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Title: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AllosaursRus on January 31, 2011, 06:03:29 AM
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 08:54 PM
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Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
   
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The obvious racist undertones hide an important fact about the confederate flag. Even if you give someone the benefit of the doubt regarding the racist implications of flying the confederate flag it is a symbol of treasonous opposition to America. It is a declaration of war against America, and against the people of America.


So anyone who claims that their Confederate Flag isn't about racism is just letting you know that they support violent opposition to the government, Civil war, and sedition.

Here's yer link! (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=311481&mesg_id=311481)

Me thinks this won't even "fly" well at the DUmp!

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BlueDemKev (855 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:01 PM
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6. Well, I hope you never move to Georgia
   
Because folks fly the rebel flag all over the place here. Outside their homes as well as private businesses.

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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:13 PM
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14. I'm sure there are plenty of people in Georgia who are not racists or treasonous
   
At least enough to offset the mouth breathing Confederate flag flyers.

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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:03 PM
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7. Yea, and Indians feel the same way about the American Flag
   
Eerybody hates some body's flag

They do? Hmmmmmmmmmm..........

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BlueDemKev (855 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:04 PM
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8. Why post that here?
   
Why don't you go and post that at www.arkansashunting.net ? Just make sure you cover your tracks big time so that your IP link cannot be traced.

I double Dog Dare Ya!!!!

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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:27 PM
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20. They insist it isn't about racism, what else could it be about?
   
It is about showing support for violent opposition to America and support for the systemic human rights abuses faced by African Americans. If they ain't racist, than they are certainly treasonous.

I'll give 'ol Taiter one thing, he's hangin' in there with his Bull Shit!

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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:04 PM
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10. Stay away from your local Oktoberfest.
   
There's little Hitlers everywhere.

Okay, that one was funny!

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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:10 PM
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12. I've never seen a single Nazi flag at any Oktoberfest related event
   
Have you?

You tell 'em Taiter!

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Earth_First Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:39 PM
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26. :facepalm:
   
Please tell me you forgot your :sarcasm: tag...

hehe! I doubt it!

Well, it's a pretty good size bon fire. Not sure if it's worth a row over, but it's been a little slow in the DUmpster lately, so I thought I'd bring it over.

Oops, couldn't end this without this little gem......

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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:38 PM
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24. They keep insisting it's about heritage and how exceptional they are...
   
I think they really want to believe it and choose to ignore the flag's history. Delusion isn't an uncommon commodity for these types. Of course, many of this group are truly racist.

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oneshooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 09:39 PM
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25.  According to my G-Grandfathers diary he fought for the State of Mississippi.
   

He and his five brothers fought at Vicksburg. They were Millers, Sawyers and Farmers. They were there to fight because "the Yankees were in Mississippi". After the war they returned to their trades. I have all 17 diaries, five uniforms and seven weapons from that time frame.
My family were craftsmen, small merchants, and farmers. Many of them still are. NON of them owned, rented, or borrowed slaves.

Oneshooter
Armed and Livin in Texas

And I have flown the"Bonny Blue Flag" out of respect of them.

and what does TaterHead have to say about this?

'Ol TaiterHead ain't givin up none to fast!

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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 10:37 PM
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42. It didn't even exist prior to the Civil war and ceased to exist (as recognized flag) after
   
The only part of the history and heritage of the South that it could represent is the civil war. As the battle flag, the only aspect of the civil war that it could represent is the violent opposition to the Union.

Many are racist, many are delusional, and many are tea baggin, violent, wanna be revolutionaries.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Mr Mannn on January 31, 2011, 06:13:40 AM
I'll take Liberals for $100
Answer: Tolerance and free speech.
Question: Name something you won't find in the democratIC party.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Ballygrl on January 31, 2011, 08:16:32 AM
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BlueDemKev (855 posts) Sun Jan-30-11 09:04 PM
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8. Why post that here?
   
Why don't you go and post that at www.arkansashunting.net ? Just make sure you cover your tracks big time so that your IP link cannot be traced.

:lmao:
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: JohnnyReb on January 31, 2011, 08:22:34 AM
I haven't owned a confederate flag in 50 years....these idiots are gonna force me to buy several and fly them.

