And the mascot is a Confederate Colonel, but not for much longer...
Posted on 10/22/2009 6:12:46 PM PDT by Bulldawg Fan
JACKSON, Miss. -The University of Mississippi has shortened one of its fight songs to discourage football fans from chanting "the South will rise again" during part of the tune, which critics say is an offensive reminder of the region's intolerant past. However, some fans have continued to recite the chant at the end of the song, "From Dixie With Love," despite the change made last week at the chancellor's request. The Ole Miss band performs the medley before and after games. Earlier this month, the Ole Miss student government passed a resolution suggesting the chant be replaced by the phrase, "To hell with LSU."
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An intolerant fight song. The humor is too obvious for the fascists to recognize.
The South rose again in April 1865 when Lincoln’s army removed the Confederate usurpers.
Mississippi ping
F ‘em - chant whatever the h*ll you want, Colonel.
Hottie Tottie, y’all
“The South rose again in April 1865 when Lincoln’s army removed the Confederate usurpers.”
HUH?
And the mascot is a Confederate Colonel, but not for much longer...
Talk about PC, what about the "other" famous Ole Miss chant; the one that begins "Hitey, hitey, Christ Almighty..."
Once "Dixie" was a standard at many SEC schools, but it fell out of favor (especially at UGA in the late 60s) in the wake of political correctness.
Thanks, dorks. The more you repress, the more we express. I don’t suppose even ten of the people involved in bringing about this exciting, and oh so socially just change, have ever attended a whole football game anywhere or have a clue about the way it is in the real America.
Screw these whining "critics" who are so easily "offended."
They need to grow thicker skin.
As a born Southerner, grown-up Yankee, this is PC crap. I may or may not believe in “The Cause”, but I do believe it is the heritage of many Southerners and as such should be theirs to embrace or reject.
Not imposed on them by the authorities that be.
Damnedyankee.
Well, I guess being from the South automatically makes me a racist. Will this crappola ever stop? I find myself waking up screaming!!
it’s the obligatory pot shot at southern heritage. Wlat used to do it til he got all tied up.
"At no time during the winter of 1860-1861 was secession desired by a majority of the people of the slave states..."
“Well, I guess being from the South automatically makes me a racist. Will this crappola ever stop? I find myself waking up screaming!!”
Me too.
If the South would secede again, I might come home :)
Damn the Yankees.
Screw the professionally offended. Nobody ever gives a crap what offends me.
I am sure they’ll roll over just like everybody else rolls over and the liberals will pat themselves on the back and think they are making some big statement for social justice. What it reallyh shows is the continued cravenness of our society in that everybody rolls over when the professionally offended say boo.
I am real impressed by the president of netscape’s opinion. “Oh so you have a lot of money so you can dictate behavior to the rest of us.” Well, screw you too, although he’ll never read this.
“Well, I guess being from the South automatically makes me a racist. Will this crappola ever stop? I find myself waking up screaming!!”
I was born in the Conch Republic. You can’t be born any further south. Grew up in 7 other states while Master Chief Duntno was kicking the snot out of American enemies in the Pacific in WWll, Korea and the start of SE Asia...I was born and raised in the United States Navy by Sailors and Marines, and they were from all over and in the service of this country and I’ll tell you what...you can sing Dixie at the top of your lungs and god bless you if you love America...and everyone who thinks any different doesn’t get how America was grown and they should STFU and live and let live...it’s called FREEDOM...and those boys that fought and died in the service of their country, North or South, get every bit of my respect, regardless of their flag...and that respect does not fade with time or new ideas about what’s correct...freedom is freedom of speech and unless you’re yelling fire in church and there ain’t one, bring it on...
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