It has only recently become, "Politically correct", to disdain the Confederate battle flag. This flag has flown over state houses and in various other places for many years. Why only recently do we hear about all the, "Insensitivity"?
"Let's talk about "insensitivity," shall we?
If you don't mind, some of us with southern roots are going to find every Vietnamese American citizen in this country, bus them to Washington, D.C. and protest to have the Vietnam Memorial removed from the park. Why stop there? On the way to Washington, we might as well grab every citizen with German or Japanese ancestors. With enough noise, we can get rid of that World War II Memorial, too. After all, these people all had relative who were killed by the men and women America honors at those Memorials. You liberal, nothing-else-better-to-do black folks wouldn't mind, would you?
Yes. Let that sink in real good. That's what you're doing to these good people of the South. You are DESECRATING THEIR MEMORIAL. Check that - OUR Memorial.
What ever happened to Diversity? Tolerance? Must be a one sided thing. Don't give me that "Symbol of Slavery" bull****. If that were the case, turn in all those 1, 20, 50, and 100 dollar bills. The faces on these bills are of men who were leaders when many blacks were slaves. But let's get down and dirty, shall we?
The worst riot in American history was not in Los Angeles. It was in New York, back in 1863. You see, there were a bunch of people who, like during Vietnam, didn't want be conscripted (read: drafted) to serve in an unjust war. Talk to your President about that. Over 1200 people died in just two days. Most when President Lincoln sent federal troops in to put down the "rebellion". Oh, by the way, 83 blacks were lynched in those two days - right there in The Big Apple. So, which flag do you really want taken down? "
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"If the South was fighting for slavery, why did five slave states side with the North? And why did Lee free his slaves a decade before the Civil War, while Ulysses Grant remained a "master" until his slaves were liberated by the 13th Amendment?
If things associated with the Confederacy are symbols of defiance to civil rights, then why are federal military installations -- Ft. Bragg and Ft. Hood -- named for Confederate generals?
For almost 30 years, Old Glory flew on the masts of slave ships. In 1857, it waved over the United States Supreme Court, when the Court ruled that a slave was property and not a person.
It's only a matter of time before the perpetual grudge-bearers graduate from bashing the Confederate flag to savaging the Stars and Stripes.
Lincoln, who sent 620,000 Americans to their deaths to defeat secession, nevertheless respected the men his armies eventually overcame. When the news of Appomattox reached Washington, a crowd gathered outside the White House in celebration. The Great Emancipator paid homage to his vanquished foes by asking the band to play "Dixie."
If Lincoln were alive today, he would say let the South honor its heroes. Race relations aren't advanced by denigrating a symbol good Americans died for, even in a misguided crusade."
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"Significantly, after the American Civil War, no person involved with the Confederate States of America was charged with treason, and only one major Confederate official, the commandant of the Andersonville prison, who was charged with war crimes, was charged with anything at all."
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