Looks like I'm the only one here who has the cojones to bring this up, although I'm absolutely certain that y'all are up to speed on the issue, given the media coverage.
Every year there are thousands of guys and gals who participate in recreations of Civil War battles, complete with arms, flags, uniforms, and other accouterments. Are we to now ban those who represent the South in those mock battles? Or stipulate that only the Yankees are permitted to win? And that only the Southern side is to be charged with various atrocities?
How much of our history should be erased in the name of Political Correctness?
Should the Jefferson Memorial be bulldozed as CNN suggests?
How about all those States, counties, towns, etc., including Washington, DC? Should they be renamed or destroyed because they were named for all those Old Terrorist White Guys who founded this country?
Back when the Confederacy was launched it was run by Democrats, including VP Stevens who praised slavery as the natural order of humanity.
For decades tho the South has been overwhelmingly Republican. It's the Northern population centers who are now the Democrat bastions.
It should be obvious to everyone that this has far more to do with Political philosophy than geography.
Every year there are thousands of guys and gals who participate in recreations of Civil War battles, complete with arms, flags, uniforms, and other accouterments. Are we to now ban those who represent the South in those mock battles? Or stipulate that only the Yankees are permitted to win? And that only the Southern side is to be charged with various atrocities?
How much of our history should be erased in the name of Political Correctness?
Should the Jefferson Memorial be bulldozed as CNN suggests?
How about all those States, counties, towns, etc., including Washington, DC? Should they be renamed or destroyed because they were named for all those Old Terrorist White Guys who founded this country?
Back when the Confederacy was launched it was run by Democrats, including VP Stevens who praised slavery as the natural order of humanity.
Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.
For decades tho the South has been overwhelmingly Republican. It's the Northern population centers who are now the Democrat bastions.
It should be obvious to everyone that this has far more to do with Political philosophy than geography.