To any DUmmie out there...Us southerners really don't need a flag to remind us of our proud heritage...the stars and bars are tattooed on our southern hearts at birth.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: FlaGator on January 31, 2011, 09:29:31 AM
And for all these years I've thought that the Confederate flag was symbol of NASCAR. Who'd have thunk it?
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AprilRazz on January 31, 2011, 09:38:07 AM
I have this on a sticker on my Jeep. It confuses the hell out of some people. Others just smile and nod their heads.
(http://wilybadger.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/800px-csa_flag_4_3_1861-21_5_1861_svg.png)
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: seahorse513 on January 31, 2011, 09:47:40 AM
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The obvious racist undertones hide an important fact about the confederate flag. Even if you give someone the benefit of the doubt regarding the racist implications of flying the confederate flag it is a symbol of treasonous opposition to America. It is a declaration of war against America, and against the people of America.


I think this person should speak for himself and not for the rest of us!!!
What a bunch of BS!! The Confererate flag is a part of American Heritage, especially in the south. If they want to fly that flag,in honor of their heritage, they should be allowed to.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Godot showed up on January 31, 2011, 11:06:58 AM
The arrogance of the DUmmies is astounding. They will give "the benefit of the doubt" to those who fly the Confederate flag--as if that benefit is either required or theirs to bestow! (It's neither.) They will "allow" the flying of the flag...they know that it has "obvious racist undertones"; they know that it's the "most anti-American flag" of all...They know everything, and they are the arbiters of what's proper and what's not.

They are insects.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AprilRazz on January 31, 2011, 11:09:06 AM
But running around in Che 'The Butcher' Guevara shirts is A OK for DUmmies.  :thatsright:
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AllosaursRus on January 31, 2011, 11:10:25 AM
The arrogance of the DUmmies is astounding. They will give "the benefit of the doubt" to those who fly the Confederate flag--as if that benefit is either required or theirs to bestow! (It's neither.) They will "allow" the flying of the flag...they know that it has "obvious racist undertones"; they know that it's the "most anti-American flag" of all...They know everything, and they are the arbiters of what's proper and what's not.

They are insects.


Actually, you'd be hard pressed to fill a ****in' thimble with what DUmmies really know.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Freeper on January 31, 2011, 11:12:10 AM
Actually, you'd be hard pressed to fill a ****in' thimble with what DUmmies really know.

The DUmmies know plenty, it's just what they do know is false.

Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: dandi on January 31, 2011, 11:15:33 AM
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 08:54 PM
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Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
   
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The obvious racist undertones hide an important fact about the confederate flag. Even if you give someone the benefit of the doubt regarding the racist implications of flying the confederate flag it is a symbol of treasonous opposition to America. It is a declaration of war against America, and against the people of America.


So anyone who claims that their Confederate Flag isn't about racism is just letting you know that they support violent opposition to the government, Civil war, and sedition.

Feel free to come and take mine, ****head.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on January 31, 2011, 11:27:23 AM
Well, DUmmies, if it's really a declaration of war to ya, gitcher shootin' irons out an' let's get it on, I guaran-damn-tee there are plenty of people with them flags that live for the day you do that!
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: GOBUCKS on January 31, 2011, 11:30:53 AM
Others just smile and nod their heads.
Tell them to get back in those bleachers! The Kenyan and Totus need them.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AllosaursRus on January 31, 2011, 11:33:50 AM
Well, DUmmies, if it's really a declaration of war to ya, gitcher shootin' irons out an' let's get it on, I guaran-damn-tee there are plenty of people with them flags that live for the day you do that!

Quite a few of those War flags runnin' 'round here, and Idaho wasn't even a state back then. Wonder what DUmpMonkeys have to say about us? I know what to say to them, come make us take 'em down, studley! Did I mention the lake out front is 1300 feet deep and just a little difficult to retrieve bodies from? No? Well I could show ya first hand when y'all show up!
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: DefiantSix on January 31, 2011, 12:24:25 PM
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Traitertots (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Sun Jan-30-11 08:54 PM
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Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
   
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The obvious racist undertones hide an important fact about the confederate flag. Even if you give someone the benefit of the doubt regarding the racist implications of flying the confederate flag it is a symbol of treasonous opposition to America. It is a declaration of war against America, and against the people of America.


So anyone who claims that their Confederate Flag isn't about racism is just letting you know that they support violent opposition to the government, Civil war, and sedition.

I'm curious to see how TraitorTots e'splains this one, then...

(http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2008-10-24-Picture31.png)
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on January 31, 2011, 03:18:57 PM
Quite a few of those War flags runnin' 'round here, and Idaho wasn't even a state back then. Wonder what DUmpMonkeys have to say about us? I know what to say to them, come make us take 'em down, studley! Did I mention the lake out front is 1300 feet deep and just a little difficult to retrieve bodies from? No? Well I could show ya first hand when y'all show up!

