[Pelham]

It was part of that discussion, an unnecessary addendum to it. What I think has happened is that over the years Rush has absorbed the neocon critique of the South that Paul Gottfried has described so well in his essay ‘The NeoCons’ Confederate Problem—And America’s’.

[wardaddy]

Bttt

That essay is best I’ve read on the topic and I think explains the south bashers here and the nest some fly from

[miss marmelstein]

I’d like to read that essay. I’ll see if it’s online. To be honest, I don’t think Rush is a neocon. I also have never heard him talk about the civil war. He is certainly against the flag ban - and is, surprisingly, Mark Levin. Now going to look to this essay!

[miss marmelstein]

Just read this essay. I've been aware of this problem ever since I was about 18 on a bus trip down south with all NYers. We stopped to take a break at The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond and not one NYer would get off the bus to see the wonderful artifacts. Not one, bar me. They could not be bothered with the history of the south. I guess they knew it all.

I'm reminded of Gore Vidal's rage at Norman Podhoretz saying that the civil war meant nothing to him - it was as far removed as the Peloponnesian Wars! Gore Vidal is one of the most brilliant writers on early American history - even though he became a bigoted nut in old age.