tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post6519949177027818563..comments2023-10-21T04:59:47.322-07:00Comments on One Bad Apple: Is it just a symbol?Wiwillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17025502444554791494noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-41194816404698185442009-01-24T17:02:00.000-08:002009-01-24T17:02:00.000-08:00Educated southern accents are sexy. "Why Mr. Perki...<I>Educated</I> southern accents are sexy. "Why Mr. Perkins, I didn't know y'all were going to be at the cotillion!"<BR/><BR/><I>Uneducated</I> southern accents make me want to punch the owner, regardless of gender. "Ya'ant to git down the store an git me some marlboras?"<BR/><BR/>There is a big difference between the two.<BR/><BR/>For certain people from the south, the Confederate flag is (ironically) a symbol of personal freedom...doing it your own way, being a rebel. It's an attitude rooted more in the beat-down of the Reconstruction rather than the Civil War itself, so those people aren't tieing it to slavery and the Civil War so much as a general feeling of being the underdog and having to fight for yourself and what you believe in.<BR/><BR/>It's a question of perception, and somewhat selective memory. <BR/><BR/>The southerners who support the flag don't want to think about slavery, racism, and all that. (and if you think racism wasn't a bigger problem in the south than the north after the war, listen to MLK's "I have a Dream" speech. He bitches about Mississipi and Alabama, not New York or Wisconsin. And I think the man knew a thing or two about racism in this country)<BR/><BR/>The northerners don't want to admit (and often weren't educated about) the damage done to the south <I>after</I> the war. (And if you think higher poverty and illiteracy rates and less education in the south - to this day - are a problem of their own doing, you haven't studied enough about the Reconstruction)<BR/><BR/>-Mattbear, born southern, raised northern, and hates the Confederate flag, even though he likes Dukes of Hazzard.Mattbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743880099310194234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-25157549901992873382009-01-24T14:44:00.000-08:002009-01-24T14:44:00.000-08:00Yes, Southern accents (Southern Belles) are incred...Yes, Southern accents (Southern Belles) are incredibly sexy.AccountDeletedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15245904284470087335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-14355580741142000712009-01-23T19:11:00.000-08:002009-01-23T19:11:00.000-08:00awe.. I need to come back to the blog world!SW ;)awe.. I need to come back to the blog world!<BR/><BR/>SW ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-68285022504059901352009-01-23T17:58:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:58:00.000-08:00Okay ... one more thing ... just so you know, the ...Okay ... one more thing ... just so you know, the flag that you are referring to is not the "Stars and Bars"- it had three stripes and 7 stars and resembled the US Flag ... the flag you are referring to is the "Battle Flag of Northern Virginia"- it wasn't created until later and 6 more stars were added. You can read about the history here ... http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/Confederate_Flag.htm<BR/><BR/>Also, I meant to mention before ... I once owned that bikini. And yes, our accents are sexy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566777363495158706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-85675312586759375032009-01-23T17:50:00.000-08:002009-01-23T17:50:00.000-08:00As one of many G.R.I.T.S.-- that means Girls Raise...As one of many G.R.I.T.S.-- that means Girls Raised In The South, I have to defend the Confederate flag. When I look at it, I am reminded of a time when the South was gentile and so were the people who lived there. We were a group of people that stood up when we disagreed with the masses and succeeded from the Union. You have to admire the courage it took to do that. Although, you've made it clear that you don't-- even though, America was founded on people forming their own governmental system. You don't hear me complaining that the Hawaii state flag has a Union Jack on it.<BR/><BR/>The guys with "the pointy white hats" did not use the Confederate flag as their symbol they used a variation of an iron cross inside a circle (http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/groups_kkk.asp).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14566777363495158706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15300514.post-28794539734366723122009-01-23T14:26:00.000-08:002009-01-23T14:26:00.000-08:00Well, I'm Canadian and my direct ancestors were ba...Well, I'm Canadian and my direct ancestors were basically serfs under a feudal lord. When I see that flag all I see is the General Lee and then Daisy Duke. You see where I'm going right? That accent is totally hot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com