Just be sure to open them up real well before you dump 'em, so they don't fill up with gas and start bobbing around lile plastic floats at a kid's fishing derby a week later.

Jus' sayin'...

 :whistling:
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: dutch508 on January 31, 2011, 03:25:05 PM
Just be sure to open them up real well before you dump 'em, so they don't fill up with gas and start bobbing around lile plastic floats at a kid's fishing derby a week later.

Jus' sayin'...

 :whistling:

There were more Confederate Battle Flags flying around in Indiana then I ever saw in Georgia in 2006-08.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: JohnnyReb on January 31, 2011, 03:27:14 PM
Just be sure to open them up real well before you dump 'em, so they don't fill up with gas and start bobbing around lile plastic floats at a kid's fishing derby a week later.

Jus' sayin'...

 :whistling:

That's what concrete shoes are for...bye the time they can slip their feet out of them, all the fish are 2 pounds heavier.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: TexasCop on January 31, 2011, 04:51:40 PM
Declaration of war, huh?  Hmm, let's revisit a little history.......

- Slavery existed under the American flag for 150+ years.  It existed under the Confederate flag for 4.
-  No slave ship EVER flew the Confederate flag because the Confederate Constitution banned the importation of slaves.  Hundreds, if not thousands, of slave ships flew the American flag.  
-  As war raged on and freed and escaped slaves fled to the north, Lincoln deported them (most were born here in the U.S.) to Liberia because people up north didn't want them.  Guess which flag flew on those ships?
-  No American soldier flew a Confederate flag as our ancestors committed genocide against the American Indian....murdering them wholesale, stealing, lying to and cheating them out of their lands.  Guess what flag they carried?
-  According to the bylaws of the Ku Klux Klan, carrying a Confederate flag is optional. Guess which flag is MANDATORY?

(http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/images/kkk-6(flag)_small.jpg)

Wow, if the DUmmies used history to judge the Confederate flag, what are they going to do to the American one now??
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Godot showed up on January 31, 2011, 04:58:46 PM
Declaration of war, huh?  Hmm, let's revisit a little history.......

- Slavery existed under the American flag for 150+ years.  It existed under the Confederate flag for 4.
-  No slave ship EVER flew the Confederate flag because the Confederate Constitution banned the importation of slaves.  Hundreds, if not thousands, of slave ships flew the American flag.  
-  As war raged on and freed and escaped slaves fled to the north, Lincoln deported them (most were born here in the U.S.) to Liberia because people up north didn't want them.  Guess which flag flew on those ships?
-  No American soldier flew a Confederate flag as our ancestors committed genocide against the American Indian....murdering them wholesale, stealing, lying to and cheating them out of their lands.  Guess what flag they carried?
-  According to the bylaws of the Ku Klux Klan, carrying a Confederate flag is optional. Guess which flag is MANDATORY?

(http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/images/kkk-6(flag)_small.jpg)

Wow, if the DUmmies used history to judge the Confederate flag, what are they going to do to the American one now??

Of course HUGE amounts of good have been done under the banner of the American flag as well, far more good than bad, far more...



But your factual comparison won't work on the DUmmies, TexCop, for 2 reasons 1) it is factual, and facts are like crosses to vampires to DUmmies, and 2)--they hate the American flag as well.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: TexasCop on January 31, 2011, 05:01:25 PM
Oh, I don't disagree.  I still get goosebumps when I look at the American flag.  However, you can't take a small group like the KKK and say that they are what the Confederate flag is about.  Don't get me started on how slavery was NOT a cause of the Civil War......
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Splashdown on January 31, 2011, 05:04:47 PM
My favorite quote:

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provis99  (1000+ posts)      Sun Jan-30-11 10:07 PM
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33. I'll bet they WANTED slaves.
 non-slave owning southerners wanted slaves, even if they didn't have them at the moment. That's why southerners who didn't own slaves fought for the Confederacy.

 :lmao:
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: TexasCop on January 31, 2011, 05:08:44 PM
That's probably true, but they're making the ignorant mistake of comparing how black people are viewed today with how they were viewed back then.  In the 1800's, black people were viewed as monkeys who could talk.  Not just in the South, either.  It took several more generations before people realized that they're just as human as you and I.  Owning a slave back then was like a farmer owning a cow today.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Gina on January 31, 2011, 05:48:15 PM
I haven't owned a confederate flag in 50 years....these idiots are gonna force me to buy several and fly them.

To any DUmmie out there...Us southerners really don't need a flag to remind us of our proud heritage...the stars and bars are tattooed on our southern hearts at birth.

