Saw a Tweet on X the other day inviting people to comment on
what one thing posters would proclaim as the truth in the face of
insurmountable opposition saying, “Yes, you all are wrong.” As we start into the Christmas season where
we celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, it struck me that
more than one cited their evangelistic testimony of faith and belief that God
came to Earth incarnate thru the miraculous birth of Jesus to fulfill prophecy
and deliver mankind from our inherent sin to eternal life. But truly, in today’s culture it is
increasingly in vogue to attack as deplorables those clinging to their
fundamentalist Bibles while pushing doctrinal revisionism including homosexual
marriage and clergy and espousing the virtues of a diverse culture including
world religions like Buddhism, Hinduism, Islamism, and paganism. Agnosticism and atheism are trumpeted as the
most enlightened perspectives.
As Sons of Confederate Veterans, we have certainly seen the
opposition to our politically incorrect Charge to honor our Confederate
forebears for their courage and fortitude in their struggle for
independence. We tend to associate and
fraternize with compatriots who share our viewpoint that our ancestors did
their duty in defense of their homes and families against a marauding invading
army hellbent on forcing capitulation to a federal government intent on
subjugating their states and people and destroying their way of life for the
profit of their central imperialistic aims.
At all turns on X, there are those who maintain that the War Between the
States was caused by the secession of the Southern states who sought only to
perpetuate slavery, as their elementary school history books have indoctrinated
them into thinking, believing their government was wholly right in a crusade to
free the indentured Africans and crush a rebellion. And the government has been wholly correct
in its prosecution of every war before and since. Truly, a government which does not seek and
employ such patriotic brainwashing risks a breakdown of citizen’s allegiance, civil
disobedience and insurrection.
But we as SCV members and many as veterans of our country’s
armed forces are uniquely qualified to stand in the face of this opposition and
proclaim what is embodied by the SCV Charge.
We know true Southern history including the “motivating factor in the
South’s decision to fight the Second American Revolution…their belief in the
rights, liberty and freedom guaranteed by the Constitution.” (scv.org) Attended
a Children of the Confederacy Christmas event at Confederate Memorial Park and
noted the similar message conveyed in their Creed which states, “Because we
desire to perpetuate, in love and honor, the heroic deeds of those who enlisted
in the Confederate Army, and upheld its flag through four years of war, we …have
united in an organization (and brotherhood) in which our strength, enthusiasm,
and love of justice can exert its influence.
We, therefore, pledge ourselves to preserve pure ideals; to honor our
veterans; to study and teach the truths of history (one of the most important
of which is, that the war between the States was not a rebellion, nor was its
underlying cause to sustain slavery), and to always act in a manner that will
reflect honor upon our noble and patriotic ancestors." Here at Christmas and always, let us boldly
proclaim Christ as the reason for the season and also boldly advance the SCV
Charge to defend the Confederate soldier's good name, guard his history, emulate
his virtues, and perpetuate those principles he loved and which made him glorious. Deo Vindice.
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