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"The scary part is, these neo-confederates like bushpilot, nolu chan, 4conservativejustices, gianni, and GOPcapitalist parade around FR like "patriots" when, in fact, they are just purveyors of hate."

From my experience on FR, it is the anti-Southern types like yourself who are filled with hate. More often than not the individuals bashing the Confederacy are the same ones with other leftist agendas.

A good example was the infamous liberal ringleader of the Freerepublic Southern-bashers....WhiskyPapa. The guy voted for Clinton....twice. WhiskeyPapa eventually was shown the door, not for his hatred of the South, but rather for his less acceptable liberal views.

From my experience on FR, it is the anti-Southern types like yourself who are filled with hate.

I've seen more hatred drip from an average stand waite post than from anything capitan_refugio has done.

"From my experience on FR, it is the anti-Southern types like yourself who are filled with hate. More often than not the individuals bashing the Confederacy are the same ones with other leftist agendas."

I have stated a number of times that there is nothing wrong with pride in one's heritage. I have 4 of 16 great-great grandparents who were of southern birth. One ancestor fought with the CSA and was captured at Fort Donelson. Another was an east Tennessee Unionist. I married a southerner. I lived for a time in the south - well, Texas. When it comes to southern traditions and values, I am well versed.

You take pride in your South Carolina heritage, as can be seen from your FR bio. I find nothing wrong with that. But when people glorify the antebellum, slavery-based southern society, I take exception. When neo-reb posters resort to ad hominem character assassination, make crude and vile innuendo, and intentionally misrepresent and lie in their posts, I'll just call'em like I seem'em.

Maybe "bushpilot" getting suspended or banned for his "Lincoln was gay" posts will tone the tenor of the discussion down a little bit.

We might even be able to have a rational debate. That would be a change, wouldn't it?

A good example was the infamous liberal ringleader of the Freerepublic Southern-bashers....WhiskyPapa. The guy voted for Clinton....twice. WhiskeyPapa eventually was shown the door, not for his hatred of the South, but rather for his less acceptable liberal views

Indeed. I came across old Wlat on usenet a few days ago. He posted a thread there calling MICHAEL MOORE a "hero" - his exact words - for Fahrenheit 911!

Another good example is #3Fan - a big time south hater who was given the boot on this forum after he was discovered to be posting antisemitic aryan nation propaganda on several threads. Somebody googled one of his posts and found it was taken word for word off some neonazi website. The south bashers have a pretty darn sorry record on FR when it comes to things like these.