Today's Republican Party is essentially the old Confederacy

[dutch508]

JEFF9K (451 posts)
2. Today's Republican Party is essentially the old Confederacy.

 

from this:

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (6,659 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023740621

Gettysburg national park grants KKK event permit
I know these people have the right to free speech. The KKK however is the antithesis of everything thousands of Union soldiers died for.

  billh58 (3,156 posts)
5. Just another

vile group of armed American terrorists hiding behind the Constitution in order to promote hatred, racism, and violence.

This is pretty new, but it will get nasty... -er.

[98ZJUSMC]

We're not the ones' holding slaves.....

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (6,659 posts) http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023740621

Gettysburg national park grants KKK event permit
I know these people have the right to free speech. The KKK however is the antithesis of everything thousands of Union soldiers died for.

Democrats would know best.  Sorry, do you miss your Jim Crow laws?

[Fourwinds]

Same day. Same liberal projectionism

[J P Sousa]

We're not the ones' holding slaves.....

Democrats would know best.  Sorry, do you miss your Jim Crow laws?

Well, they do miss their "Exalted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan" Sen Robert Byrd .

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[diesel driver]

Well, they do miss their "Exalted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan" Sen Robert Byrd .

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Speaking of Bobby KKK Byrd, I remember him filibustering something in the Senate back in the 80's or 90's, talking about his ol' bird dog, Billy.

Yet the assholes in the media, the Senate, and DU belittle Cruz for reading "Green Eggs and Ham".

Unf'nbelievable.   

I wouldn't piss on any of them if they were on fire!   

[dandi]

billh58 (3,156 posts)
5. Just another

vile group of armed American terrorists hiding behind the Constitution in order to promote hatred, racism, and violence

"Hiding behind the Constitution." Leftists love to use that phrase. Let's examine it:

To make such a statement invites the question - Exactly who and what would they be hiding from? I think the answers are instructive on how the Left views rights.

Not from ridicule, because the Left certainly exercises that freely and with gusto. You might say it's their go-to move to avoid being drawn into reasoned debates, in which they don't fare too well, and comes in at #5 on Alinsky's Greatest Hits List - "5. Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”

Not from being faced with countering opinions, because the 1st Amendment grants equal protection to those with different views.

So that only leaves a couple of things that anyone would have to hide from in exercising free speech - individual or mob violence intended to shut them up, or a revamping of that same 1st Amendment to make it further restrictive, granting the government more power to squelch expression.

So again, bill58, since it's your expression, why would they have to hide? From what and whom? And which side of the Constitution are you on? We already know you'd like the 2nd and 10th Amendments stripped out.

[Undies]

The DUmbass goons have found an arm of the Democrat Party they don't like???

[Chris_]

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[BlueStateSaint]

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

That's good, Chris.  If I hadn't already H5ed you a couple of minutes ago, I'd do it again.

[MrsSmith]

Speaking of Bobby KKK Byrd, I remember him filibustering something in the Senate back in the 80's or 90's, talking about his ol' bird dog, Billy.

Yet the assholes in the media, the Senate, and DU belittle Cruz for reading "Green Eggs and Ham".

Unf'nbelievable.  

I wouldn't piss on any of them if they were on fire!  

A Dem doing a filibuster is a hero...even their shoes are hailed.

A Puke doing the 4th longest speech in history, and who takes his parental duties seriously enough to read to his kids on CSPAN in the midst of it, "just a huge waste of time."  

Our country is SO screwed.

[JohnnyReb]

Where is out Robert E. Lee to lead us?

[diesel driver]

Where is out Robert E. Lee to lead us?

I'd settle for R. Lee Ermey.

[movie buff]

1. The KKK was founded by Democrats, and in its early days it targeted Republicans almost as much as it targeted blacks.
2. Repulsive though they are to all decent human beings, they still have the right to free speech. As long as they fill out all the proper permits and conform to all the proper laws and don't use their event to promote violence or anything, they should be able to demonstrate. I'd rather have our current system in which free speech is allowed at the cost that even people with truly vile and heinous views are allowed to say what they want within reason, than to have a totalitarian state in which the right to free speech is taken away from everyone out of fear that what they say might be deemed offensive.
3. They're SERIOUSLY worried about the Klan? The KKK is a complete joke nowadays. It has no more than 6,000 members nationwide, and hasn't committed any acts of violence or terrorism in decades because its members know the Feds are watching them like hawks eager for an excuse to shut them down once and for all.
4. "Today's Republican Party is essentially the old Confederacy"? When's the last time you heard a Republican propose reinstating slavery?

