Posted on 09/30/2010 3:55:02 AM PDT by golux
The University of Mississippi has terminated its mascot, "Colonel Reb." The mascot, an archetypal Southern gentleman with a hat, cane, and a little bow-tie, is of course racist.
Affable, bearded and jaunty, with a bright costume that cleverly foiled his dark history on the plantation, Col. Reb, when he was alive, looked rather like that other infamous slave-driver, Col. Sanders, whose inscrutable and permanent smile these days (in markets where he still shows his face) offers only a faint clue as to the fortunes he's made in his long, post-war masquerade as a peddler of fried chicken.
"We just want it to be over," said one Mississippi student on the subject of Col. Reb's execution.
Watch your back, Sanders.
There is of course nothing sacred about a football mascot or a corporate brand, and nothing particularly sad about the disappearance of either one, except for the fact that now there is nothing left of Southern symbolism to erase.
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And now we learn that what legions of Americans consider to be a transcendent symbol of extraordinary military leadership and valor, states' rights, indefatigable heroism, enduring pride and strength in the face of terrible odds and calamitous defeat – the Confederate battle flag – is now officially deemed a symbol of hate by the U.S. armed forces. Prospective members of all branches of the armed forces who happen to have a "Confederate flag" tattoo are automatically rejected.
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When they once again encounter their ancestors, which I believe they will, how will so many Americans account for their feeble treachery?
Maybe, like the Mississippi student, they will say: "We just wanted it to be over."
I wonder what some of those old heroes might say in reply....
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BINGO!
This from the man who quotes Jefferson and then blames Lincoln? But since you did inject TJ into the mix, here's another quote of his:
"Amidst this prospect of evil, I am glad to see one good effect. It has brought the necessity of some plan of general emancipation & deportation more home to the minds of our people than it has ever been before. Insomuch, that our Governor has ventured to propose one to the legislature. This will probably not be acted on at this time. Nor would it be effectual; for while it proposes to devote to that object one third of the revenue of the State, it would not reach one tenth of the annual increase. My proposition would be that the holders should give up all born after a certain day, past, present, or to come, that these should be placed under the guardianship of the State, and sent at a proper age to S. Domingo. There they are willing to recieve them, & the shortness of the passage brings the deportation within the possible means of taxation aided by charitable contributions. In this I think Europe, which has forced this evil on us, and the Eastern states who have been it's chief instruments of importation, would be bound to give largely."
So tell us, does your hatred of Lincoln for his colonization plans also extend to Thomas Jefferson for his plans? Or does your hypocrisy prevent that?
In any event, I am done with this.
I would hope so. Your double standard grows tiresome.
Believe what you will, regardless of the facts.
And you no doubt will continue to do the same.
As my grandfather taught me, there is no use wrestling with a pig. You both get muddy and eventually you figure out the pig likes it.
Your grandfather was a most amusing fellow, obviously with a sense of humor. Must have skipped the second generation.
consequency????
LOL!
He or she continuously floods threads with non-sequiturs.
And I say that as probably the most reviled Yankee on FR.
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Try deviled troll.
"We have no desire for conquest and, as clearly stated by our political leaders, every wish for national reconciliation.
The Confederate battle flag represents the fighting spirit of the citizens of these states who are proudly and patriotically rebelling against a central government which has become tyrannical."
"American by birth, Southern by the grace of God"
My license plate frame.
punishing the south forever will not bring the black man up the ladder
nosiree, keep dreaming
he got to do it for hisself
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Amen
Ole Jeff Davis ignored the advice of his cabinet and started that war to begin with:
"The firing upon that fort will inaugurate a civil war greater than any the world has yet seen. Mr. President, at this time it is suicide, murder, and will lose us every friend at the North. You will wantonly strike a hornet's nest which extends from mountains to ocean, and legions now quiet will swarm out and sting us to death. It is unnecessary; it puts us in the wrong; it is fatal."
A war which, properly, should have been declared by the rebel congress, according to the rebel constitution. But Davis wasn't big on respecting either, was he?
The cost of Lincoln’s war incurred a debt that sank the nation into the hands and control of international bankers, something this nation has never recovered from.
Would that be the international Jewish bankers? I should have pegged you for an Illuminati adherent from the get-go, you whack-job.
It was Lincoln who forced large central government and taxation upon us.
Oh barf.
BINGO, BRAVO, and well done.
Deviled troll???? ROTFLMAO!!!!! What the hell is a 'deviled troll'?
bashing conservatism and outright admitting to be libertarians.
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don’t include me in the group.
Look at that statement by NS. Stop and think about it. It screams “Look at me, look at me”. Attention whore, even if it’s the bad sort of attention. Something desperately lacking in his or her real life that the need to become reviled on an internet forum is something to be proud of. Obviously he or she is proud that they spend most of their life here on fighting the civil war again and demeaning Southerners.
Must be a reason he or she is so emotionally involved. Thinki about that one.
Damn, just damn. Seek help, please. A good Psychiatrist and meds can help you. Freaky, really freaky. Poor thing.
Completely agree, but you didn’t ping the moderator. Report it, it makes FR look bad, very bad. I think this poster has a 2nd name here. Another CW poster said the same thing, exactly the same thing, different name.
I wish I could say it's amazing how many of the folks on this thread either cannot, will not, or pretend not, to understand your point.
Alas, I cannot say I'm amazed.
lol.... ouch!
Who really cares what the "North" thinks? Besides, the North is no more a monolith than the South. Why should we condemn all Northerners because of a vocal halfwit element? And the Civil War is truly a very imperfect vehicle for chauvinist regional soreheads on both sides of the Mason-Dixon. There were pro-reb Yankee copperheads infesting the North and the New York City draft riots was one of the greatest examples anywhere of Confederate-Democratic lawlessness. On the other hand, there was a significant element of intelligent and sensible suppressed Southerners at the time who saw the Confederate regime as a worthless creation of an evil political idea.
they wanted to absolutely crush the south and make them pay for their"rebellion"
It is a common Southern error to confuse the quite correct desire to crush the toxic influence of the pre-war Democratic elite with crushing the whole South. No responsible Republican, not even Thaddeus Stevens, was wishing to crush the hardworking Southerner who earned his bread by the sweat of his own brow.
Exactly Lucy! You hit the nail on the head.
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