Posted on Jul 18, 2021
A giant Confederate flag went up in the Ozarks. One woman answered with this billboard
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"Supporters of the flag have argued that the flag represents historic pride and defiance. But to many, it is viewed as a symbol of hate, racism and white supremacy. Some have argued that it is a relic that belongs in museums, not on official display.
Burrows raised money for the billboard through a GoFundMe page. She has raised $5,000 and just announced that there’s enough money to extend the lease for another six months.
In her initial post, she makes a nod to respecting the history of the country and not wanting to live in a place where people can’t have differing opinions.
“I don’t want visitors to this area to leave with the impression that Eldon is stuck in a place of ignorance, hate, & racism,” she wrote in her post. “In spite of anyone’s best historical argument the Confederate flag cannot be separated from what it represented during the Civil War, Slavery.”
Burrows raised money for the billboard through a GoFundMe page. She has raised $5,000 and just announced that there’s enough money to extend the lease for another six months.
In her initial post, she makes a nod to respecting the history of the country and not wanting to live in a place where people can’t have differing opinions.
“I don’t want visitors to this area to leave with the impression that Eldon is stuck in a place of ignorance, hate, & racism,” she wrote in her post. “In spite of anyone’s best historical argument the Confederate flag cannot be separated from what it represented during the Civil War, Slavery.”
A giant Confederate flag went up in the Ozarks. One woman answered with this billboard
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Many have tried to confuse the message of this flag with banalities. Slavery was not based in hatred. It was the debasement of one man by another for profit. Those who marched under the Stars and Bars were ignorant enough to be misled by mere external factors such as the color of ones skin to assume that the persons they enslaved were lesser mortals deserving a master. As master, someone to feed, clothe and shelter them in the meanest ways, in the coarsest fabric, in the least hovel, just as our betters seek to provide our every need, to relieve us of responsibility for our lives, our decisions, and our liberty. They call it socialism, a system in which our betters shall decide what we are able to give and what we shall receive. Ironic, isn't it, that the hand on the halyard raising the Stars and Bars is the same that raised it before. Democrats.
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SFC Randy Hellenbrand
CPT Jack Durish - Stuff it Jack. Your a liar about this and that is it. !!!!!!!!!!!
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SGT Nickolas Ortiz
SFC Randy Hellenbrand - actually, that's an AWESOME question... YOU put out there that "republicans fly it now...". So enlighten us... you COULD make it that NASCAR flew the flag in the SOUTH... but, where else? I live in Michigan... I've never seen the "Stars and Bars" flow in front of a Conservative's home... and I've only seen that Battle Flag on the General Lee on the Dukes of Hazard... which was a great show.
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It is an interesting correlation to equate socialism with the Confederacy. I can definitely see the similarities...I will disagree slightly but only on technical grounds. The Confederacy, which was universally Democrat for those who held public office, was an oligarchy rather than a socialistic society. I do agree that, in practice, life in the South mirrored how life in many socialistic countries work today. There are rich and poor - little to no middle class. Many of the poor are slaves or live in slave-like conditions.
It is also true that the Ku Klux Klan, a paramilitary organization, viewed itself as the "muscle" of the Democratic Party. One of their stated goals was not necessarily to prevent blacks from voting, but specifically to keep blacks from voting Republican. There were many incidents throughout the South where blacks would be "allowed" to vote as long as they voted Democrat. When blacks resisted and continued to vote Republican, that is when the official policy by the KKK was to keep them from voting. Keep in mind that many of these KKK members were the very Democrats who were running for re-election!
Military occupation of the South forced the KKK into hiding. During that time, Republicans (nearly all black) held public office for the first time. The KKK did not experience a resurgence until Democratic President Woodrow Wilson hosted the viewing of the film, Birth of A Nation, in the White House.
During the 1924 Democratic Convention for President, the preferred candidate of the KKK, McAdoo, just barely lost. The main reason he lost was that the other candidate stood a better chance against Republican Calvin. The other candidate only received about 29% of the popular vote. Many Democrats chose to vote for the Socialist LaFollette who received about 17% of the vote. According to some newspaper accounts at that time, many Democratic voters who were interviewed stated that, if they couldn't vote for McAdoo (the preferred candidate of the KKK), they would rather vote for a socialist than a Republican. Keep in mind, this was 1924. The Communist Revolution had already occurred. The socialist revolutionary fervor had been burning in Europe for decades. Americans could see that this fervor nearly always resulted in anarchy, bloodshed, government overthrow, and ultimately oligarchy or dictatorship.
