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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #50 on: January 31, 2018, 05:35:28 pm »
Be honest, SP.  Of course the Civil War was about slavery.  Yes,  I know that Southern partisans dress it all up purty as being about States' rights, and Northern partisans claim it was about preserving the Union.

But the fact is that if slavery didn't exist, the South wouldn't have left the Union and the war would not have been fought.   Slavery is the but-for cause of the conflict.   

And it's also true that African Americans continue to suffer from racial animus and prejudice (and, yeah, we Northerners are just as guilty of that as Southerners.)   So when that stupid snot rag of a flag continues to fly over public buildings,  I fully understand why so many are offended.   

I can't tell you to take it down.  I don't have the right.   But I do have the right to express my opinion about those who keep wanting to pick at scabs centuries later.  And they're everywhere, on both the left and the right.     
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #51 on: January 31, 2018, 05:57:03 pm »
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Be honest, SP.  Of course the Civil War was about slavery.


Yes,and the Sun rises in the west,up is down,and Bubbette! Clinton is a swimsuit model.

Are you REALLY such an enormous fool that you believe without question what was taught to you about history in public schools?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN wrote in his dairy that the war had nothing to do with slavery. WTF are you going to believe,Lincoln,or some dipshit history teacher?

Bubba,if anyone is showing their prejudices here,it is you,and your conditioned prejudices against the south.




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But the fact is that if slavery didn't exist, the South wouldn't have left the Union and the war would not have been fought.   Slavery is the but-for cause of the conflict.   

Blah,blah,bullshit squared,blah.

The root cause of the Civil War was economics. The south was starting to export cotton and other goods without cutting the NY banking families in on the deal. They got to dip their beaks into every deal entering or leaving on boats because they controlled the ports and they owned the largest banks. They saw themselves as the Masters of the Universe,and didn't like those "unsophisticated rural farmers getting all upppity".

To give Lincoln credit,what he cared about was keeping the nation from dividing. If that meant appeasing the slave owners,he was willing to do that. If it meant pleasing the NY (and truth to be told,European) banking families,he was willing to do that,too.

Then things got out of hand when the south,which was their RIGHT as member of a VOLUNTARY union seceded from the Union,he had no options left other than to use force.


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And it's also true that African Americans continue to suffer from racial animus and prejudice (and, yeah, we Northerners are just as guilty of that as Southerners.)   So when that stupid snot rag of a flag continues to fly over public buildings,  I fully understand why so many are offended.   

I can't tell you to take it down.  I don't have the right.   But I do have the right to express my opinion about those who keep wanting to pick at scabs centuries later.  And they're everywhere, on both the left and the right.   

Ain't YOU "special"!!!!

I know you are speaking out of indoctrinated ignorance and kneejerk reactions because of it,so I will give you a little tech tip. You can get away with saying you will tear down Confederate flags on the internet,but it's really not a very smart thing to try to do in real life.

BTW,what are your thoughts on the FACT that it was a black man that enslaved the very first black slave in the English-speaking new world,or that there were black Confederate soldiers and even a couple of black Confederate graveyards that sill existed maybe 10 years ago. They may still exist,but I suspect they have fallen to false history by now. They were just sooo Non-PC.

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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #52 on: January 31, 2018, 06:30:49 pm »
Confederate flags being raised again? Should I be dusting off the AK and heading to the Mason Dixon line to tamp down some southern aggression.......again?


You can't.  Gun laws in Maryland prevent you from bringing your AK.
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #53 on: January 31, 2018, 06:47:47 pm »


Yes,and the Sun rises in the west,up is down,and Bubbette! Clinton is a swimsuit model.

Are you REALLY such an enormous fool that you believe without question what was taught to you about history in public schools?

ABRAHAM LINCOLN wrote in his dairy that the war had nothing to do with slavery. WTF are you going to believe,Lincoln,or some dipshit history teacher?

Bubba,if anyone is showing their prejudices here,it is you,and your conditioned prejudices against the south.




Blah,blah,bullshit squared,blah.

