Maryland Senate OKs state song changes, cuts 'Northern scum'

Associated Press ^ | Mar 17, 2016 5:10 PM EDT | Brian Witte

[sauropod]

I’m embarrassed for my state.

These worthless political hacks have nothing better to do?

PC will be the death of us.

[sauropod]

Our nights are dark, our days are fair, we're right next door to Delaware.

Home of tax-free shopping! ;-)

[sauropod]

I thought they were trained on HorriblePlace.

;-)

[PLMerite]

They could have done some useful damage with guns that size. :)

[big'ol_freeper]

Sigh. They should just change the state song to “A State of Insanity”

[BroJoeK]

the OlLine Rebel: "Baltimore had strong rebel sympathies. It had mobs fighting Union forces."

Sure.
But consider: in the first seven Deep South Confederate states, where slave-ownership was nearly 50% of families, secessionists represented maybe 80% of the voters.
By contrast, in four Upper South states, where slave-ownership was only 25%, secessionists represented just two-third of voters.
So in those four Upper South states, huge numbers did not want to secede, and many served the Union Army -- especially from Western Virginia, Eastern Tennessee, northern Arkansas.
The Upper South reluctantly joined the Confederacy, while many of its citizens remained loyal Unionists.

However, in Border States -- Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri -- that situation was reversed.
There only about 10% of families owned slaves, and Unionists outnumbered secessionists by two or three to one.
So those states did also provide troops for the Confederacy, but many more served the Union.

the OlLine Rebel: "You can spout off about “slave-owning” and freemen, but that supposes it was all about slavery, again."

Of course it was all about slavery, which Confederates themselves never bothered to deny until it became obvious their war was lost.
Then they got real busy concocting a mythology to justify their own blithering stupidity.

the OlLine Rebel: "2-1 is not a huge majority anyway, as in fact, 1/3 is a significant minority."

Agreed, as I said: the situation in the four Border States was the reverse of that in the four Upper South states.
In Border States, roughly speaking, it was 1/3 secessionists and 2/3 Unionists, while in Upper South states it was 2/3 secessionists and 1/3 Unionists.

the OlLine Rebel: "Bottom line is, there is some reason Yankees felt the need to threaten MD citizens."

Of course, since on April 12, 1861 the Confederacy started war against the United States by assaulting Union troops in Union Fort Sumter.
Then on May 6, 1861 the Confederacy formally declared war on the United States, sending military aid to pro-Confederates in Union Missouri, and attacking Union troops in Union Maryland.
That brought the US Constitution's definition of "treason" into play, and made it illegal to "adhere" or "give aid and comfort" to US enemies.
So the Federal Government enforced the US Constitution.

[BillyBoy]

Reminds me of the Georgia state flag with the confederate battle flag logo. The neo-confederates claimed it was a precious historical symbol that proudly represented their state since the 19th century. In reality, the confederate flag never flew over the Georgia state capitol during the civil war. The Georgia flag with the confederate logo was created and adopted in the 1950s by RAT legislators to protest the Republicans passing desegregation laws. Some “heritage”.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Well, now it is the not-so-historic song . . .

Maryland “Freak State” PING!