Commander's Column: Social Media, Twitter and Fake News
Almost as big
as the headlines nowadays are the revelations of fake news produced by the main
stream media. Examples are the eporting
on selective polling such as for political election races, selective research
such as that pertaining to climate change, distorted public approval surveys
for heritage preservation and, virtue signaling thru selective coverage of
riotous confrontations such as the reports of the recent melee in
Charlottesville . Many of the news
outlets have earned humorous acronyms describing the incoherent editorials
presented as some unbelievable brand of journalism. Many consumers have started to use social media as an alternative to these
agenda driven main stream media outlets.
I have started to read the camp’s Twitter feed in an attempt to receive
a more accurate , more pertinent source of news and current events. President Trump himself has adopted Twitter
to communicate his thoughts and decisions directly to the American public to
circumvent the bias and misrepresentation of his policies by the MSM. As part of our camp’s online presence, we
have a blof formatted website (theprattvilledragoons.blogspot.com) a Facebook
page, as well as a Twitter account (@SCVDragoons) which are constantly updated
with current events and activities. I
would encourage you to follow Camp 1524 on one or more of these social media
formats. We now have almost 500 followers on Facebook and Twitter. We need
voices on social media to further heritage defense and historical accuracy.
Since the
escalation of attacks on heritage preservation efforts there has been a torrent
of Twitter posts highlighting the misguided efforts of historical revisionists and
outright anarchists to destroy sacred and honored memorials as well as
endeavors to preserve heritage sites and the true proud Southern narrative of
liberty and bravery exhibited by our ancestors.
I wanted to share some of the Twitter tweets posted on our feed which
have elicited a lot of support by heritage activists such as the Virginia
Flaggers and many more. Enjoy and follow us at @SCVDragoons.
@SCVDragoons - The beautiful St. Andrew's Cross Confederate Battle
Flag. Symbol of resistance to tyranny around the world. (to Quantrill’s Revenge
- It's the precise symbol of freedom from Washington tyranny. No different from
the original US flag that marked freedom from British tyranny).
@SCVDragoons - Progressive PC posturing. Why would a Citadel alumnus not
appreciate and revere the history of the institution? Ridiculous sorry
panderers. (to Civil War Saga - Citadel alumni renew pressure to remove
Confederate flag from chapel)
@SCVDragoons · Great op-ed by descendent of this great Confederate
cavalry General. Don't attempt to erase history. Consider sacrifices they made
for VA. (to Confederate Quarrels - J.E.B. Stuart V: Confederate monuments can
be a starting point of honest discussion)
@SCVDragoons · Perfectly stated. Just imagine these widows and mothers
who lost their sons erecting these statues for ... glorifying slavery. I think not. (to
Confederate Quarrels - Stop ignorance about Confederate monuments)
@SCVDragoons - Sitting in Dallas airport, can't wait to leave with
this nauseating news. These bigots are literally trying to out-virtue-signal
each other. (to Confederate Quarrels - City Council Resolution Calls for
Removal of All Dallas Confederate Monuments)
@SCVDragoons - Vast majority want monuments and historic statues to
remain preserved. Richmond monuments are on National Register of Historic
Places. Not PC, (to Confederate Quarrels - In the former capital of the
Confederacy, the debate over statues is personal and painful)
@SCVDragoons - As do attacks on Confederate soldiers. Those who do
need a history lesson. Respect, honor those brave soldiers who defended home
and family. (to Attacks on Jefferson come from 'lack of knowledge')
@SCVDragoons - General Lee sought to achieve what already existed? I
think not. He sought to defend his family and his home state. Whoever gave
Kevin Levin a history degree should lose their accreditation. The US circa
1861-1865 (and before) was a slaveholding republic. (in response to CNN post on
SCV members erecting new monuments)
@SCVDragoons - Yes, stand against violent intimidation. Preserve these
historic monuments from the uneducated intolerant revisionist anarchist bigots.
(to Confederate Quarrels)
@SCVDragoons - Sen. Book needs a book/history lesson. Confederacy
didn't declare war on US, Lincoln did by resupplying Sumter and invading
Southern states (to Confederate Quarrels - State Senator Files Bill To
Eliminate Florida’s Confederate Holidays)
@SCVDragoons - The people of the state should decide. Otherwise PC
grandstanding progressive local pols will undermine will of people/law like
B'ham AL mayor. (to Confederate Quarrels - At Issue: Who should decide if
Confederate monuments stay or go?)
@SCVDragoons -This seems to be not only incredibly ignorant but
illegally discriminatory. Discriminate based on name? #ESPN PC stupidity. (to
All American Girl - ESPN Pulls Announcer for Having Same Name as Confederate
General)
@SCVDragoons - Next the founders, the Constitution and, the Bible.
This is indicative of the progressive agenda from the Vatican. Don't deny Jesus
Christ. (to Confederate Quarrels - California Catholic school takes away
statues of Jesus, Mary in ‘an effort to be inclusive’)
@SCVDragoons - Precisely. It is the ignorant masses who like lemmings
gravitate to the PC hysteria instead of pausing to reflect on true Southern
history. (to Confederate Quarrels - Monument mayhem, history hysteria, rooted
in poor public education).
@SCDragoons - Exactly. Founders
and patriots of a different time who shaped America and made it great. But Antifa/BLM don't want America great
again. The bigot Antifa and BLM want nothing short than the destruction of
America and all vestiges of liberty. (to Nigel Farage - I am very pleased
@POTUS had made this point. We must not rewrite American history to suit the
hard left.)
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