The root cause of the Civil War was economics. The south was starting to export cotton and other goods without cutting the NY banking families in on the deal. They got to dip their beaks into every deal entering or leaving on boats because they controlled the ports and they owned the largest banks. They saw themselves as the Masters of the Universe,and didn't like those "unsophisticated rural farmers getting all upppity".

To give Lincoln credit,what he cared about was keeping the nation from dividing. If that meant appeasing the slave owners,he was willing to do that. If it meant pleasing the NY (and truth to be told,European) banking families,he was willing to do that,too.

Then things got out of hand when the south,which was their RIGHT as member of a VOLUNTARY union seceded from the Union,he had no options left other than to use force.


Ain't YOU "special"!!!!

I know you are speaking out of indoctrinated ignorance and kneejerk reactions because of it,so I will give you a little tech tip. You can get away with saying you will tear down Confederate flags on the internet,but it's really not a very smart thing to try to do in real life.

BTW,what are your thoughts on the FACT that it was a black man that enslaved the very first black slave in the English-speaking new world,or that there were black Confederate soldiers and even a couple of black Confederate graveyards that sill existed maybe 10 years ago. They may still exist,but I suspect they have fallen to false history by now. They were just sooo Non-PC.


Well said!

The person who posted the flag was "stupid" and uses it to "wipe his ass" is full of hatred. He denigrates the proud heritage of brave men who died for their cause, to not become economic slaves to the North.

Slavery, an evil, has existed for many centuries, in many countries, and is continued today.
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #54 on: January 31, 2018, 07:15:27 pm »
@Frank Cannon

Yeah,come on down and see how well that works out for you.

Worked out awesome the last time. You remember that dont'cha? That time y'all lost your ass.

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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #55 on: January 31, 2018, 07:16:00 pm »
You can't.  Gun laws in Maryland prevent you from bringing your AK.

LOL. Damn Southerners have figured out a way to outfox the North.

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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #56 on: January 31, 2018, 07:17:53 pm »
LOL. Damn Southerners have figured out a way to outfox the North.

I wonder how many people these days actually know where the Mason-Dixon line is?

I think more than a few would be shocked to actually know where the "South" begins.
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #57 on: January 31, 2018, 07:19:59 pm »
I wonder how many people these days actually know where the Mason-Dixon line is?

I think more than a few would be shocked to actually know where the "South" begins.

They probably think it is one of those Tractor Rap Bullshit new Country Groups  like Florida-Georgia Line or Jason Aldean.
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #58 on: January 31, 2018, 07:29:33 pm »
Well said!

The person who posted the flag was "stupid" and uses it to "wipe his ass" is full of hatred. He denigrates the proud heritage of brave men who died for their cause, to not become economic slaves to the North.

Slavery, an evil, has existed for many centuries, in many countries, and is continued today.

I don't denigrate the brave soldiers who died for the Southern cause.   I denigrate those who can't accept that the war was over a century and a half ago and insist on poking today's Southerners in the eye with giant Rebel battle flags that send the message that racial animus is alive and well.   Yes, they have the right to do that, as well as to claim they're just exhibiting their white pride.  Just as I have the right to criticize such provocations. 
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #59 on: January 31, 2018, 07:39:45 pm »
I denigrate those who can't accept that the war was over a century and a half ago and insist on poking today's Southerners in the eye with giant Rebel battle flags that send the message that racial animus is alive and well.

Typical Yankee bullshit from someone who likely has never stepped foot in the South.

There is NO true Southerner alive that publicly thinks the display of the Confederate flag is a 'poke in the eye'.

Southerners look on that flag with respect and heritage.
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #60 on: January 31, 2018, 07:42:14 pm »
Typical Yankee bullshit from someone who likely has never stepped foot in the South.

There is NO true Southerner alive that publicly thinks the display of the Confederate flag is a 'poke in the eye'.

Southerners look on that flag with respect and heritage.

As a southerner born and bred, I disagree. That flag is, and has been, displayed by some to be a ‘poke in the eye.”   Not all the time, nor by everyone, certainly, but often enough by enough. 

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« Reply #61 on: January 31, 2018, 07:49:27 pm »
Typical Yankee bullshit from someone who likely has never stepped foot in the South.

