Posted on 06/22/2015 10:29:44 AM PDT by C19fan
Whether you think it’s all right for South Carolina to fly a Confederate battle flag over a Confederate memorial on its capitol grounds depends on whether you think that the Confederate war dead should be honored. If you do, then you can, as David French does, see the flag as a symbol of their valor and skill while decrying its use by white supremacists. This strikes me as a whitewash of both the flag and the Confederacy. The Confederacy was a rebellion founded on the incoherent idea that the sovereign authority of the United States might be shucked off at the states’ pleasure, and the Confederacy’s primary reason for being was to preserve racial slavery — that is, to violate natural rights rather than to secure them. That is what Confederate soldiers fought for. Whatever else their battle flag may mean, it has to mean that. It did not become a banner of white supremacy in the mid 20th century when racial segregationists took it up. It was a banner of white supremacy, and of lawlessness, from the beginning.
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There are people here nodding their heads in agreement, believe it or not. And where does it end? What will they demand next?
I feel your pain. You strike me as a pansy who thinks everyone should be judged by their obedience to liberal shiboleths, whether those people accept them or not. I bet neither of our irritants goes away.
I just ordered a “An Appeal to Heaven” flag to fly during the week of Independence Day, along with my other Revolutionary War era flags. Hope it pisses off some libs. We can have a discussion about it...
The same pillow biter who ran Mark Steyn off and recently spilled oceans of ink to say that those opposed to gay marriage were just selfish meanies.
He is odious.
“What will they demand next?”
IMO, your land, your property, your money all because it was (in their minds) “earned off the backs of slaves”.....and finally they will demand you and I leave THEIR country. Sound paranoid? I hope that I am.
This is up to SC. Personally, I don’t care. I think if you are not in SC your opinion on this is as valid as any other person out of SC. And that means it doesn’t count.
>>> ..... depends on whether you think that the Confederate war dead should be honored
Really? It’s that simple? Or is this how National Review sees us?
“pillow biter”
Is that the same as a pole smoking, butthole surfing, rump ranger, turd burglar?.....Just asking.
Apologies to anyone offended, couldn’t help it.
Storts is a pro-homo marriage, pro-big government. pro-amnesty editor at National Review.
The mag is dead. Move along.
It’s amazing what that flag does! It gets off the pole and runs around America killing people. This is worse than killer tomatoes!
Its the cross of St. Andrew, the cross of the Scots and the Southern people. They want to take our cross away. And next, they will take the other crosses away, for they, too, are called ‘symbols of hate’ by the God haters.
William F. Buckley must be spinning in his grave over what purports to be conservatism at the current version of his NR.
You’ve discriminated against fudge-packers! Bad conservative, bad!
Sadly a guy like rockrr could have written this.
Oh yeah, sorry I faggot....er, I mean forgot that one. :) lol
I agree. I’m going to order several Stars and Bars today and pass them out to my friends who have the guts to fly them.
“The Confederacy was a rebellion founded on the incoherent idea that the sovereign authority of the United States might be shucked off at the states’ pleasure, and the Confederacy’s primary reason for being was to preserve racial slavery — that is, to violate natural rights rather than to secure them.”
That “rebellion” idea was used by the Federals to rob and murder countless Southern civilians. And there was more than the slavery dynamic that resulted in war. The Confederate flag in question was a late-comer to the war; it was General Lee’s flag and they were fighting an invading army. Is the sovereign authority of the United States, located in the government, a divine right? The federal government was created at the states’ pleasure, and the general idea at the time was that they could leave at their pleasure. But what can you expect from a man who likes to see two men marrying? I suppose he wants to see himself in that union.
“IMO, your land, your property, your money all because it was (in their minds) “earned off the backs of slaves”.....and finally they will demand you and I leave THEIR country.”
You are essentially quoting Robert Mugabe.
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