Southern Shame, Southern Ghosts (CONFEDERATE FLAG BAN)

World Net Daily ^ | September 30, 2010 | Franklin Raff

[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.

(SNIP)

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.

(SNIP)

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....

(SNIP)

[MamaTexan]

It wouldn’t be enough. You still would find something to bitch about.

LOL! Ain't that the truth.

Anyone with a lick of sense and the ability to read a comprehensive sentence can delve into the history for themselves. Unfortunately, it takes a lot more effort to learn the facts than it does to have the public education system spoon-feed them to you.

These people are so wrapped up in their 'noble cause' they're blind to the shredding of the Constitution and the destruction of the Republic...... then they whine about government control.

Go figure! :-)

[Leader_Of_The _Conservatives]

There you have it. Indoctrinated from within..It is so clear now!

[LilAngel]

Wasn’t “land of cotton” a euphemism for NYC’s Garment District? LOL

[beckysueb]

Well, thats very interesting. I like it. Guess that means the north is going to be stuck with the troublemakers. Not enough welfare in the south.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

It all started with a Canadian...



Southern man
better keep your head
Don't forget
what your good book said
Southern change
gonna come at last
Now your crosses
are burning fast
Southern man

[j.argese]

The funny part is, the “Stars and Bars” was the flag of the Confederacy (SALUTE!) but wasn’t what most people think. Many people confuse it with the battle flag of Alabama (I think?).

[beckysueb]

LOL. Yeah, er thats it.

[AlexW]

“do you want to defend the black crime rate? Blacks killing blacks? “

I left Memphis and the USA in 2005, now living with my Philippine girlfriend on a beach, but the last year that I checked, there were about 100 murders in Memphis.
Every one was black on black.
The city has now switched from 60/40, white majority, to 60/40 black majority.
Every element of city government has gone to H, and much of the city is not safe, even in daytime.

[Walts Ice Pick]

And the War was for more than slavery

That's right. Slavery was really little more than incidental, as shown by the Mississippi's Declaration of Secession:

http://americancivilwar.com/documents/causes_mississippi.html

[beckysueb]

Exactly. But some of the idiots in this thread wouldn’t understand that. We cling to our guns and religion. They just cling to their bitterness.

[Non-Sequitur]

I'll try and be on my best behavior so long as the Lost Causers are on their's.

For the record I think the jihad against all things confederate is just plain wrong. And the fact that Southern institutions seem to be leading the way is ridiculous.

[piroque]

[WVKayaker]

I looked at your homepage, and was surprised you live in CA. You sound like most of the ignorant Yankees. You probably think you are smart.

Sorry to disappoint you, but smart has nothing to do with knowledge. Your ignorance can be cured. Your arrogance is gonna be with you forever...

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness... is guarantees to CITIZENS of the UNITED STATES of America. Slavery was LEGAL...

How will you feel when the Gum't takes all of your POSSESSIONS? You brag about your patent, but they can take that away and you can piss in the wind! You seem to think in simpleton terms. I guess your psychology degree allows that!

Slavery is abhorrent. Ignorance is, too! Your posts exemplify ignorance. Follow the dots...

[golux]

From the article:

“....Historians disagree about whether the war would have happened ‘with or without slavery.’ Slavery was a national evil, the great mainstay of the agrarian South and a catalyst for polarized politics and violent action on both sides. But even Southerners have now forgotten about the enormous and complex roster of constitutionally based complaints regarding tariffs, direct and indirect taxation, the extraordinarily significant issue of nullification, innumerable federal impositions and more, and more, which led the Confederate states to draft their declarations of secession. These short, concise documents are not only fascinating, they are of obviously incalculable value to any free citizen whose aim is to know the history of his state, his country and his constitution. Do you know of even one young Southerner who has studied any of these documents in school?’

[beckysueb]

Lincoln was willing to leave the slavery issue just as it was if the south would just not secede. He wanted to compromise and leave the slavery issue alone in exchange for not expanding it to other states and for the south to stay in the union. But the south seceded anyway because it wasn’t about slavery, it was about states rights. If it had been about slavery, they would have taken Lincolns offer.

[no-to-illegals]

from the article:
I shudder to imagine what the ghosts of the past, black and white, will say to us when we join them.

if the answer is we lost our country, I shudder, at what will be their response.

[beckysueb]

They have been bit with the PC bug.

[Non-Sequitur]

You do know Sherman killed Indians later in his career right?

You do know that Lee killed Indians early in his career right? And Mexicans? Soldiers seldom get a chance to decide who they are sent out to kill.

[swamprebel]

UM has lost her way, It has saddened me to watch the revisionist re-write the magnolia states history.
Worse still, to see Obama repeat the process on a national scale, and use racism as a rallying cry to cut the knees out from under those who would dare to disagree with his policies. Same song, second verse.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I think the north looks down on the south and is still pissed. Get rid of the southern heritage flag and it will be something else."

Don't be lumping everyone from the north together. There are liberal elites in Manhatten who feel the way you are describing. But there are many more great Americans in the northern states who do not want to see any part of the country give up it's heritage to political correctness.

Also, I see some people in this thread referring to the south and clinging to their guns and religion. Let's remember who Obama was originally talking about. He was talking about people in my state, Pennsylvania. Not a southern state so don't think conservative values lie only in the south...