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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:04 PM Original message |
Confederate flag ignorance still alive and well in Gettysburg. |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I think historically the real confederate flag stands for hate more than the battle flag |
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mockmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. There is a guy here |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wealthy elites get poor suckers to sacrifice themselves for causes they'll never benefit from.. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's becoming a joke in some places |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I love it |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
5. I saw a "Heritage, Not Hate" bumper sticker today. |
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Dollface (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. A heritage of hate? Is that anything to brag about? |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know exactly why this makes me uncomfortable but... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Lee owned slaves |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Robert E. Lee letter dated December 27, 1856: |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. that is a letter he wrote *approving* of President Franklin Pierce's anti-abolitionist stance |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
23. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson also owned slaves. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
47. which would be relevant in a discussion about whether or not they supported slavery |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. My people in North and South Carolina... |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Thanks for your observations. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. "I have a certain feeling of pride in my ancestors who served for a cause they believed in." |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Thanks, I don't need analysis. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Actually you do but I'm not in the mood to deliver one. For that, see Aristus' excellent post below. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. I'll tell you why it makes you uncomfortable... |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:13 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Thanks for your imput, I already know the history. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:58 AM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Allllright, let's put 2 and 2 together then. |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's What I Like About Southerners |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. So, when can we expect *you* to renounce *your* flag and fly one honoring Native Americans? |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. If the Confederacy had survived for, say, another century |
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Ghost in the Machine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Try a history lesson or two.. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:55 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. What, exactly, is your point? |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:18 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Caught between a rock and a hard place. |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. Would you fight to prevent the total collapse of your country's economic infrastructure?... |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. If it rests upon slavery? No. Never. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. "highest of moral principles" |
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papapi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:35 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. In theory - maybe. But not in practice. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:00 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I'm aware of the failures of the Founding Fathers. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 10:45 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Those weren't failures |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Moral failures, not failures to achieve their objectives. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. Well said. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
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galledgoblin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
21. at GETTYSBURG?! (n/t) |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
22. Anything to make a buck! |
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BigBluenoser (289 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
36. I'm laughing my ass off right now... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:40 AM Response to Reply #36 |
46. LOL- Target marketing! |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
28. Civil War Buffs... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 10:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. When I see the Confederate Flag |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Indiana had a large KKK influence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Its kind of Ironic |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
39. The Confederate flag stands for treason |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
41. Hillbilly, not human |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
43. Is there any popcorn left? |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
48. Since Gettysburg is in PA., heart of Yankeedom, this rather astounds me. |
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bbernardini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Absolutely certain. Right in the middle of the downtown area. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Well, the sales are not from ignorance about the flag, but from greed. |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
51. Not only is it hateful... |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
52. Loser rag |
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