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American History X-ed: How The Confederate Flag Was Divorced From Slavery &...
From a physical standpoint, Alexander Stephens made a rather ironic spokesman for the superiority of the white race. Standing 5 feet 7 inches in height, Stephens wasn't terribly short or tall by 19th...
View ArticleLet's End the Civil War
Yes, the Southern states seceded because they wanted to be able to keep slaves. Let’s not shove that under the rug. (This is an excellent diary that lays out the...
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the Right to Keep and Bare Religion
The viability of any so-called religious freedom to discriminate against others is no less than the walking distance between Charleston and Fort Sumter.CHARLESTON, S.C. — The historic site where the...
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Americans believe false things about the Civil War because even our textbooks...
An invented 'heritage' At the Washington Post, Prof. James Loewen writes that the reason so many people believe false things about the Civil War and the Confederacy is because many of our textbooks...
View ArticleThe President Sings of Grace
Justice comes from recognizing ourselves in each other.President Obama had the best week of his career last week, with victories on trade, fair housing, healthcare and marriage equality that cemented...
View ArticleThe Conservative Craving for Anti-Intellectual Stew
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life,...
View Article5 Facts about the Confederate Flag
Recently there has been a lot of uproar about the Confederate Flag. After Dylann Roof (admitted racist murderer) was arrested, the conversations flared up again. It has brought out swaths of people...
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Heritage meme: The Confederacy was about Human Trafficking
So much revisionist history, so little time - the reframing of the causes of the Civil War needs to be seen not only in light of current discourse, but to consider that the meaning of such causality...
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The greatest July 4th of them all
NOTE: This diary originally appeared on July 4, 2013.Every July 4th, Americans gather at picnics, watch parades and shoot off fireworks to celebrate the birth of the United States. But some years are...
View ArticleConfederate Flag in the Wrong State: An Open Letter to the Residents of...
My friend and fellow YouthPrise Board member Antonio Cardona writes about what it means for him to have seen the news that a volunteer firefighter, Brian Nielsen, decided to fly the Confederate Flag...
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Open thread for night owls: Texas whitewashes history
Texas ConfederatesThe Washington Post:THIS FALL, Texas schools will teach students that Moses played a bigger role in inspiring the Constitution than slavery did in starting the Civil War. The Lone...
View ArticleIf U wondered why Rand Paul is Crazier Than a Sack of Frogs. Listen to his...
Ron Paul's take on The Civil War. Buckle your seatbelt, you"re in for a bumpy four minute ride through some twisted territory.https://m.youtube.com/...
View ArticleTexas Has Been Complaining About Unsecured Borders Since February 2nd, 1861
Also, The Civil War was about the rights of states to own slaves, not "States' rights".There's been a lot of revisionist history recently about how slavery was a "side issue" in the Civil War, and the...
View ArticleThe Internet and the Civil War
Imagine if 30 years ago someone were to tell you that the Civil War wasn't about slavery, and to prove it showed you a quote like this one from General Robert E. Lee, here taken from Confederate...
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With Gut Honesty - South Carolina Republican Jenny Horne Tears Up Party...
This emotional speech by South Carolina State Rep. Jenny Anderson Horne will be difficult for some to view. Within seconds, the voice of this Republican from Dorchester Country begins to shake. And...
View ArticleStriking the Colors in South Carolina
Much like the war itself, the fight over the flag has been controlled by reactionary elements who demand silence from their allies and simple, rigid agreement on things which are obviously untrue. In...
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A confederate memorial in Ohio
In honor of the action of the South Carolina legislature to lower the Confederate flag, it's fitting to highlight a memorial to the sacrifice and deprivation endured by their forebears in that...
View ArticleA white Southern woman gets to tour Germany
A woman named Cindy from Louisiana, now living in another state, threatened New Orleans with a promise not to visit NOLA if four Confederate statues are removed. "History."On the NOLA.com Facebook page...
View ArticleDear Fellow Descendants of Confederate Veterans
Dear Fellow Descendants of Confederate Veterans,The Confederate battle flag came down at the South Carolina capitol. Good. Now let's tear down all the social relics of the Confederacy and the American...
View ArticleSouth Carolina comes to grips with history [video]
Stay tuned for my upcoming diary about being in Columbia, S.C., for this historic event.
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