Redneck Rage

[shaunbhoy]

Tears of Rage as South Carolina Votes to Take Down the Confederate Flag - The Daily Beast


They will be blubbing into their Jack Daniels' tonight in Hicksville.

[Lockhouse]

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

[SpontaneousOrder]

while opponents called it a modern-day emblem of hate, rage, and racism.

It's funny 'cause Abe Lincoln was about as racist as you can be. He considered blacks to be a lower species of human and wanted then annexed into their own state, or preferably back to Africa.

[AtW]

Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future

HTH

[SpontaneousOrder]

Those who control the present, control the past and those who control the past control the future

HTH

Doubleplusgood.

[unixman]

I know nothing of US politics but banning flags doesn't seem to be the sort of thing that would promote truth and reconciliation. Rather it would build up resentment and problems for the next generation. OK I guess it hasn't actually been banned.

Just because a crank mass murderer posed with the flag, does not mean he and the flag are one. What if the murderer had posed with the stars and stripes? Banning/hiding the flag seems almost to agree with the murderer (that the flag represents his actions), and seems almost to perfume his cause with whiff of martyrdom.

Better to view him for what he is: a mass murderer. Stunted. Nihilistic. Representing nothing.

[rl4engc]

I misread the title at first

[vwdan]

I misread the title at first

Ditto!

[d000hg]

It's funny 'cause Abe Lincoln was about as racist as you can be. He considered blacks to be a lower species of human and wanted then annexed into their own state, or preferably back to Africa.

So what? The views you or I hold now may be seen as outrageously offensive in 25 years time

[BrilloPad]

red neck rage? Is this about hogweed?

Giant hogweed warning after children hurt in Bolton - BBC News

Genesis did a nice song about that....