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2017-05-15 Home Front: Culture Wars

Mayor of Charlottesville, VA calls Pro-Confederate rallies 'horrific'

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Next they'll be after Mt. Rushmore.
I'm reminded more and more of the anti-idol Taliban/ISIS party tearing down history.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-15 00:19|| 2017-05-15 00:19|| Front Page Top

#2 "I think it's horrific," he said of the protests. "We're a city that proudly values our diversity."
What edition of Newspeak did he use in that sentence?

Posted by magpie 2017-05-15 01:30|| 2017-05-15 01:30|| Front Page Top

#3 When you erase your history, good or bad, it will be horrific.

You are already repeating it.

Posted by newc 2017-05-15 01:49|| 2017-05-15 01:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Repeating History

Posted by newc 2017-05-15 01:52|| 2017-05-15 01:52|| Front Page Top

#5 This is a picture that some people do not realize represents pockets of people who are still Dixie.

A few years ago I was in Monroe and West Monroe, Louisiana on business. I stayed at a hotel in Monroe, and to get to restaurants I walked a few blocks from Monroe to West Monroe, by crossing the Ouachita River. This happened to be the time of year for Mardi Gras so I went across the bridge into Monroe to watch what I thought would be a Mardi Gras parade. Before crossing the bridge a young black guy on the Monroe side tried to sell crack to me.

The parade was in progress when I got on the other side of the bridge and what I saw was truly amazing.

Confederates. Men in full uniform, carrying muskets and in some cases actual rifles. The flag of Dixie was every where. And they were all Democrats. Dixie Democrats.

Posted by Gomez Glutch8983 2017-05-15 02:37|| 2017-05-15 02:37|| Front Page Top

#6 There will indeed be trouble when the bulldozers show up at Gettysburg.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-05-15 06:40|| 2017-05-15 06:40|| Front Page Top

#7 It's tribal. A common bond of identification. Takes many forms across societies. Including the critics who are incapable of self reflection of their own tribal identifications.

Posted by P2kontheroad 2017-05-15 08:00|| 2017-05-15 08:00|| Front Page Top

#8 The flag of Dixie was every where. And they were all Democrats. Dixie Democrats.

I'm from the south (Georgia) and still have relatives and friends there. They're NOT "all Democrats". Instead, they're proud of their southern heritage. Most of them have nothing in common with the current Democratic party, although half of them may indeed have a "D" next to their name on their voter registration.

Posted by Crusader 2017-05-15 10:57|| 2017-05-15 10:57|| Front Page Top

#9 Progressive Iconoclasts

Posted by Rex Mundi 2017-05-15 11:24|| 2017-05-15 11:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Like most of the Lefties up there, he's a loon.

Posted by Barbara 2017-05-15 15:16|| 2017-05-15 15:16|| Front Page Top

#11 I still live in Ga., once you get out of Atlanta or macon most people I know tend to lean conservative.

Posted by chris 2017-05-15 15:51|| 2017-05-15 15:51|| Front Page Top

#12 Yep. In Georgia a man is judged by the manners of his least retriever dawg.

Posted by Shipman 2017-05-15 16:42|| 2017-05-15 16:42|| Front Page Top

#13 My Grandmother told us that among her mother's friends growing up, the Civil War was referred to as the "late unpleasantness" or the "War of Northern Aggression". This is oral history from a Virginia/Maryland family with only half their tongue in cheek! The progressive/commies are driving the wedge deeper with their BLM friends, I hope they know what they are uncorking?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2017-05-15 18:09|| 2017-05-15 18:09|| Front Page Top

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