screw confederates part II

I'm still pissed about the Confederacy thing. It's unbelievable that this bullshit survives. All the straw polls on the internet give people the choice between identifying the Confederate flag with racism or Southern tradition. What Southern tradition is the Confederate flag identified with? Northerners sure as hell aren't trying to make corn grits or fried chicken illegal. We're even coming to terms with NASCAR. What's the one issue where the Feds have had to drag the Old South kicking and screaming along? The Southern States are hiding behind the veil of states rights and Southern culture to continue to espouse racism. If the federal government were weaker, the Little Rock Nine don't get to attend Central High. Wallace allows his cops to pretty much shoot the protesters in Birmingham with little repercussions. And James Meredith doesn't get to go to Ole Miss. Ole Miss's mascot is still the Rebs. If the Rebs had their way, James Meredith would've been shot instead of being escorted by Federal agents into the University.

The Ku Klux Klan has a pretty good idea what people mean by Southern Culture. That's why they've coopted the Confederate flag as one of their symbols. So have over 500 fringe and extremist groups across the South. Sure it's tradition. Sure it's culture. But it's a tradition and culture that I think most of us would rather do away with.

Sure it was an important part of Southern history. Just like Nazism was an important part of German history. Exactly how many German states use the Swastika in their flags? I don't know, but I have a pretty good guess. You should check. And of course, the Swastika is recognized as the hateful form of speech that it is, both in America and in Germany. So why do the stars and bars, which propogate the same kind of hate, manage to survive under the lame pretense of Southern pride? Racism, slavery and extremist reactionary movements are absolutely nothing to be proud of. Recognize the Confederate flag for what it is: an object symbolizing one of the nastiest and most evil movements in American history.