Comments on: Let’s see how many neo-Confederates and Confederate apologists I can annoy…

By: billmoney

billmoney — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:55:04 +0000

Check out scv.org for some VERY interesting information on the war!

By: stonewall park

stonewall park — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:28:10 +0000

The south was right then and will rise again you will find out in your lifetime.You see what this country is now.When George Wallace took his stand for white American was the beginning of the end of a great nation.CSA FOREVER WE WILL NEVER FORGET OR FORGIVE THE COMMIES .

By: Joe Taylor

Joe Taylor — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:21:26 +0000

You are lumping in South Carolina’s reasons with that of the entire South. I’m no neo-Confederate, but I am a History major, and the causes of both the individual states and the individual citizens vary. Slavery was the major factor as a whole – but more-so among the lower South states, whereas Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee would not have went out on the basis of slavery alone.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:17:08 +0000

Nice post. There was a guy from the American Prospect talking about this revisionism and he said some, frankly brilliant stuff on the subject including that alot of southerners don’t want to face the truth about what the Confederacy fought for.

Now, I wasn’t raised in the south but I have roots there. My ancestry goes back to folks who fought on the side of the Confederacy. This is not something I have trouble accepting. I don’t damn my ancestors, but I don’t deny the obvious reality that the Confederacy was formed to keep black people in chattel slavery. This revisionism seems like there is a strong desire to have the South be something to be proud of and the Confederacy part of some righteous heritage. Racism certainly is still alive and perhaps Obama’s presidency is triggering something. It’s hard to tell, because guys like Haley Barbour who engage in revisionism are so hard to follow and make no sense.

Advice to people still in the South and who are of reasonable persuasion: If you de-emphasize the horrible elements of your past, you do have alot to be proud of. You produced Johnny Cash, for goodness’ sake. Nashville is one of the richest areas of creativity I’ve been in.

Johnny. Cash.