That was the most beautiful sentiment I have ever heard :bawl: 
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Tucker on January 31, 2011, 06:24:22 PM
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24. They keep insisting it's about heritage and how exceptional they are...
   
I think they really want to believe it and choose to ignore the flag's history. Delusion isn't an uncommon commodity for these types. Of course, many of this group are truly racist.

The racists are the members of the democrat party. Bunch of ****in Yankees.

My Great grandfather, who was nothing but a dirt farmer and never had more than 2 cents to rub together, fought with the Army of TN against the army of the northern aggressors. Slavery had nothing to do with it. They weren't going to be told by a distant King politician how to live their life. After hacking out a living in a region that nobody else wanted, them mountain folk just wanted to live their life in peace.

Personally I don't care if they think a Confederate flag is racist or not. It seems to be their problem, not mine.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: TexasCop on January 31, 2011, 06:27:18 PM
The racists are the members of the democrat party. Bunch of ****in Yankees.

My Great grandfather, who was nothing but a dirt farmer and never had more than 2 cents to rub together, fought with the Army of TN against the army of the northern aggressors. Slavery had nothing to do with it. They weren't going to be told by a distant King politician how to live their life. After hacking out a living in a region that nobody else wanted, them mountain folk just wanted to live their life in peace.

Personally I don't care if they think a Confederate flag is racist or not. It seems to be their problem, not mine.

What unit?  I had an ancestor fight with the 60th N.C. Inf. Regt.  He was killed in Murfressboro.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Tucker on January 31, 2011, 06:46:11 PM

What unit?  I had an ancestor fight with the 60th N.C. Inf. Regt.  He was killed in Murfressboro.

I believe TN had three Army corps. Unsure of the unit. My grandmother, who raised me, had some pics of him. I never met him. I remember my great grandmother. She was 100+ when she died. They lived in the NE TN. The Appalachian region. My father and uncles knew more than I did. I wished I would have asked questions while they were alive.

When I get settled in TN for good, I'm going to find out all the details.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Gina on January 31, 2011, 06:51:05 PM
Just an ot but as you guys know I am from Memphis.  We have a park in downtown Memphis with a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest.  "They" have tried so many times to get that statue removed and the park renamed.  So far, they have sucked at it. :tongue:
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: seahorse513 on January 31, 2011, 07:07:32 PM
Just an ot but as you guys know I am from Memphis.  We have a park in downtown Memphis with a statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest.  "They" have tried so many times to get that statue removed and the park renamed.  So far, they have sucked at it. :tongue:
Why would they do that Gina?? Was he not well liked??
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Gina on January 31, 2011, 07:17:15 PM
Why would they do that Gina?? Was he not well liked??

Because of the KKK link.  Where I live (Memphis), it's 65% black.  Martin Luther King was killed here and everything here is being renamed after him it seems.  I hate this city.  It's amazing to see how racist the blacks actually are against everyone else, even their own race.  The darker you are the lower you are. ::)

Anyway..........the most I have ever seen the Confederate flag is when I go through Alabama.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: overlord on January 31, 2011, 07:58:45 PM
Because of the KKK link.  Where I live (Memphis), it's 65% black.  Martin Luther King was killed here and everything here is being renamed after him it seems.  I hate this city.  It's amazing to see how racist the blacks actually are against everyone else, even their own race.  The darker you are the lower you are. ::)

Anyway..........the most I have ever seen the Confederate flag is when I go through Alabama.

Ya know in AL Robert E Lee's b-day is still a celebrated holiday.  When I was a county employee we got it and MKL as personal days.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Boudicca on January 31, 2011, 08:47:00 PM
Traitortots and all of his little ****buddies are the ones who are out there cheering every time Hezbollah, La Raza or any other dipshit organization burns the American flag, while wringing their panties in a knot if they THINK someone is looking cross-eyed at a person "of color" or "of religion" as long as it's the Muslim religion and not the Christian one.  Dammit, all of those DUmpmonkies can go fling shit at each other; I'm an equal opportunity loather of all of them: vile, disgusting, arrogant, know-it-alls who know absolutely nothing. 
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: IassaFTots on January 31, 2011, 08:49:28 PM
Traitortots and all of his little ****buddies are the ones who are out there cheering every time Hezbollah, La Raza or any other dipshit organization burns the American flag, while wringing their panties in a knot if they THINK someone is looking cross-eyed at a person "of color" or "of religion" as long as it's the Muslim religion and not the Christian one.  Dammit, all of those DUmpmonkies can go fling shit at each other; I'm an equal opportunity loather of all of them: vile, disgusting, arrogant, know-it-alls who know absolutely nothing. 

