Are They Reenacting or Actually in Mourning?

Published: April 29, 2010 5 comments

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  • Matt McKeon Apr 29, 2010 @ 13:01

    Black Rose Ceremony would be an excellent name for an girl alt rock group.

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    • Glenn Beck's Chalkboard Apr 29, 2010 @ 14:29

      Watching this, another alt rock band name came to mind: the Dry Heaves.

      An old grave site that never has any mourners is a sad thing, but surely faux mourners are worse. I’m not even sure this is reenacting — ritualized performance art, maybe? Lost Cause victimology taken to its logical end?

      We’re all Confederate widows, now.

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  • Nat Turners Son Apr 30, 2010 @ 6:17

    Now that is something I would never believe was happening. Shocking really!

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