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Note to Klan. If you want people to take you seriously then don't hold your "White Power" signs upside down.
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The Politically Incorrect Guide to The South
http://www.thepoliticallyincorrectguidetothesouth.com/
The Biggest Myths About the South
The South is unsophisticated compared to the North and West Coast. The truth is Southerners invented musical forms like rock and roll, jazz, blues and bluegrass. We created the motion picture industry. The first women’s colleges and the oldest public universities were all started here.
The South is “rural redneck.” The nation’s largest banks and the world’s largest corporation are based here. The first successful black politicians on the national stage were Southerners. The first two Jewish U.S. Senators were Southerners. The most popular destination for people of all races to move to is The South and away from The North.
Southerners supported slavery while Northerners hated it. No Southern alive today disputes that slavery was morally wrong, but the fact remains that all Northern states once had slaves, and virtually all of the slave ships were owned by Yankees. Profits from the slave trade stayed in the North.
Southerners tried to break up the Union. It was New England which invented the idea of secession; first in objection to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 doubling the nation’s land area, and then in 1814 when New England wanted to trade with enemy England during the War of 1812.
The War For Southern Independence was about “slavery.” While the South foolishly defended slavery in early 1860s rhetoric, The War was really fought over power and money. If Northerners had a moral objection to slavery in the 19th century, why did they finance the slave trade in the 18th century?
The Confederate battle flag symbolizes slavery. The battle flag, designed to resemble the cross favored by Jesus’ disciple St. Andrew, as well as the ancient flag of Scotland, did not fly over any slave ships. It flew over the Confederate ancestors of at least 30 million Southerners who fought, bled, and died defending their homes from invading Union armies.
The Confederate flag is used by the Klan. The largest march ever staged by the Klan was in 1925 Washington, D.C. Thousands of American flags were carried, but not a single Confederate flag. The Klan, when it does march, still carries the U.S. flag.
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Note to Klan. If you want people to take you seriously then don't hold your "White Power" signs upside down.
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There were 15 slave states in 1860: Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia. When the Confederacy was first formed in Montgomery, AL, there were only 7 states, all slave states, that comprised it. 8 slave states stood outside. Four more states joined the Confederacy after the attack on Fort Sumter, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas. The Confederate flag had 13 stars, recognizing Confederate claims to Kentucky and Missouri.
Vermont abolished slavery before it was a state. Other states came into the union without having legalized slavery.
... and virtually all of the slave ships were owned by Yankees.
A lot of them -- most of the ships that brought slaves here -- were owned by foreigners. Most of the wagons that brought slaves from the ports weren't owned by "Yankees" either.
Southerners tried to break up the Union. It was New England which invented the idea of secession; first in objection to the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 doubling the nation’s land area, and then in 1814 when New England wanted to trade with enemy England during the War of 1812.
You may see what's going on here. Two feeble attempts at secession that didn't really get anywhere are used to deny the fact that Southerners went further and actually did try to break up the union. That isn't history. It's just tit for tat.