I guess I am the only one here who does not see ANYTHING wrong with a historical piece of history being flown. Yeah I know I'll get hate for it but I don't care. I think the flag should be left alone. It's not hurting anybody and it's part of southern heritage. Nobody cared about that flag being flown until that stupid jerk shot up that church and the media began obsessing with that flag. and NO I am not from the south. I am from Pennsylvania and I DON'T CARE if southern states have the flag! They have every right to fly it!
You don't get my point, and frankly it's that part of the debate I don't care much for. Know what else was a part of history? Us being a colony of Britain. Why aren't there any British flags flying over American government buildings? Hmmm... That's right. They
aren't the American government. So isn't the Confederacy.
I LOVE the "it's historical" excuse. That's grade A bull. Yeah. it is historical. Historical in a "this was the worst thing to happen to the fledgling nation ever" way. It's an embarrassing symbol of treason. Remember, they wanted to pull out of the US because
waaaaaa! They couldn't have their precious slaves. And frankly, considering they had to feed them, house them, and buy them (not to mention paying jerks to hunt them down if they escaped), that's actually LESS cheap than hiring them for a crappy wage and letting them fend for themselves like now times. Nope. It was about dominance and fear. Why on Earth
should the AMERICAN government fly an enemy flag in front of their buildings? It doesn't make any conceivable sense. Even with the "let's intimidate black people for daring to have rights" crap from the 1960's that brought that piece of crap back. The flag should
never be flown at a government building. There's a LOT the south can be proud of (racism isn't exactly exclusive to them), just not that time in the 1800's where they turned into spoiled little brats because they weren't getting their way. And I'm still shocked members of the party that was established
exclusively to take them out is defending that.
Lovingly ignoring my point about
private usage, I'll reiterate. If some dipstick out of absolute ignorance or not giving a frig wants to look like a tacky moron with that flag, it's their right. Just like it's everyone else's right to call them out on being a self entitled, arrogant, stubborn, mentally a spoiled five year old child doofus they are on it. The Union won the war. Get over it. Let it die.
That said, even I find the whole thing about Dukes of Hazard a little extreme. Can't they just use a cheated angle on the General Lee on T-shirts and stuff? That should be grandfathered in on account of the fact that it was a bunch of Hollywood types cashing in off the Southern Chic fad of the 70's and going for stereotypical imagery.
Donald Trump really destroyed the last tiny shreds of his credibility with those idiotic comments. He lost his ties with NBC, Univision, whatever pageant he was working with, Macy's, and a lot of groups that were having events at his golf courses/hotels. All because he needs to be in the press so badly that he thought running for president was a way to boost his brand.
Trump's Trump. I love how everyone's calling him out on racism
now instead of that whole "Birther" nonsense. That's for bitter conspiracy nuts, not passive aggressive "WAAAA! I have to pay taxes now" types. It's easy to call him out on everything, but that's just it. It's
easy.
My problem wasn't so much him, but
every time one person dies because of an Illegal immigrant it's louder and more important than
any of the issues facing every other homicide in the country. Not saying there shouldn't be some comprehensive legislation about immigration here, but when they simplify the conversation down to "brown people are bad, they're taking your jerbs, and all driving drunk and shooting people up" they show signs of hypocrisy and racism that helps destroy their own cause. No one wants to go into the hows and whys. Just simplify the conversation to angry up angry old entitled guys about how their sweet sweet 10 cents a week fruit picking jobs are being taken, all the while ignoring the fact their jobs are being shipped to Mexico because that would be like an extra 50 cents per lightbulb or something.
The thing that sickened me to the core was last year when all these kids were coming over to escape the drug cartels and the nasty comments kept coming from pundits and radio shock jocks. My favorite? "They should all say we're terribly sorry and go home," says the sheltered fat 50 year old white man paid to whine. Uh... last time I checked, our crappy, panicky, Dudley Do-Right meets Inspector Clouseau Regan era War on Drugs (that said far righters support) essentially strengthened the cartels, causing South America to turn into the movie Scarface essentially creating these refugees. So we're absolutely happy with clumsy legislation that doesn't fix the problem (not even close), but when we actually face the consequences of it
boo hoo it's everyone's fault but ours.
So yeah. Trump can say all the "I'm not racist" racist stuff he wants. He's in his own little world where he lacks any self awareness of any kind. he actually said something that can damage himself. Sure. But why are we screaming at him for being him when we're saying nothing of the culture of imaginary conspiracy theory "news" and big fat radio jerks who have to be jerks to remain relevant in an outdated medium essentially radicalizing angry, uninformed people to be angry at the wrong people? They're far worse than Trump ever could be.
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