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We are being exterminated: Twitter neo-Confederates express panic with #SouthernLivesMatter
Joan Shipps
28 Jun 2015 at 22:57 ET
In an era where police officers assault and kill black people with impunity, the phrase Black Lives Matter has become a racial justice rallying cry across the United States. In hashtag form, #BlackLivesMatter educates and mobilizes countless activists on Twitter and other social media platforms. Neo-Confederates have co-opted the phrase for their own purposes with a hashtag of their own #SouthernLivesMatter.
On Saturday, Confederate flag enthusiasts protested against the flags removal from Alabama statehouse grounds, waving their banner and carrying signs that read: Southern Lives Matter, and Secession Now.
Supporters took to Twitter to express solidarity with the rallyers in Birmingham. A few stand-out examples:
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longship
(40,416 posts)Sorry crackers, the South ain'ta gonna rise agin that-a-way.
These people are certifiably insane.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)These people are fools if they don't realize the consequences of doing that: NASA - gone. TVA - gone. Military bases - gone. ORNL- gone. Federal subsidies since our tax rate is low - gone. And that's just the short list.
alone pumps in 9 bil to the local economy.
And most of these federal jobs pay better and/or have better benefits than most other jobs in the South.
GP6971
(31,018 posts)Contractors and subcontractors who have to abide by the Wage Determination Law.
Turbineguy
(37,213 posts)this would be no problem because the military bases and NASA would stay.
Aristus
(66,099 posts)I'd love to see those soft-bellied, 300lbs couch potatoes who consider themselves the epitome of Texan manhood try to rouse themselves from their carbohydrate stupor and waddle after the convoys shipping Federal property out of the state. Second time around, secession would last maybe three weeks.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)They are so stupid, they don't realize how stupid they are.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)poor little things
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Most are old, white men who'll be dead of natural causes before they can do too much more damage - thank God.
peacebird
(14,195 posts)Raised carefully by their parents to be as racist as they are.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)I request we keep the conversation focused on facts. I request we take time to consider posts. I request we resist panic.
Thanks. If we want to have 'change' or 'reform' or thoughtful dialogue, we need to do it with respect and care. DU is not twitter, for which I am grateful.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)get the red out
(13,459 posts)Trying to "exterminate" others.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)...so they'll give it another go.
noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)have the same rights as they do.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)we sure as hell ARE gonna "exterminate" those things.
My preference is for takedowns and burnings, and the sooner the better.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I'm Southern and don't need that flag to identify myself or my heritage.
It's really not that hard, either.
Ugh.
Skittles
(152,967 posts)it is embarrassing that these folk think that hideous flag is necessary for southern pride - IT IS NOT
killbotfactory
(13,566 posts)*offer valid only for white people.
Skittles
(152,967 posts)mmonk
(52,589 posts)Stupid hashtag those people have.
Renew Deal
(81,803 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)This one is perhaps the dumbest and most idiotic one I've seen yet. These people are clueless.
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)It's misbegotten ideas that are dying. Humans are unharmed, and indeed better off than before.
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)So they belittle both Black Lives Matter, and the Holocaust-- and this is how they argue that their flag is not a racist symbol...?
Real smart.