[Airwolf]

And what about the New Black Panther Party? They are not exactly saintly now are they?

[Vagabond]

Where is out Robert E. Lee to lead us?

There won't be, or if there is we will never know this hero's name.  The left wants a war.  They think they can win it.  Their understanding of the nature of war starts at Platoon and ends in a "Call of Duty" game.  Only they think they can stop their opponents from having guns.  It's still going to be a nasty ugly thing with nothing at the end but the survivors and the dead.

[JohnnyReb]

KKK: Krazy Kookie Komrades

[diesel driver]

Re: Today's Republican Party is essentially the old Confederacy

Then may the South Rise Again!   

[JohnnyReb]

Then may the South Rise Again!   

It will, we're getting rid of democrats down here one by one.

[diesel driver]

It will, we're getting rid of democrats down here one by one.

I wish it was true for Virginia.  We USED to be a red state, but outside of a Republican governor, it's been blue for since 2008.

Too f'n many DUmmies leaking across the Northern border from DC and Maryland.   

[AprilRazz]

I wish it was true for Virginia.  We USED to be a red state, but outside of a Republican governor, it's been blue for since 2008.

Too f'n many DUmmies leaking across the Northern border from DC and Maryland.   

Hey now, some of us came to the Old Dominion seeking freedom from the blue state hell that is Maryland. That and the military orders that told me I was moving to Virginia.

[diesel driver]

Hey now, some of us came to the Old Dominion seeking freedom from the blue state hell that is Maryland. That and the military orders that told me I was moving to Virginia.

Not including any military in my rant, you folks are nothing but top notch.  IF you come here from Maryland seeking freedom, all I can say is "Welcome"!  (I've been to Maryland.  Didn't stay long.)

[AprilRazz]

Not including any military in my rant, you folks are nothing but top notch.  IF you come here from Maryland seeking freedom, all I can say is "Welcome"!  (I've been to Maryland.  Didn't stay long.)

Hubby is originally from CT and has no plans to ever live there again. That yankee took to the south like a duck to water.
But my family roots run pretty deep in Virginia, can't swing a dead cat without hitting a relative in Lynchburg/Roanoke areas.

[I_B_Perky]

Speaking of Bobby KKK Byrd, I remember him filibustering something in the Senate back in the 80's or 90's, talking about his ol' bird dog, Billy.

Yet the assholes in the media, the Senate, and DU belittle Cruz for reading "Green Eggs and Ham".

Unf'nbelievable.   

I wouldn't piss on any of them if they were on fire!   

Before my time but I seem to remember ole Byrdie-dog filibustering the civil rights act. Don't believe me dummies?

It's right here for here your viewing pleasure

Yep DD. Byrdie-dog lost my vote for evermore in 94 when he voted for the assault weapons ban. He knew he would win any election and he had ceased to represent the people of WV.  That is why I like close elections. Rockysmeller is another one, but he has seen the writing on the wall by supporting obumbles so he is retiring. That seat will go to Capito, a GOP.  Manchin is starting to feel the heat too. WV is turning GOP with obumbles in the White House.

[I_B_Perky]

I wish it was true for Virginia.  We USED to be a red state, but outside of a Republican governor, it's been blue for since 2008.

Too f'n many DUmmies leaking across the Northern border from DC and Maryland.   

The DC and MD libs are starting to leak into the eastern panhandle of WV too, DD. Too bad for the them the conservatives beat them to it and bought up all the land. It is expensive up there now. Northern WV is pretty hard core conservative now.   

[diesel driver]

Before my time but I seem to remember ole Byrdie-dog filibustering the civil rights act. Don't believe me dummies?

It's right here for here your viewing pleasure

Yep DD. Byrdie-dog lost my vote for evermore in 94 when he voted for the assault weapons ban. He knew he would win any election and he had ceased to represent the people of WV.  That is why I like close elections. Rockysmeller is another one, but he has seen the writing on the wall by supporting obumbles so he is retiring. That seat will go to Capito, a GOP.  Manchin is starting to feel the heat too. WV is turning GOP with obumbles in the White House.

I was working in WV when Shelly won her seat for the first time in the WV House.  She'd make a damned fine senator. 

Just like Rockyfeller to "f" something up and then quit.  They're STILL fixing the mess he left as governor from undercutting the bids for the Turnpike back in the 80's.