You'll probably enjoy this group too: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/...eir-meme-magic
The religion of Kek. Descendents of the ancient kingdom of Kekistan. Also, Trump supporters who flew their flags at the Capitol yesterday.
You'll probably enjoy this group too: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/...eir-meme-magic
The religion of Kek. Descendents of the ancient kingdom of Kekistan. Also, Trump supporters who flew their flags at the Capitol yesterday.
"I guess you're some weird relic of an obsolete age." - davids
A great deal of the Constitution is written in a nebulous fashion. I can only assume the framers of the Constitution wanted to leave it open to interpretation for future generations. At least that’s what my 8th grade social studies teacher taught me. The Constitution’s authors also appear to believe that it would be used by honest and honorable humans. Clearly that was an error in judgement.
Greg
Washington Post is tracking down some of the newest celebrities.
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The UDC was the driving force behind Confederate monuments all over the country, primarily the South. The 1890s through the beginning of WW I was the peak of monument dedications. Most were done during that time because so many veterans were still alive. The Confederate women were the "Ark" of Southern history, the monuments just reinforced the falsehoods because if there's a monument that commemorates the made up event, it was obviously true. Now the monuments are rallying points for white supremacists. I debated joining the Sons of Confederate Veterans (I qualify) to get access to their archives, but I just couldn't do it. I found some work arounds and got what I needed.
The three original symbols of the Lost Cause were the song "Dixie" which was written by a blackface minstrel performer in Ohio, the grey uniform jacket, and the Stars & Bars flag which was not the battle flag that supremacists use at rallies. The more I dug into the topic, the more horrifying it was.
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The difficulty I see with removing Trump at this point is not due to a lack of necessity. I think he has crossed a line into being an enemy of the state, and as such, should be stopped because he won't stop himself until he has reached whatever nihilistic zenith he has at the terminus of his psychosis. I fail to see how this is a hysterical reaction to the events of yesterday as it is just the latest act over a four year period during which plenty of waiting and waiting and waiting for rational behavior to begin occurred. The problem with removing Trump now is that it gives Pence the opportunity to pardon Trump. That would be a worse outcome.
I also don't see any reason to appease what is a coagulating insurgency among his followers. Many of them violated federal law yesterday, and while they are welcome to make those choices for themselves, they should understand that there are certain costs associated with those choices.
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Unfortunately i am afraid your predictions are very close to reality. Trump is a midia clown but he is opening the door to more consistent, hardened villains to do the same.
In a distant past, Trump´s head would be chopped in public alongside a dozen more "patriots" just to send a clear message. We are more elegant these days but the logic of overthrowing institutions is still very much the same.
slow.
Well, 2021 is off to a cracking start...
Chikashi Miyamoto
The South didn't need the internet to concoct a myth. Jubal Early was the Lost Cause press secretary and controlled the message by being the gatekeeper of public remarks. The myth really took off after the death of Robert E. Lee in 1870. The 1877 election of Hayes as President was the result of a deal made in Congress to give him the presidency via the electoral college in return for the removal of Union troops in the South who were trying to ensure that the civil rights of the newly freed African-Americans were enforced. Removal of the troops allowed the South to regain control and rule through threats and intimidation. The first Jim Crow law was passed in 1881. The monuments came later.
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Trump was banned from facebook and paceline.. i mean instagram.
slow.
It was easier then because there were no huge media outfits carrying news and making everybody "aware of the true facts". Yet we reached and crossed the tipping point; media grew so big and fast that "true facts" became obsolete. There is no more hierarchy in the facts narrative. You chose sides just like the South chose their narrative.
slow.
1890 was the beginning of Monument Ave in Richmond VA. I lived in the building blocked by the tree in the upper left of the lead photo in this article. It was owned by a daughter of a daughter of the Confederacy. She was incredibly evil. Beautiful building though. Huge.
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There were some amazing monuments funded by the UDC. Pompeo Coppini was the most prolific in Texas, his work on display in Paris, Texas is amazing in detail and scale. It's also a Confederate monument on the courthouse grounds. In 1920, the upstanding citizens of Paris formed a mob to remove two black men accused of murder from the jail. The men were escorted past the monument on their way to the fairgrounds to be burned at the stake. When I moved away from Paris in 2018, there was still controversy about moving the monument away from the courthouse. My favorite argument, "It's our heritage" it was not their heritage, Lamar County voted against secession. I support the removal of monuments and relocating them to a location where they can be viewed in context. The Lost Cause is part of American History, we shouldn't erase it.
The Lost Cause should be a teaching point in schools so people can learn the root causes of systemic racism and how it shaped the world we live in.
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