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Judi Lynn

(160,219 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:48 PM Jun 2015

We are ‘being exterminated’: Twitter neo-Confederates express panic with #SouthernLivesMatter

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 flag’s 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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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/we-are-being-exterminated-twitter-neo-confederates-express-panic-with-southernlivesmatter/

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We are ‘being exterminated’: Twitter neo-Confederates express panic with #SouthernLivesMatter (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2015 OP
"Seccession Now"???? longship Jun 2015 #1
As a Southerner, I can tell you that I don't want to secede Fawke Em Jun 2015 #3
Ft Hood GP6971 Jun 2015 #7
Yep. Fawke Em Jun 2015 #10
Not only Federal jobs GP6971 Jun 2015 #13
But according to some Texas secessionists Turbineguy Jun 2015 #14
Nope. We'd go in there and bring them out, lock, stock, and barrel. Aristus Jun 2015 #16
Or Dunning-Kruger Effect. HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #18
the mildest form of "extermination" in recorded history virtualobserver Jun 2015 #2
Meh - they'll naturally exterminate. Fawke Em Jun 2015 #4
Actually there are a lot of young people who worship at the altar of the Confederate flag peacebird Jun 2015 #26
No one is being exterminated. oldandhappy Jun 2015 #5
Agreed except - we're not panicking, they are eom LiberalElite Jun 2015 #17
It is them get the red out Jun 2015 #24
Secession didn't exterminate them last time... HooptieWagon Jun 2015 #6
they really cannot stand that black people noiretextatique Jun 2015 #8
They can't differentiate themselves from their racist rebel flags? Because yeah, kestrel91316 Jun 2015 #9
I know, right? Fawke Em Jun 2015 #11
that is exactly right Skittles Jun 2015 #22
#SouthernLivesMatter* killbotfactory Jun 2015 #12
*racist white people Skittles Jun 2015 #23
Southerners come in all types and races. mmonk Jun 2015 #15
“Secession Now" is exactly why the confederate flag needs to be banished. Renew Deal Jun 2015 #19
Gawd I hate hashtags romanic Jun 2015 #20
Ummmm no ... they're just being bypassed by history. eppur_se_muova Jun 2015 #21
Flags are people too! Idiots. yellowcanine Jun 2015 #25
Waitaminute. So their defense of this flag is a passive aggressive snark at Black Lives Matter...? Marr Jun 2015 #27

longship

(40,416 posts)
1. "Seccession Now"????
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:52 PM
Jun 2015

Sorry crackers, the South ain'ta gonna rise agin that-a-way.

These people are certifiably insane.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
3. As a Southerner, I can tell you that I don't want to secede
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:55 PM
Jun 2015

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.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
10. Yep.
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:16 AM
Jun 2015

And most of these federal jobs pay better and/or have better benefits than most other jobs in the South.

GP6971

(31,018 posts)
13. Not only Federal jobs
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:20 AM
Jun 2015

Contractors and subcontractors who have to abide by the Wage Determination Law.

Turbineguy

(37,213 posts)
14. But according to some Texas secessionists
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:25 AM
Jun 2015

this would be no problem because the military bases and NASA would stay.

Aristus

(66,099 posts)
16. Nope. We'd go in there and bring them out, lock, stock, and barrel.
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:49 AM
Jun 2015

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.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
4. Meh - they'll naturally exterminate.
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:56 PM
Jun 2015

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)
26. Actually there are a lot of young people who worship at the altar of the Confederate flag
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 09:49 AM
Jun 2015

Raised carefully by their parents to be as racist as they are.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
5. No one is being exterminated.
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:03 AM
Jun 2015

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.

 

kestrel91316

(51,666 posts)
9. They can't differentiate themselves from their racist rebel flags? Because yeah,
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:16 AM
Jun 2015

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)
11. I know, right?
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:17 AM
Jun 2015

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)
22. that is exactly right
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 01:56 AM
Jun 2015

it is embarrassing that these folk think that hideous flag is necessary for southern pride - IT IS NOT

romanic

(2,841 posts)
20. Gawd I hate hashtags
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:54 AM
Jun 2015

This one is perhaps the dumbest and most idiotic one I've seen yet. These people are clueless.

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
21. Ummmm no ... they're just being bypassed by history.
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 01:01 AM
Jun 2015

It's misbegotten ideas that are dying. Humans are unharmed, and indeed better off than before.

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
27. Waitaminute. So their defense of this flag is a passive aggressive snark at Black Lives Matter...?
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 09:50 AM
Jun 2015

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.

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