Old Times are not forgotten in the South

Huntington News ^ | April 2, 2015 | Calvin E. Johnson, Jr.

[BigReb555]

“The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They are also a matter of great pride for their descendants as part of their heritage and history.”

[CatherineofAragon]

There is no harm done, FRiend. Happy Easter to you and yours.

[onedoug]

I’ve told you.

Have a care.

Good luck with your anger.

[jmacusa]

Don’t patronize me.

[jmacusa]

Same to you M’Lady.

[Impy]

Hahahahahahahahahaha!

[central_va]

The "noble" Northerners who found slavery not to their economic advantage at the end of the 18th century sold their slaves to the South. It is where the phrase "sold me down the river" comes from.

No altruism there. The pompous asses that live there now calling in otherwise not withstanding.

[central_va]

I”M AN AMERICAN! WHAT ARE YOU?

So is someone from Brazil....

[rockrr]

Well, sorta.

Louisville, Kentucky was a hub for the slave market. close to one million slaves were transported to the Deep South via Louisville and the Mississippi River between 1790 and 1860. Those slaves sold at the market In Louisville were literally “sold down the river”.

There may have been sales from northerners looking to offload unwanted slaves but those were statistically insignificant compared to pure market forces looking to satisfy southern demand.

[jmacusa]

Were you born stupid or do you work at it? When I say ‘’American’’ I mean a citizen of these United States. Hey General, I have had more than enough of you and your bilge. From here on out I will no longer post to you, period. At all. You're a nonentity to me. Accord me the same consideration. From this moment on I don't want to know you. I don't want you to post to me and nor will I under any circumstances post to you. Understood?

[central_va]

I mean a citizen of these United States.<

That really makes no sense and if you had said that prior to 1861 you'd been thought daft.

[central_va]

Bump.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

It is where the phrase "sold me down the river" comes from.

Wrong. The phrase refers to slave owners from the upper south selling slaves to the lower south, literally sending them down the Mississippi River. The earliest citation of the phrase is from Missouri in the 1830s.

[AppyPappy]

They banned the flag from Lexington so now there is a huge one overlooking I-81.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

But as you’re disposed to your jingoism, I wouldn’t expect you to understand that there were other causes to secession as well.

If only the secessionist leaders had cited those causes one-tenth as often as they cited slavery and it's protection as their reasons.

[servantboy777]

I am very proud of my Southern heritage. Two GG grandads fought for freedom CSA, Loves company, Haywood co. North Carolina.

Sons of Confederate Veterans Texas
http://scvtexas.org/

[servantboy777]

>>but I don’t think that succeeding from the union and inciting a civil war which claimed over 600K lives is anything to be proud of.<<

Spoken like a yankee. Nearly every damn yankee state is so freakin messed up, thousands every year are fleeing to the South for a better life. Well done D.C....well done.

[servantboy777]

>>It was about the rights of states to allow their citizens to own slaves<<

Well, gee wizz golly. Let's not mention that the champion of the negro wanted to colonize them outside the U.S.. Lincoln believed the negro would not assimilate in society, so he and others bounced around a plan to remove them from this continent.

Besides, some of the most infamous slave owners...oh my gosh, might I dare say...were black. Warring native tribes in Africa began the slave trade...shhhhh, better keep this one quiet as well.

[servantboy777]

>>And by the way, I’m a Yankee born and bred. But my sympathies lie elsewhere ...<<

You’ve just been awarded honorary Texan, we’d be glad to have ya.