Posted on 06/23/2015 11:13:30 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I am for banning all FAGS! They all offend me. They.....uh....what? Flags? Never mind.
Whatever is the most convenient opponent they wish to remove.
I have no dog in the hunt: two ancestors fought for the north in the war, one from AR and one from PA; another ancestor was a slave owner in SC before the war, and I'm glad he lost.
But the issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution.
We see the process yet again. An event occurs for which the overwhelming majority of people have no responsibility. I had nothing to do with Dylann Roof becoming who he became, I had nothing against AME churches in Charleston (we disagree on political issues, but not on theological ones), I have never flown a Stars and Bars, I have never supported slavery, and I'm glad the middle of North America is one nation under God rather than two or three or ten, like practically everywhere else in the world.
But the minute the massacre occurred and became news, the main goal of all the MSM and all the Democrats was to impute guilt upon every non-black American for the actions of Dylann Roof. This time, that failed in general, for three reasons: 1) we've been through this before (Sandy Hook, Aurora, Fort Hood) and it wasn't our fault then either, 2) Dylann was an evident nutcase on tons of medication he didn't need, and 3) those closest to the victims called for Christian forgiveness and healing rather than socialist revenge and revolution.
So within 48 hours, feeling the necessity of getting something out of the crisis, the MSM and Dems pivoted to plan B. OK, they half-admitted, Dylann Roof really wasn't your fault, but [squirrel!] look at that flag he's holding, you really don't want to be guilt-by-association-ed with THAT, do you? Well, do you? (whisper "you're a racist if you do") WELL, DO YOU?
At which point the politicians, who know there isn't any re-election support in standing on the principle of freedom of expression, and the corporations, who know there isn't any marketing support in standing on the principle of freedom of expression, both cave. So Wal-Mart gets a day of free publicity, and Nikki Haley gets a day of free publicity, and everyone else, well, you REALLY don't want to be associated with Dylann Roof and racist murderers, DO YOU?, and that's the end of the Stars and Bars.
Remember, I have no dog in this hunt. But to misquote Niemuller, first they came for the Confederates...
Doesn't anyone think it's strange that a week ago, the confederate flag was a non-issue. Now (suddenly) several States moving to ban it - Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. eBay wants to block sales, etc.
It's all happening too quickly for it to be a grassroots groundswell. It has been planned...just waiting for the right time to unleash it.
Well the Seal of the State of Indiana is a guy chopping down a tree. Probably a white guy, raping the environment, displacing the native Americans who relied upon the forests. Bringing about climate change by deforestation.
That Seal needs to go. We need to replace it with a gay wedding under a rainbow.
I have a mixed reaction. Yes, it does bother me, but those pinheads have bothered me for my entire adult life. This is nothing new, they seem to have an affinity for playing the part of trained seal.
-- Laughing at them and saying 'oh well' to ourselves is what the Germans and Italians did in the late 20's and 30s to knee-jerk idiots that ruled their societies. --
Probably true. I don't think we are any better, and in many ways, I think we are worse.
Now might be a good time to ask them (ubiquitous) what else they'd like. Just so we know.
This piece is absolutely brilliant. So brilliant it has absolutely 0.00000% chance of influencing anyone in the Main Stream Media.
This will not mean the ‘end of the Stars and Bars’
In all likelihood, it will be a huge business opportunity for some people.
You may see them more now than ever......................
Make no mistake about it, now they remove the Confederate flag, the ultimate goal is removal of the flag of the USA. These anarchists hate what are flag stands for and they will do after everything to destroy our heritage. It’s been done in South Africa, Rhodesia and we’re next.
We are so screwed.
In defense of the Confederate flag by David Carroll
“but the north benefited from the regime as well, even though it didn’t directly practice enslavement at the time of the war.” - article
Patently false! Slavery was practiced legally in the Northern states before, during, and *after* the end of the civil war. (Lincoln’s EP applied to only states in rebellion exclusive of certain parishes in Louisiana.)
Ban the racist Declaration of Independence!
From that document:
“He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html
This is no different than the Taliban destroying the colossus statues because they didn’t fit within their current world view.
They did fight a war you dolt.
With the people abolishing slavery? No they didn't, and the fact that they fought for the Union just shows that they didn't think they were fighting to abolishing slavery when they started on that adventure.
Yeah, i'm the dolt.
This is exactly the point that some people on this site are too dumb to grasp.
Before Hitler's pogroms against the Jews, first there was a whispering campaign against them.
This is how Nazism began in Germany.
Finally we agree on something. ;')
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