Early in October I was listening to Rush Limbaugh on the
radio and he provided a news alert that our tax payer funded National Public
Radio (NPR), specifically Studio 360, an NPR program, “commissioned a
Texas-based design firm to design a new flag to represent the modern South.
With a diverse team of designers with ties to both sides of the Mason-Dixon
line, 70kft embraced the challenge. In an online presentation, 70kft suggests “the
Confederate battle flag is a divisive symbol. Some see family and honor. Some
see bigotry and hatred. If we can’t
agree on the meaning, we can never be unified by it.”” (http://www.weaselzippers.us/235575-npr-commissions-new-southern-flag-to-replace-the-confederate-flag/) If this wasn’t so insulting, it would be
laughable. Imagine a group of
progressive NPR idiots gathered about brainstorming a way to bring the people
of the South together, bring them into the 21st century. Insulted yet?
No understanding, no regard for history.
Certainly no appreciation of the true meaning of the Battle Flag, its
origins, its place in history and the feelings of pride and heritage it elicits
from Confederate compatriots as well as most Southerners of all races. I enjoyed reading the respondents to the article
on the same post. “Those NPR people are
easily offended idiots. I'm Canadian and the Confederate Flag and Stars and
Bars aren't offensive in the slightest. It's always important to preserve
history, and their stupid new design crap doesn't represent anything.” – Canadian. “As a
Northerner, NPR can keep its "invention" --- I'd much rather stand
with my Southern brothers as they proudly wave their Stars & Bars.” –
Northerner. We can take solace in
recognizing that there is some sanity remaining if not prevailing, friends of
the Sons of Confederate Veterans, scholars and enlightened men who perhaps have
never even heard the Charge but would no doubt embrace its message to defend “the
Confederate soldier's good name, (guard) his history, (emulate) his virtues,
(and perpetuate) those principles which he loved and which made him glorious,
and which you also cherish.”
Also, the first of October saw torrential rainfall in South
Carolina and catastrophic flooding. More than one Confederate compatriot
wondered aloud if this was retribution for the governor of that state in her
ill conceived, ill informed, ill educated, decision to force the removal of the
Confederate Battle Flag from the state capitol grounds. While this may be quite presumptuous
speculating the will of God, I would certainly question if her time and
resources wouldn’t have been better served just three months prior to ensuring
her state government better performed its duties and responsibilities to
inspect and maintain the roads, bridges and dams which subsequently failed in
this weather event. While it would have
been impossible to foresee and prevent all this damage and loss, I would
maintain the state government should serve the people and not alienate
constituents and attempt to rewrite history and ignorantly condemn great
historical statesmen and heroes thru a modern Indian-immigrant prism. This SC governor was roundly embraced by many
for her conservative political views when subsequently they no doubt regretted her
bully pulpit and executive power they bestowed as citizens and voters which she
used in an unwarranted reactionary benighted response to the unrelated tragic
church killings in Charleston. There are
voices in the wilderness and we need to encourage and support these
compatriots. I received a heartwarming
response to an email I sent to SC State Senator Tom Alexander, a hand written
note, “Your email says so much that we agree upon. I also have ancestors who served and I and
very proud of our heritage. As you point
out, our flag has been hijacked. We have
a responsibility to educate on the true meaning of what you and I believe and
know about our flag. Having the flag in
a place of honor with the respect it deserves was to me the most important
issue and we will make sure that it has that honor and respect. You will be hearing
more of the process to make sure this happens. Please know how much I
appreciate your email.”
Beware of the influx and influence of foreigners and
Northerners who immigrate to the South and then attempt to change our
government, our schools and our culture.
These are modern-day abolitionists who condemn Southerners who cling to
their Bibles and guns. These carpetbaggers
relocate to the South often in retirement or for economic opportunity and then
seek to implement the very oppressive governmental regulations, taxes and
overreaching programs they fled and which has turned the once mighty industrial
North into an expanse of desolate urban blight. The South still maintains a tradition
of an entrepreneurial and hard work ethic which has benefitted industrial growth
in the last century across the Bible Belt.
But, the Mason-Dixon line has become a relic. Our Southern culture is being diluted with
each passing day and our defenses against heritage attacks are withering. We see the companies for which we work, our elected
officials in government, our courts, our military and even some of our churches
embracing and promoting LGBT deviancy forcing Christians to cower and accept their
abominable practices and lifestyles. Our
children are being educated with a twisted contorted politically correct history
and subjected to a substandard curriculum in the spirit of inclusiveness and
diversity. Is our Southern heritage to
be relegated to a cookbook, showcased only by our fried chicken, biscuits and
gravy? It is imperative as we reflect on
the Sesquicentennial of the period of Reconstruction which followed the war for
Southern Independence that we fight against this modern Reconstruction which
seeks to systematically destroy our remaining Constitutional rights and impose
a damning relative moralism on our families and communities.
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