In 1928, the official results show that about 80% of blacks voted Republican for President. In 1929, the Great Depression started which forced mass change in America. Since Republican President Hoover believed that social welfare was illegal at the federal level and that it could only be done by state and local government IF private organizations could not handle the task (a very common belief among legal minds of the day), the country floundered. While campaigning for President in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt publicly (and somewhat scandously) and proudly campaigned that he would use the federal government to create social programs. Out of desparation, many people - especially the poorest of America - voted Democratic for the first time. Among these were about 75% of blacks. The promise of the New Deal over-rode their fears of the racism of the Democratic Party. President Roosevelt had many prominent Cabinet Members and advisors who were from the Woodrow Wilson wing of the Democratic Party. This heavily influenced Roosevelt to not integrate the military (even during WWII). The Tuskegee Syphilis Study (human experimentation) began in earnest under Roosevelt. The reasoning for choosing this all-black area in Alabama was nearly entirely based on racist ideology. The Nazi Party copied their Nuremburg Laws against Jews to closely mirror the Jim Crow
It is also true that the Ku Klux Klan, a paramilitary organization, viewed itself as the "muscle" of the Democratic Party. One of their stated goals was not necessarily to prevent blacks from voting, but specifically to keep blacks from voting Republican. There were many incidents throughout the South where blacks would be "allowed" to vote as long as they voted Democrat. When blacks resisted and continued to vote Republican, that is when the official policy by the KKK was to keep them from voting. Keep in mind that many of these KKK members were the very Democrats who were running for re-election!
Military occupation of the South forced the KKK into hiding. During that time, Republicans (nearly all black) held public office for the first time. The KKK did not experience a resurgence until Democratic President Woodrow Wilson hosted the viewing of the film, Birth of A Nation, in the White House.
During the 1924 Democratic Convention for President, the preferred candidate of the KKK, McAdoo, just barely lost. The main reason he lost was that the other candidate stood a better chance against Republican Calvin. The other candidate only received about 29% of the popular vote. Many Democrats chose to vote for the Socialist LaFollette who received about 17% of the vote. According to some newspaper accounts at that time, many Democratic voters who were interviewed stated that, if they couldn't vote for McAdoo (the preferred candidate of the KKK), they would rather vote for a socialist than a Republican. Keep in mind, this was 1924. The Communist Revolution had already occurred. The socialist revolutionary fervor had been burning in Europe for decades. Americans could see that this fervor nearly always resulted in anarchy, bloodshed, government overthrow, and ultimately oligarchy or dictatorship.
In 1928, the official results show that about 80% of blacks voted Republican for President. In 1929, the Great Depression started which forced mass change in America. Since Republican President Hoover believed that social welfare was illegal at the federal level and that it could only be done by state and local government IF private organizations could not handle the task (a very common belief among legal minds of the day), the country floundered. While campaigning for President in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt publicly (and somewhat scandously) and proudly campaigned that he would use the federal government to create social programs. Out of desparation, many people - especially the poorest of America - voted Democratic for the first time. Among these were about 75% of blacks. The promise of the New Deal over-rode their fears of the racism of the Democratic Party. President Roosevelt had many prominent Cabinet Members and advisors who were from the Woodrow Wilson wing of the Democratic Party. This heavily influenced Roosevelt to not integrate the military (even during WWII). The Tuskegee Syphilis Study (human experimentation) began in earnest under Roosevelt. The reasoning for choosing this all-black area in Alabama was nearly entirely based on racist ideology. The Nazi Party copied their Nuremburg Laws against Jews to closely mirror the Jim Crow
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SGT (Join to see) laws of the South. Truman integrated the military to pre-empt Dewey who had said he would do it. Democrat President Lyndon Johnson very infamously said after signing the Civil Rights bill in 1965, "we'll have these n*****s voting Democrat for a hundred years". Wallace, a Dixiecrat racist governor from Alabama came close to securing the Democratic Presidential nomination in 1972 but was shot in an attempted assassination before the election which tanked his chances. Democrat Bill Clinton, as governor of Arkansas from 1979-1981 and 1983-1992, was widely known for requiring that no black law enforcement to guard him. When a black reporter asked him about it while governor, he replied "What do you expect, I'm a Democratic governor in a Democratic state. You must not be from around here."
The fact remains that, as the South became more Conservative Republican, it became less racist. States that voted Democrat for decades now vote solidly Republican. Back when Robert K. Byrd (an active leader in the KKK and one time Grand Master) was a prime figure in West Virginia politics, they voted Democrat - even into the early 1990s. (By the way, current prominent Democrats gave Byrd's eulogy calling him a stalwart of the Democratic Party).
Now, bastions of Liberal thought - universities - are even going back to segregating dorms by race and some having separate graduations. Critical Race Theory, espoused almost entirely by Democrats (socialist and Communists around the world give it a thumbs up as well), states that race and racism play a role in every social interaction in America. It is extremely offensive to me that "I" am somehow motivated by racism when I pay for my meal at Burger King.
Again, some of my opinion with a lot of historical facts mixed in with my post.
The fact remains that, as the South became more Conservative Republican, it became less racist. States that voted Democrat for decades now vote solidly Republican. Back when Robert K. Byrd (an active leader in the KKK and one time Grand Master) was a prime figure in West Virginia politics, they voted Democrat - even into the early 1990s. (By the way, current prominent Democrats gave Byrd's eulogy calling him a stalwart of the Democratic Party).
Now, bastions of Liberal thought - universities - are even going back to segregating dorms by race and some having separate graduations. Critical Race Theory, espoused almost entirely by Democrats (socialist and Communists around the world give it a thumbs up as well), states that race and racism play a role in every social interaction in America. It is extremely offensive to me that "I" am somehow motivated by racism when I pay for my meal at Burger King.
Again, some of my opinion with a lot of historical facts mixed in with my post.
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