There is NO true Southerner alive that publicly thinks the display of the Confederate flag is a 'poke in the eye'.

Southerners look on that flag with respect and heritage.

Most people outside the DNC and the ACLU normally don't give it a second thought either.
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #62 on: January 31, 2018, 07:50:50 pm »
Typical Yankee bullshit from someone who likely has never stepped foot in the South.

There is NO true Southerner alive that publicly thinks the display of the Confederate flag is a 'poke in the eye'.

Southerners look on that flag with respect and heritage.

Why the need for an extra symbol, beyond the flag of the United States of America?

There is no flag of the "Rocky Mountain States" or the "Midwest."

What precisely is this "heritage," anyway. What is the common feature?
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #63 on: January 31, 2018, 07:53:34 pm »
Why the need for an extra symbol, beyond the flag of the United States of America?

There is no flag of the "Rocky Mountain States" or the "Midwest."

What precisely is this "heritage," anyway. What is the common feature?

Well you have your second State Flag flying everywhere in the Cali.  You know the one.
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« Reply #64 on: January 31, 2018, 07:57:07 pm »
What precisely is this "heritage," anyway. What is the common feature?


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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #65 on: January 31, 2018, 08:02:35 pm »
Most people outside the DNC and the ACLU normally don't give it a second thought either.

Won't say it's common, but in my daily travels around the Maryland countryside...

Less than an hour's drive, I know where there are least a half dozen homes that proudly display the Confederate Flag on their front porch....and the huge Lone Star might be on the siding, too!

I'll remember to take pics for y'all. 

They're in small towns or outskirts of same...with landmark covered wooden bridges, etc..

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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #66 on: January 31, 2018, 08:14:17 pm »
So, we've had the Spanish, Mexican, Lone Star, Confederate and the U.S. Flag, flying over where I live, at one point or another.
(Did I forget the French?)
You either ban everyone except the state and U.S. Flag, or ban none of them.
So the Original Spanish and Mexican settlers to Texas were all sweetness and light, abused no one, had no slaves, etc...

I ain't buying it.

Ban all except the current one(s) or let them all fly.

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« Reply #67 on: January 31, 2018, 08:20:50 pm »
Won't say it's common, but in my daily travels around the Maryland countryside...

Less than an hour's drive, I know where there are least a half dozen homes that proudly display the Confederate Flag on their front porch....and the huge Lone Star might be on the siding, too!

I'll remember to take pics for y'all. 

They're in small towns or outskirts of same...with landmark covered wooden bridges, etc..

There's a lot of good folks in Maryland...but like New York and California the huge cities dominate the political scene and drown out the average person who lives there suffering under the results of Liberalism.

Can't wait to see the pics.
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« Reply #68 on: January 31, 2018, 08:22:13 pm »
So the Original Spanish and Mexican settlers to Texas were all sweetness and light, abused no one, had no slaves, etc...

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« Reply #70 on: January 31, 2018, 09:21:24 pm »
Why is flying the flag of a Confederacy defeated 153 years ago a political issue for the South today?  What is the reasoning?

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« Reply #71 on: January 31, 2018, 09:32:37 pm »
Why is flying the flag of a Confederacy defeated 153 years ago a political issue for the South today?  What is the reasoning?

It's not an issue per se for the Southern states...it's an issue for the Liberal race pimps the ACLU and other leftist organizations who are right now trying to erase history from the books because they think a 150 year old flag or the marble statue of some long dead Confederate General somehow is causing the racial strife we have today.

It's a distraction from actually dealing with the issues causing the problems.  Low hanging fruit if you will.
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« Reply #72 on: January 31, 2018, 09:37:16 pm »

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« Reply #73 on: January 31, 2018, 09:51:29 pm »
Worked out awesome the last time. You remember that dont'cha? That time y'all lost your ass.

If it’s such a big deal they should have won the damn war.
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Re: 3rd Confederate flag rises along North Carolina interstates
« Reply #74 on: January 31, 2018, 11:43:13 pm »
Right in Virginia wonders:
"Why is flying the flag of a Confederacy defeated 153 years ago a political issue for the South today?  What is the reasoning?"

Independence.
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Opposition.
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