You guessed it: the Mid South Flaggers, another one of those “flagging” groups that most recently flagged Oxford, Mississippi, in the wake of the incident involving the statue at Old Miss commemorating James Meredith’s entry into the university.
And guess when they are doing it? Why, April 12, 2014, the 150th anniversary of the battle.
I’m sure they all take great pride in what Nathan Bedford Forrest and his men did that day.
This month’s “oops” comes from a man who posts under many names, and who is highly critical of every blog with whom he (and sometimes she) disagrees. The comment appeared at a blog where he/she is most welcome:
Just another accident … sortta like this one. So what if it took only a few hours to discover it?
Someone will have to explain to me why some people seem a little too interested in these issues of violence against women who are supported by someone who’s insistent about false rape claims. Talk about rape culture …
(cue outraged posts from Pensacola … [update] GOTCHA!)
As for Ms. Chastain on rape, here’s what she said a few years ago about efforts to deal with rape by the federal government:
More and more, radical feminists are showing their hand, proving that the hatred of men is the core of their “philosophy” and its ultimate aim the destruction of men. How can we reach any other conclusion when they can’t wait to throw innocent young men to the lions over imaginary rape?
That’s Connie for you. She’s up to 44 posts on me in 2014. 🙂
From a man who has made his mark before:
The tide is turning…after 50 years of reconstruction finally some common sense.
In other words, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a horrible thing. Or someone can’t count.
Here’s some stuff that may be of interest to someone:
Apparently the Virginia Flaggers have company.
h/t to a resident of the great commonwealth.
Here’s an example of how not knowing how to read (and not knowing how to quote) results in intellectual confusion. The example comes from a noteworthy Confederate heritage FB site.
I get where you’re coming from, Mr. Riley. I shook my head after reading this, too. Why?
Could it be that this is what Earl Hess wrote?
Here we go again: yet more allegations the textbooks for schoolchildren contain inaccurate statements. You can read about this here and here: the case often mentioned was discussed briefly on this blog, and more extensively elsewhere.
It’s disappointing to hear the following declaration:
Will we hear objections from the progressive historians who are so quick to jump on other issues? I doubt it. This bad history fits their agenda – indoctrination.
Now, it may be that I’m not a “progressive historian,” whatever that term means in this context (for me, when I hear the term, I think back to an interesting book by Richard Hofstadter on Frederick Jackson Turner, Charles A. Beard, and Vernon Louis Parrington). Also, if there’s an agenda floating around, I haven’t received the memo, so maybe that should tell me I’m not in that club, any way.
Even some of the true believers are getting tired:
Well, lets hear your plan on how to first convince enough people to join in your crusade, then explain how you are going to fund the new government(s) and their military to stand up to another attack by those states(groups) that do not secede, and while you are at it, what kind of weapons and where will you get them to stand up to the weapons of the U.S. military?
The followup response adds more common sense:
Well, even though I do not like the way things are going, it is getting VERY tiresome seeing people yell “let’s secede” with no plan, no idea of what they are getting into, most of whom have either not tried, or have given up trying, to change things in any other way. Many do not vote, the easiest way to make changes, then cry when no changes are made.
When the revolution starts, it will be posted on Facebook.
Or is that when the secession starts … ?
Here’s an interesting analysis of recent events offered by someone claiming to represent the Virginia Flaggers on a Confederate fantasy blog:
A relevant question might be how’s that “not flying the Confederate flag to attract more people” thing working out for Waite Rawls and the MOC. 18 months after the opening at Appomattox, sans flag, the Museum (by their own admission) was in such dire financial straits that it was forced to sell out to Tredegar to stay afloat.
Let’s ponder the implications of that astute analysis. Continue reading
Recently a poster declared:
Secession had many causes, but none of them led to the war. Your proof positive is the Secession documents, which are nothing more than a list of grievances. So that being case, show proof using these documents that the war was fought over slavery. When you have done this I will show proof the issue was not slavery
The only event that leads to the war was Anderson moving from Moultrie to Sumter. Without that event there would have been no war.
Discuss.
Crossroads 