Posted on 06/27/2015 3:19:03 PM PDT by Lazamataz
As a 'damn Yankee' -- that is, a Northerner who came to the South and didn't leave -- the Confederate Flag has never really held meaning for me. I understood that for most who displayed it, it meant a reverence for the heritage of the South and expressed the rebellious spirit I so often find, and admire, here.
Then the events of the shooting in South Carolina played out. Dylann Root was found to have embraced that flag, but for different and objectionable reasons of true racism.
The hysteria that followed was terrifying to watch. Both Democrats and Republicans, media and corporations, all jumped aboard a fevered bandwagon that cast aside rationality for a false emotional response. Apple corporation, for example, banned all Civil War games in their app store. Utterly absurd.
The media breathlessly reported every banning, discontinuation, removal from state grounds, and whipped the masses up as well as they could.
The masses were unresponsive. I saw no turning of opinion, and there was no grassroots groundswell for this Southern cultural cleansing, this was a manufactured hysteria and the classic definition of overreaction, but it was at the organizational level. That, my friends, is censorship.
So the Confederate Flag now has a new meaning for this New York-born Southerner:
“Finally, it means I shall never surrender.”
Cool. If you need extra ammo and C-rats, let us know. If you need a tank, give us 24 hours.
Bumping this to the top, Sir.
Well Done.
Range time. I went to the gunshow today. Confederate flags everywhere. Saw a black fella walking around wearing one like a cape. : )
This is the most meaningful compliment to me on this entire thread. Thank you.
From another northern transplant to GA I say AMEN!
See? I had a hunch this was not a groundswell, but an organizational (government and business) effort. That, sir, is the classic definition of censorship.
You’re welcome. You would pass English Composition with at least a 90 at Deo Vindice Christian School, where “You may be whatever you resolve to be.”
Let me know if you’d ever like to be a guest lecturer on “Life in the Real World Out There.” The gormless Offspring have no idea!
Well, I write better than I speak... but... intruiging...
FReepmail me if you happen to be heading for the Charlotte area. We can always take one more for “What’s With This Casserole Again.”
Add me to your goofy list please.
Oh, very well written book the way.
Ping for later so that when I am tired of the weak Republicans, I can re-read something that will give me strength.
Thanks, Laz.
451°
You are watching Crypto-Democrats.
If that was a book, it was a single-page one. LOL.
Mostly directed at Tax-Chick: I do pride myself on my brevity.
You are the 301st Satisfied Customer!™ (you just missed lucky-300)
“Brevity is the soul of wit.” ~William Shakespeare
I had a composition teacher in high school who would hand back a draft saying, “Excellent. Now cut down the length by 1/3, and don’t leave anything out.” Most first-draft writing is very inefficient, and most of what is published these days, especially on the internet, is first-draft writing. There are nationally-syndicated columnists putting out word-salad three times a week, and apparently nobody cares enough to assign them an editor.
(/grammar Nazi rant)
That was actually my first draft. LOL! I try to come out of the pen organized and brief. :)
It is about the republic and states rights. But you are getting closer.
Here is a little song to cheer you up.
Oh, I'm a good old rebel, Now that's just what I am, And for this yankee nation, I do no give a damn. I'm glad I fought a ganner, I only wish we won. I aint asked any pardon for anything I've done.
If I was teaching you, I’m sure I could find some improvements that could be made - don’t begin a sentence with a conjunction - but as internet journalism, it’s very good.
As someone from the West who has been in the South for nine years. It is holding up my right hand in the air with my middle finger extended. As we say in the true West it’s time to Cowboy Up! Get ready as the shit kicking is about to start real soon.
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