THAT FLAG ON TOP OF THE GENERAL LEE MADE A STATEMENT THAT THE VALUES OF THE RURAL SOUTH WERE THE VALUES OF COURAGE AND FAMILY AND GOOD TIMES.
OUR BELOVED SYMBOL IS NOW BEING ATTACKED IN A WAVE OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED IN OUR NATION OF FREE SPEECH AND FREE EXPRESSION. ACTIVISTS AND POLITICIANS ARE VILLIFYING SOUTHERN CULTURE AND OUR HERITAGE AS BEING BIGOTED AND RACIST. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE. AND WE KNOW THAT IN HAZZARD COUNTY THERE WAS NEVER ANY RACISM.
THOUGH THE FLAG HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM SUCH PLACES AS WALMART, TARGET AND AMAZON, IT WILL NEVER BE REMOVED FROM ANY OF OUR COOTER’S STORES AND MUSEUMS. WE ARE ALL THE SAME GOOD PEOPLE TODAY THAT WE WERE LAST WEEK AND LAST YEAR AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SHAMED INTO TURNING OUR BACKS ON OUR HERITAGE AND OUR CONVICTIONS.
WE ARE NOT RACISTS. WE DESPISE RACISM AND BIGOTRY. AND WE THINK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CREATING THIS “CULTURAL CLEANSING” ARE THE REAL BIGOTS IN THIS STORY.
WHEN WE SAY OUR FLAG STANDS FOR “HERITAGE, NOT HATE” AND “PRIDE, NOT PREJUDICE”, WE MEAN IT. AND WE BELIEVE THAT OLD SAYING, “YOU CAN’T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING IF YOU FORGET WHERE YOU CAME FROM.”
COOTER’S IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SELL OUR SOUTHERN SYMBOLS AS LONG AS THERE IS A COOTER’S. I WILL FIGHT THESE PEOPLE UNTIL HELL FREEZES OVER, AND THEN I WILL FIGHT THEM ON THE ICE.
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He might be crazy but he sure ant dumb.
ReplyDeleteEvery one of you can legally drape a confederate flag over the front of your house,garage,or hang it somewhere in your front yard.So many comments have expressed outrage lately that I'm sure I'll see thousands out there in obvious places.
ReplyDeleteThe "heritage" that you're defending is the heritage of "States Rights" - the right to own slaves; the "values of the rural South" refer to the economic value of slave ownership.
ReplyDeleteIf the confederate battle flag is not racist then why was it resurrected in response to Brown v Board of Ed (desegregation of schools) and again with the passage of the Civil Rights Act?
The dishonesty of those defending the flag is very disturbing to many people who actually have studied our history.
Which apparently does not include you.
DeleteApproximately 1.4% of citizens owned slaves. And of those, a significant percentage were blacks.
"States rights" = "the right to own slaves"? Do tell...since the north
The National Park Services have ordered the removal of all Confederate flag merchandise from the park stores. That is going to really cut into the sales at the many civil war sites. There is a petition to remove the Confederate faces on Stone Mountain. There is a call to rename the Army Bases, change the names of streets, and schools, the movement is just like the persecution of the Jews in 1939. Who would have ever thought that the Nazi's would rise to power in America. (Nazi's of today are also known as "Flaggers")
ReplyDeleteY'all need to get back on the Obama bus and slurp some more kool-aide.
ReplyDeleteYour so right 3:30 and where was all the outcry from these "historians" when the clan was using this flag?
ReplyDelete"So many comments have expressed outrage lately that I'm sure I'll see thousands out there in obvious places."
ReplyDeleteI really have to hand it you elitist jackasses. The country suffered a tragedy in Charleston that should have brought us together. But snarky priques like you have managed to make this whole miserable experience about the Confederate flag. Instead of a meaningful conversation about the true motivations of these violent youth, you just want to further alienate different groups of people. Maybe you need to learn a little tolerance for others.
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ReplyDeleteYou're obviously a product of the public educmacation industry.
No, the flag doesn't represent what you think.
It was a battle flag.
Spend some time in the military and learn something.
the flag is nothing but a corporate icon like the golden arches
ReplyDelete6:03 don't argue with these morons. They'll just dumb you down to their level and beat you up with untruths.
ReplyDelete@3:30 You are a complete moron! Why don't you research how many NORTHERNERS owned SLAVES? How many did GRANT have? How about SHERMAN! Everyone who is backing the REMOVAL of a BATTLE FLAG are siding with a MURDERER! You have done EXACTLY what he wanted you to! People are turning on each other, and instead of the RACE WAR that he wanted to start it will be ANOTHER CIVIL WAR!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletea murderer should not be able to dictate our history, and now yes he has won he has gotten more than 15 minutes of fame and will be immoral for all time. This country has now done a stupid thing if he didn't like the colors, red, white and blue would we be making a ban against them too, would we shut down our armed services because they were considered corrupt, would all women be slaughtered because they were considered inferior. End the stupid madness that is our current president and all those who follow his lead, he reminds me of Al Sharpton more everyday. Those blessed people killed in that church would not have wanted this.
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ReplyDeleteIf it comes to another civil war the liberals will be in trouble. They don't believe in guns :)
Not sure if they still have Duke's of Hazzard reruns on tv. If they do I wonder if that will be taken off the air as well.
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