tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post5813621198377663674..comments2023-10-17T03:15:16.029-05:00Comments on Blowing San #1: Hey, the Civil War is over and YOU LOST!!!Subvethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-27066246411011685562008-07-18T20:25:00.000-05:002008-07-18T20:25:00.000-05:00why is it that you never hear of folks demanding t...why is it that you never hear of folks demanding that Maryland take down the Stars and Bars? (yes, they fly it there, proudly) You only hear people from the Carolinas downward demanding it be done away with.MightyMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02563721884001643857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-12148245142093184562008-07-17T13:20:00.000-05:002008-07-17T13:20:00.000-05:00Ignorant Redneck, I'll admit you're right on histo...Ignorant Redneck, I'll admit you're right on history being an art. Too bad so many treat it as undisputable science. <BR/><BR/>Didn't know that about the rebel yell. <BR/><BR/>And I wonder if the attitudes of Confederate flag supporters would even exist had Reconstruction not been as harsh as it was? IMHO that was the genesis of many negative stereotypes concerning the South and the corresponding reactions by those living in it. <BR/><BR/>Apologies to the black portion of our nation for slavery is so much in fashion, maybe some apologies to the former Confederate states for their treatment following the Civil War are in order also.Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-83504114547559702072008-07-17T12:59:00.000-05:002008-07-17T12:59:00.000-05:00SubVet--I might debate you on your ideas concernin...SubVet--<BR/><BR/>I might debate you on your ideas concerning the cause of the Civil War. That's OK--history is one of the arts, not the sciences.<BR/><BR/>But I have come around to your way of thinking about the Battle Flag: The war is long over, the south lost. The confederate armies laid down their arms. Display of the Battle Flag is inappropriate.<BR/><BR/>Did you know, that the famous rebel yell is now an unknown sound? The veterans of the Civil War refused to demonstrate it after Lee surrendered.<BR/><BR/>Oh--I can't think of very many human insitutions more dispicable than slavery.ignorant redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718783732896413346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-43308903237374951422008-07-17T12:26:00.000-05:002008-07-17T12:26:00.000-05:00Amen to that.Amen to that.Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36003957.post-18035562463440226272008-07-17T08:59:00.000-05:002008-07-17T08:59:00.000-05:00the arguments for and against slavery remind me so...the arguments for and against slavery remind me so much of the arguments for and against abortion. So I'm with you.<BR/>It's like those who try to say the argument is just about "privacy."<BR/>Nope! It's about recognizing humanity in others.matthew archboldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11545661060388202784noreply@blogger.com