Category: Confederate dunces
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When heritage is hate
What is it about the South’s past elicits such pride? The South I prefer to claim — and I’m as Southern as they come, descended from Confederate veterans, born and raised in Georgia, as was my father, grandfather, great-grandfather … — is made up of people who changed the region for the better. They did…
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South Carolina GOP making Strom Thurmond proud
It’s 2015 and you still can’t disown the Confederate flag? Hell, Georgia put that embarrassing relic behind us 10 years ago. At least Gov. Nikki Haley, the Republican incumbent, didn’t refer to the “War of Northern Aggression” in this classic profile in this paean to cowardice: “You know, the Confederate flag is a very sensitive…
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‘Resentful white reactionary’ likely headed to U.S. Senate
It should come as no surprise he hails from Mississippi (and was endorsed by Sarah Palin). From The New Republic: Republicans and movement conservatives take great umbrage at any suggestion that the party’s electoral coalition includes a troublingly influential faction of resentful white reactionaries. They may often lie dormant, but McDaniel’s likely victory is their…
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For the millionth time, the Confederate flag is a symbol of hate
Drudge tries to bait the white victim class w/ the headline: High School Students Suspended Indefinitely For Bringing Confederate Flag To School… Good. White supremacy is the only reason for flying the Stars and Bars. And don’t give me the “Southern pride” rationale. I’m a native Southerner and the flag is an embarrassment.
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Big-government Confederates
Why am I not surprised this Confederate-loving state representative from Florida is a Tea Party Republican and former head of the state’s Christian Coalition? A bill that adds a layer of government and takes away local control passed a House panel controlled by Republicans on Monday. Yes, Republicans on the House’s Agriculture and Natural Resources…
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Stoking the flames of white victimhood
The headline on Breitbart: ARIZONA HS STUDENT ATTACKED, SUSPENDED FOR CONFEDERATE FLAG ON TRUCK The article paints the victim in a sympathetic light, as if the Stars and Bars isn’t provocation. The junior, Jacob Green, told Fox News: “I’ve done nothing wrong. I’ve flown that flag on my truck. Somebody fought me because of it. I…
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