TheTechnician271d ago

TIL the US state of Missouri's governor signed a Mormon extermination order in 1838 which wasn't formally rescinded until 1976

https://lemmy.world/post/44799030

TIL the US state of Missouri's governor signed a Mormon extermination order in 1838 which wasn't formally rescinded until 1976 - Lemmy.World

Missouri Executive Order 44 (eat your heart out, George) was signed by Lilburn Boggs on October 23, 1838, and ordered that Mormons in the state be β€œexterminated” or exiled. This destroyed Boggs’ political career, but the order wasn’t formally rescinded until 1976 as a goodwill gesture by Governor Kit Bond. Zombie laws and orders are a hell of a drug that I imagine keep lawyers up at night.

Show threadCalfpupa [she/her]1d ago
Can we bring that back?
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Jesus fucking Christ .ml advocating for violence again. Never could have sewn this coming. Why do u think its OK to call for the extermination of an entire group of people? What’s next ur gonna justify Hitler?
Show threadoptissima1d ago
Imagine making a joke and people taking that literally.
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Given it was ml I don’t think its a joke
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Show threadoptissima4m ago
Weird thing to claim, because based on the modlog they got banned from .ml for the comment. That would indicate it’s not in line with ml opinions.