Madam, I have nothing to say but "Well Said".   :cheersmate:
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AprilRazz on January 31, 2011, 10:07:11 PM
Ya know in AL Robert E Lee's b-day is still a celebrated holiday.  When I was a county employee we got it and MKL as personal days.
Used to be a holiday in Virginia. Pretty sad when the man can't even get any respect on his home ground because of the stupid libs in Northern Virginia.
First in his class at West Point and a hell of a leader. But the revisionists want to write out all his good (and there were a bunch) points.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Boudicca on January 31, 2011, 10:26:28 PM
Madam, I have nothing to say but "Well Said".   :cheersmate:
Thanks, Iassa, I really did restrain myself from continuing on indefinitely in that vein, lest I blow an artery. :argh:
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: GOBUCKS on January 31, 2011, 11:00:18 PM
Used to be a holiday in Virginia. Pretty sad when the man can't even get any respect on his home ground because of the stupid libs in Northern Virginia.
First in his class at West Point and a hell of a leader. But the revisionists want to write out all his good (and there were a bunch) points.
I've always had great admiration for General Lee, and sure did hate to see him portrayed by that creep Martin Sheen in "Gettysburg". Seemed like a sacrilege.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: PatriotGame on February 01, 2011, 12:00:38 AM
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7. Yea, and Indians feel the same way about the American Flag
  
Eerybody hates some body's flag

I hate your flag...the pot leaf flag, loser...
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AllosaursRus on February 01, 2011, 12:14:49 AM
Just be sure to open them up real well before you dump 'em, so they don't fill up with gas and start bobbing around lile plastic floats at a kid's fishing derby a week later.

Jus' sayin'...

 :whistling:

No worries! We find handcuffs around the ankles and a concrete weight sends 'em to the bottom pretty quick. We have mackinaw longer than yer leg that linger down there, so they don't last long. It's been my experience bones don't float.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AllosaursRus on February 01, 2011, 12:19:00 AM
That's probably true, but they're making the ignorant mistake of comparing how black people are viewed today with how they were viewed back then.  In the 1800's, black people were viewed as monkeys who could talk.  Not just in the South, either.  It took several more generations before people realized that they're just as human as you and I.  Owning a slave back then was like a farmer owning a cow today.

I know a half dozen bounty hunters that operate in gubmint housing over in Seattle that might disagree with ya.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: AprilRazz on February 01, 2011, 07:29:40 AM
I've always had great admiration for General Lee, and sure did hate to see him portrayed by that creep Martin Sheen in "Gettysburg". Seemed like a sacrilege.
Robert Duvall did a lovely job in Gods and Generals. Part of it was filmed on his land in Virginia. He is also a descendant of Lee's.
I never envied Lee for the decision that he had to make. They say he paced the floor at Arlington all night.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: TexasCop on February 01, 2011, 08:45:53 AM
Forrest started the KKK as an organization intended to run off carpet baggers from the north.  When it devolved into a racist organization, he attempted to disband it and was barred for life for doing so.  People who want his statue torn down over his KKK ties are simply idiots who don't take the time to research history.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: Gina on February 01, 2011, 08:51:57 AM
Forrest started the KKK as an organization intended to run off carpet baggers from the north.  When it devolved into a racist organization, he attempted to disband it and was barred for life for doing so.  People who want his statue torn down over his KKK ties are simply idiots who don't take the time to research history.

They have been told that over and over.  It doesn't matter.  Every person owned a slave back then and they want every bit of history to be wiped clean.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: TexasCop on February 01, 2011, 09:04:30 AM
They have been told that over and over.  It doesn't matter.  Every person owned a slave back then and they want every bit of history to be wiped clean.

Our history is ugly.  Across the board.  They just need to live with it and quit being so pissy about it.
Title: Re: Flying the Confederate Flag is a declaration of war
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on February 01, 2011, 11:47:14 AM
Because of the KKK link.  Where I live (Memphis), it's 65% black.  Martin Luther King was killed here and everything here is being renamed after him it seems.  I hate this city.  It's amazing to see how racist the blacks actually are against everyone else, even their own race.  The darker you are the lower you are. ::)

Anyway..........the most I have ever seen the Confederate flag is when I go through Alabama.

Forrest was one Hell of a combat general, he actually joined as a (very well-aged) private and rose to flag officer in very short order...a complete tiger in battle, but cool-headed nonetheless, and a bona fide hero of the Confederacy.  He was also involved in the slave trade before the War, which is another reason he is unpopular with some.