I had one stuck to the side of my desk at work from the guy who worked there before. I left it there even though I never liked or voted for Slick Willy. Before we had sticky notes, we had magnets.
Nowadays Dems fabricate Trump tchotchkes with Confederate flags as a smear tactic, but back when they made this they thought it was a good idea to associate themselves with the Confederate flag. It's almost like they will support, or not support, whatever it is that they think will bring them power.
Let's also stop perpetuating the lie that either side fought in the Civil War because of slavery.
It was all about federal supremacy vs sovereignty of states. And you'd be hard pressed to argue especially now as the federal government interferes in every fucking facet of our lives, that the state sovereignty crowd were wrong.
Furthermore, the idea that the average Southerner was some big proponent of slavery is completely laughable, since most were poor and slaves were costing them jobs.
Correct 888, 90+% of Confederare troops had no slaves at all, and slavery did not economically help their families - it did the opposite in some cases.
So the idea that protecting slavery was a motivation for these troops and their families - that people were willing to put their very lives on the line, or the lives of their own sons, husbands, grandsons, to maintain slavery for the financial benefit of some plantation owners - is ludicrous. It requires a very special kind of stupidity to think that.
So many people are entirely brainwashed by 1960s historical revisionism about the Civil War, it's insane.
Plus, most conservatives hate how federal supremacy has ruined this country. Unaccountable bureaucrats are the rot at the center of this country, and they exist solely because federal supremacist "progressives" won. So the idea that the people fighting against that doctrine were "traitors" is patently insane.
Mmmm..... no, the South was pretty clear why they were leaving. It wasn't some abstract thing based on Federalist Paper principles or ideas. They weren't leaving over tariffs or regulating the rail road.
Why Johnny Bo Zed picked up a gun is another thing all together. People do things for complicated reasons.
Arkansas state's General Assembly reaffirmed the parameters of the flag in a 1987 act that Clinton signed. Among other provisions detailing the flag's features, such as its colors and shapes, there was a line that read, “The blue star above the word 'ARKANSAS' is to commemorate the Confederate States of America.” The act met no significant opposition at the time. In the same legislative session, the assembly also settled on an official state song.
Arkansas observes a Confederate Flag Day, which is celebrated together with Arkansas Confederate History and Heritage Month and Confederate Memorial Day. Per state code, it is observed on the Saturday immediately preceding Easter Sunday. In annual gatherings outside the Arkansas Statehouse, participants can "attend and bring examples of the variety of flags used by Arkansas units and of the Confederate government and its army during the War," according to the Log Cabin Democrat, an Arkansas newspaper.
The Confederate flag was MUCH more culturally acceptable back then. Big majority of people associated it with Southern regional cultural pride and not advocating racism.
Was even acceptable to prominently display at large stadium concerts in places like Oakland, California:
Shouldn't we remove Clinton-Gore from history because of this?
You make a good point. All for it.
I had one stuck to the side of my desk at work from the guy who worked there before. I left it there even though I never liked or voted for Slick Willy. Before we had sticky notes, we had magnets.
And Slick Willy had sticky cigars.
Yeah. "That cigar stinks!" takes on a whole new meaning...
The Confederate battle flag did nothing wrong.
represented traitors. same as antifa in my book
Now now boys, a civil war amongst keyboard warriors would not be pretty.
Americans having a disagreement about what is more American.
Federal supremacists are the traitors, and much of what's wrong with our country is directly traceable to their doctrine.
You think the FBI/ATF etc could even exist without them having won? Nope.
Represents a people conquered.
Nowadays Dems fabricate Trump tchotchkes with Confederate flags as a smear tactic, but back when they made this they thought it was a good idea to associate themselves with the Confederate flag. It's almost like they will support, or not support, whatever it is that they think will bring them power.
Let's not let them rewrite history.
OR recast the Confederate flag into something more racist than most people at the time thought it was.
Let's also stop perpetuating the lie that either side fought in the Civil War because of slavery.
It was all about federal supremacy vs sovereignty of states. And you'd be hard pressed to argue especially now as the federal government interferes in every fucking facet of our lives, that the state sovereignty crowd were wrong.
Furthermore, the idea that the average Southerner was some big proponent of slavery is completely laughable, since most were poor and slaves were costing them jobs.
Correct 888, 90+% of Confederare troops had no slaves at all, and slavery did not economically help their families - it did the opposite in some cases.
So the idea that protecting slavery was a motivation for these troops and their families - that people were willing to put their very lives on the line, or the lives of their own sons, husbands, grandsons, to maintain slavery for the financial benefit of some plantation owners - is ludicrous. It requires a very special kind of stupidity to think that.
So many people are entirely brainwashed by 1960s historical revisionism about the Civil War, it's insane.
Plus, most conservatives hate how federal supremacy has ruined this country. Unaccountable bureaucrats are the rot at the center of this country, and they exist solely because federal supremacist "progressives" won. So the idea that the people fighting against that doctrine were "traitors" is patently insane.
Mmmm..... no, the South was pretty clear why they were leaving. It wasn't some abstract thing based on Federalist Paper principles or ideas. They weren't leaving over tariffs or regulating the rail road.
Why Johnny Bo Zed picked up a gun is another thing all together. People do things for complicated reasons.
Arkansas state's General Assembly reaffirmed the parameters of the flag in a 1987 act that Clinton signed. Among other provisions detailing the flag's features, such as its colors and shapes, there was a line that read, “The blue star above the word 'ARKANSAS' is to commemorate the Confederate States of America.” The act met no significant opposition at the time. In the same legislative session, the assembly also settled on an official state song.
Arkansas observes a Confederate Flag Day, which is celebrated together with Arkansas Confederate History and Heritage Month and Confederate Memorial Day. Per state code, it is observed on the Saturday immediately preceding Easter Sunday. In annual gatherings outside the Arkansas Statehouse, participants can "attend and bring examples of the variety of flags used by Arkansas units and of the Confederate government and its army during the War," according to the Log Cabin Democrat, an Arkansas newspaper.
Remembering history is a good thing. Even if the history, itself, is currently out of favor.
The Confederate flag was MUCH more culturally acceptable back then. Big majority of people associated it with Southern regional cultural pride and not advocating racism.
Was even acceptable to prominently display at large stadium concerts in places like Oakland, California:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIWDmmqZzY
The Dukes of Hazard could drive a car named the General Lee with a big confederate flag painted on the hood.
Simpler times.
Bill was Bo and Al was Luke, and guess who rocked the Daisy Dukes?
I puked
So?
Texting this to my work buddies who were talking about the confederate flag being removed at nascar
https://maga45.link/uD2UcKU9
Someone needs to make this a flag and sell them.
But muh party switch?
The only thing that's changed is which lies they tell.