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Are_grits_groceries

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Tue Nov 20, 2012, 09:11 AM Nov 2012

The ONLY place I find incessant discussion about the Civil War [View all]

is on DU. Among friends, family, Waffle House patrons and other groups or places where I find myself, that doesn't come up as a topic of discussion.

I would have to find one of those regressive groups of Neanderthals in order to hear it as much as I do here. The other place might be among historians who pick over every aspect of the war.

Lots of people harp about the need for the South to get over it. Newsflash: Southerners aren't the only people who need to get over it. It is pulled out on some thread every week and used to smack everybody in the region around.

There needs to be a separate forum where those who want to drag it out or drag out some fulmination about the South can go and blast away. There are many people on DU who are endlessly pounded with screeds about this area. We would like to spend the energy moving forward and beating back any serious efforts by the morons to roll back history.

I'm sure this OP and me will be smashed. Flame away.

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I hear you WolverineDG Nov 2012 #1
Well of course you never hear talk of the "Civil War"... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #2
I do constantly. Democracyinkind Nov 2012 #3
Waffle House donated 100,000 dollars to Rove's Crossroads Pac.... Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #4
And Cop A Nice Superiority Complex, As Well. Paladin Nov 2012 #6
Sorry, I don't give my custom to right wing companies if I can help it. Bluenorthwest Nov 2012 #7
...sigh... Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #12
You're right... one_voice Nov 2012 #41
Mmmmm...anti-South-Bashing Lecture #9,138 alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #5
The South bashing is stupid, it's not nearly that simplistic Fumesucker Nov 2012 #11
I think you're responding to the wrong post alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #24
I took your rather cryptic post as being pro-South bashing Fumesucker Nov 2012 #25
Oh, I'm just here for the entertainment alcibiades_mystery Nov 2012 #35
You mean like this thread? nt Javaman Nov 2012 #8
If it weren't for Grits, odds are... Scootaloo Nov 2012 #55
Occam's Razor DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #9
This has gone on long before Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #13
It Has Rekindled My Interest In The Civil War DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #17
well that's because racism has never existed in the North zazen Nov 2012 #10
To back up your post, in 1641, Massachusetts was the first American colony to legalize slavery.... OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #23
Pop Quiz: bvar22 Nov 2012 #47
Ah, New England. Home of the infamous witch trials. Jennicut Nov 2012 #56
Funny edhopper Nov 2012 #14
The locals don't buy souvenirs Fumesucker Nov 2012 #15
Sure, just for tourist. edhopper Nov 2012 #18
And here we have yet another post lumping an entire region together because of what... OldDem2012 Nov 2012 #19
Stone Mountain was also site of big Klan rallies even in 1950s. Hoyt Nov 2012 #57
It's been there since I was a kid Fumesucker Nov 2012 #21
irrelevant point edhopper Nov 2012 #45
You mean it's a point that doesn't fit your agenda and preconceived notions.. Fumesucker Nov 2012 #46
Using a carving completed forty years ago to characterize the South today is your point? antigone382 Nov 2012 #50
My whole family is from the South. We had a 1993 family reunion at Stone Mountain. Aristus Nov 2012 #22
In the South we don't spell it "bass relief" Bake Nov 2012 #60
I grew up in rural southern Georgia, and heard LOTS of talk about the civil war. MNBrewer Nov 2012 #16
Oh, so you are NOT talking about the breakup of the folk duo, The Civil Wars? Chiyo-chichi Nov 2012 #20
*sob!* They're breaking my heart, those crazy kids. nolabear Nov 2012 #29
I'm with 'ya. Chiyo-chichi Nov 2012 #32
Civil War? Rider3 Nov 2012 #26
I'm in the South, my great-great grandfathers fought for the Confederacy, I'm a yellow-dog Democrat. Zen Democrat Nov 2012 #27
LOL!! I SO agree. The South doesn't talk about the Civil War. The South talks about being POOR! nolabear Nov 2012 #28
Agree marions ghost Nov 2012 #34
I've been saying that for years. Texasgal Nov 2012 #30
Growing up here in Texas kentauros Nov 2012 #44
Waving the bloody shirt... kiva Nov 2012 #31
It may be because the Civil War never really ended. zeemike Nov 2012 #33
The only Supreme Court Justice to vote against Jim Crow came from a slave holding family in Kentucky Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #59
True enough but it was not a north south thing. zeemike Nov 2012 #66
So you decided to fill this week's Civil War quota, eh? MadHound Nov 2012 #36
You have the audacity to use the word "bigotry" cordelia Nov 2012 #39
Do I think all Southerners are bigots, no MadHound Nov 2012 #42
I disagree. bvar22 Nov 2012 #49
I think you need to brush up on your history. MadHound Nov 2012 #54
The only place I find discussion on the Napoleonic Wars is at Arby's. LanternWaste Nov 2012 #37
We should put it aside and focus on more recent events like the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki slackmaster Nov 2012 #38
I am very sympathetic to your OP grantcart Nov 2012 #40
Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia? SQUEE Nov 2012 #63
Interesting OP. Could it possibly be about The Second Stone Nov 2012 #43
You should see the civil war miniature gaming sites. n/t RomneyLies Nov 2012 #48
The people who support flying the dixie flag are the same ones Pro-NRA Pro-Gun, the Ron Paul fans graham4anything Nov 2012 #51
Agree. Never met a person with a confederate flag worthy of friendship. Hoyt Nov 2012 #58
It seemed to me that rrneck Nov 2012 #52
I always enjoy tremendously the DU Civil War threads (and try to participate coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #53
I'd be all for moving those discussions to a "Civil War" forum. NYC Liberal Nov 2012 #61
Nice post, Jefferson Davis. (just kidding)... madinmaryland Nov 2012 #62
Regionalism like racism lends power to the Republican Party; they thrive on divide and conquer. Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #64
If you want to find resentments come to SC. Are_grits_groceries Nov 2012 #65
Lived in the south for 20 years now. Never once heard it mentioned. B2G Nov 2012 #67
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