Posted on 06/27/2015 3:19:03 PM PDT by Lazamataz
As a 'damn Yankee' -- that is, a Northerner who came to the South and didn't leave -- the Confederate Flag has never really held meaning for me. I understood that for most who displayed it, it meant a reverence for the heritage of the South and expressed the rebellious spirit I so often find, and admire, here.
Then the events of the shooting in South Carolina played out. Dylann Root was found to have embraced that flag, but for different and objectionable reasons of true racism.
The hysteria that followed was terrifying to watch. Both Democrats and Republicans, media and corporations, all jumped aboard a fevered bandwagon that cast aside rationality for a false emotional response. Apple corporation, for example, banned all Civil War games in their app store. Utterly absurd.
The media breathlessly reported every banning, discontinuation, removal from state grounds, and whipped the masses up as well as they could.
The masses were unresponsive. I saw no turning of opinion, and there was no grassroots groundswell for this Southern cultural cleansing, this was a manufactured hysteria and the classic definition of overreaction, but it was at the organizational level. That, my friends, is censorship.
So the Confederate Flag now has a new meaning for this New York-born Southerner:
Ditto what you said!
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Now that's quite a change.
Well said!
Very good. My sentiments exactly.
Yeah, I certainly miss ol’ Dighton.
i would agree.
as a scot born in boston, the yankee in me runs pretty deep.
but there’s one thing about this yankee. you don’t get to tell me what i think or what i can and cannot do.
as such, i’ve been shopping for a nice southern naval jack (the confederate battle flag). i’ve found some nicely sewn cloth ones and some nylon ones. not sure which to grab... but it’ll prolly be 2’x3’ and not the 3’x5’ which seems to be the most common. (is there any etiquette here?)
btw, if anyone could let me know... why are some of them square? was that the battlefield version?
Yep, because now they are going after the “White Man’s Flag”, the US Flag.
Freedom!
My understanding is that the square one was used by the Army of Northern Virginia. The oblong one was the Confederate Naval Ensign.
Amen...Totally agree.
The battlefield version was square.
A splendid enigma, one can only assume he’s gone to bigger and better things.
Preach it, Mr. Mataz...preach it.
You said it better than I could have!
Your creative writing class did you good Laz! Thanks!
Yep. That has always been the case. It takes political carpetbaggers to twist it to hate.
The first words out of Obama or Sharpton’s mouth will be the end of States Rights.
There would be NO Constitution without STATES RIGHTS.
All states should reject Federal monies and reject Federal Tax.
We are the UNITED STATES. If the Fed decides to dis-unite the states then so be it.
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