Posted on 03/22/2015 12:28:41 PM PDT by PROCON
Texas commemorates the Confederacy in many ways, from an annual celebration of Confederate Heroes Day each January to monuments on the grounds of the state Capitol in Austin. Among the memorials is one that has stood for more than a century, bearing an image of the Confederate battle flag etched in marble.
But you're out of luck if you want to put that flag on your license plate. Texas says that would be offensive.
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I find the State of Texas in a major case of hypocrisy when it comes to the Confederate Battle Flag. At almost every battle during the Civil War the Texans flew the banner of the Lone Star State fighting against the Union. Now, what is the difference between the State flag fighting against the Union versus the Confederate Battle Flag that was never adopted by the Confederacy but only by the men that fought upon the battlefields?
I don’t agree. This is a First Amendment issue.
I really love the preemptive "I'm the victim" tactic. It really impressed us all when you show us how clever you think you are by using it.
My slave owning ancestors fought for the Union and the non owning ancestors fought for the Confederacy. Yes, the non owning ancestors fought for the State and were being invaded by the Federal government and other sovereign states. Here in the States where these men should be remembered for their sacrifice, their memories should not be placed upon shame for doing the duty that was governed by the allegiance to the state, not the Federal government. The Confederacy just wanted out of the Union and autonomy.
A lot of Freeters think the Confederate leadership should have been tried and executed. They have mental fantasies of Lee hanging from a rope. I think that thought arouses them sexually.
These mostly Southern civilians died because of the actions of an army flying which flag?
The army flying either that hated, traitorous Stars & Bars or the Confederate Battle Flag was responsible for how many Northern civilian battle casualties or subsequent deaths due to their scorched earth policies?
NurdlyPeon, no ‘victim’ tactic. Just reality and no different than we all have heard since around 2008 whenever we criticize Obama. At this point, it comes with the territory and I only pointed it out to say, I don’t care. What the rude, disrespectful, and hostile comments do is show the shallowness of those few folks that have nothing intelligent to say and prefer to spout anger and hate as if that might win the day.
You are clearly a historical neophyte.
You owe this forum an apology NOW.
Always the drama queen eh cva?
“The Confederacy just wanted out of the union.” Rebellion. Treason.
The Colonies just wanted out of England. Rebellion. Treason.
I’m not even offering an opinion on the “justness” of the cause of the South. i’m saying you can’t even argue about it unless you first acknowledge that it was a war of REBELLION prosecuted by TRAITORS — exactly like the Colonies. Only difference — the Colonies won.
In the case of the Colonies, I’m glad the traitors won. But they were traitors nonetheless.
The South rebelled — the South owns every Civil War death. Just like the Germans own every death in Dresden and the Japanese own Hiroshima.
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them..."
I'll bet it bothers you that there are roads all overt the South named after traitors and Army forts too! I wonder if you would be interested in hearing what that traitor President Eisenhower said about Lee.
August 9, 1960
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War Between the States the issue of Secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his belief in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee’s caliber would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the nation’s wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
There was no such necessity in 1861.
South hater. The USA owes the South an apology for conducting Mr. Lincoln’s War.
I heard an organizer from the Socialist Worker's Party make that exact argument when I was in college many years ago. I don't run across many folks sticking to the SWP talking points here on FR. Should I greet you as 'Comrade' or would 'Commissar' be more fitting?
Reno89519
Since Aug 1, 2014
I agree with you that the Confederate soldiers should not have been ashamed after their service. The leaders and generals who took those farmers to slaughter and to be slaughtered by their own countrymen, however, should have died of shame.
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