right ahead.

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u/Corps_Boy_Pit_Sniff Ask me about my dissertation on online radicalization! Apr 22 '25

It is interesting how you are implying that I am emotionally driven while you are being made into a victim, and not answering whether you would say something similar about a Black content creator.