Posted on 07/25/2006 10:19:23 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
And the federal government, quite naturally, took the opposite view point. And so the war came. And your side lost. Why complain about it?
"Actually the NCAA dropped that. Chief Illiniwek and the Flordia State Seminole get to stay."
McMurry University in Abilene is still fighting them to keep their Indians mascott.
during BOTH the "flag rally at the statehouse" & at the "civil rights" rally that followed it, there were NUMEROUS "person of color" who carried & waved the battle flag & other CSA banners.
btw, i was invited to BOTH rallies & participated in BOTH. at the "civil rights" rally i marched with a AME pastor & his wife from Spartenburg. i carried a 5x8 S&B,with NOT a single problem.
fwiw, a "gay guy" showed up with a PINK "gay pride" flag & was quietly/politely but FIRMLY "asked to leave". (he WISELY did.)
free dixie,sw
free dixie,sw
The Confederate battle flag [CBF] was first politicized, then bastardized by Southern segregationists and their minions in the Invisible Empire starting in the 1940s. It was represented for decades as a symbol of segregation, racism, and defiance toward civil rights for black Americans. With nary a peep from the so-called heritage preservation groups of that era.
Placed in that context it doesn't seem too difficult to understand why black political groups in the South have a problem with the CBF being displayed in public places. One is tempted to say " ya'll made yer own bed, now sleep in it".
don't you get tired of being the BUTT of jokes from BOTH blue & gray sides on this forum???
i'd think you'd be embarrassed. certainly the "unionist forces" are.
free dixie,sw
when you are DISHONEST, there are frequently "consequences" for LYING.
free dixie,sw
don't you get tired of being the BUTT of jokes from BOTH blue & gray forces???
all you have to do to end RIDICULE of you is to leave FR, never to return. you'll fit in NICELY on DU, with all the other EX-FReepers who are over there RANTING about NOTHING & "acting a fool".
free dixie,sw
Who, in this discussion has complained or denied that the South lost the war? For that matter, has anyone stated any regret that all states are united today? Go back and read post 158, I think azhenfud summed up pretty well, the reason for the war and what is still believed and felt by Southerners today.
Most Southerners are proud of their heritage, not because they, or their ancestors, supported slavery, but because they were willing to stand up for what they believed in. We still do not want outsiders telling us what to do, whether it's the Federal government with too many regulations, or the NCAA or NAACP. But we apply these same principals to the country as well. We don't want the UN or EU having any undue influence on our country.
These same Southerners, who are proud of their Southern heritage, are also fiercely supportive of the United States today. Go anywhere in the South and I'm sure you will find far more US flags flying than Confederate flags. I may be wrong in this, but I would venture to say you will find more US flags flying in the South than you will up North.
fwiw, i despise "bounceball" & would like the NFL to play 12 months a year.
GO COWBOYS!
free dixie,sw
I hope they get to keep him. The NCAA will give Division I schools a pass, and fight Division II and III schools to the death I guess.
Actually no he did not.
we AIs wish they would just "SHUT UP".
the ONLY "sports mascot" name that offends Indians is "redskins". that is "a term of abuse", not unlike calling the team "the Washington Darkies". (wonder how long that "nickname" would last, even with Coach Gibbs saying that the team HONORS "the many contributions of Blacks???)
free dixie,sw
free dixie,sw
Please show me where I have complained. It's a liberal tactic to put words into people's mouths as you just did. Please don't do it again.
lincoln LIED & a MILLION citizens needLESSly DIED for his DISHONESTY & FOLLY!
free dixie,sw
Date and recipient, please. I can look the letter up online myself.
It was a huge land and the CSA didn't have to invade and subdue the North, all they had to do was to sustain the resistance. Had the Southern people had a cause they deeply believed in they would have persevered a lot longer. When the going got tough, the South got going back home and out of the rebellion. Many thousands of Confederate soldiers deserted the army, many avoided conscription in the first place and many from the mountains even joined the Union army. Of all the myths of the Confederacy, the idea of a Solid South supporting the slaveowners' rebellion is one of the most far fetched.
Seminole Nation in Florida endorsed FSU, that's why Chief gets to stay I guess.
It will be a happy day when more people realize that there is nothing really conservative about a regime set up to keep half its people in bondage nor in its successors, the Democratic state governments that enforced an apartheid that kept half the population as an underclass.
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