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‘The Neutral Ground’ Review: CJ Hunt Injects Humor Into the Debate Over Confederate Monuments
Variety ^ | June 27 2021 | Peter Debruge

Posted on 07/06/2021 6:27:42 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

Before joining 'The Daily Show,' field producer CJ Hunt honed his satirical approach digging into the powerful grip of Lost Cause logic on the South.

The Neutral Ground” goes beyond the surface debates to examine why some Southerners are so attached to their Civil War heroes.

(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...


TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar; cjhunt; confederacy

1 posted on 07/06/2021 6:27:42 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I am a southerner. I respect Gen. P.G.T Beauregard. I am a respect General Hardee. Likewise, General William Tecumseh Sherman.

Are we still fighting the war?


2 posted on 07/06/2021 6:31:56 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (A world in which dogs write poetry is more believable than the world as seen through the Media)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I’d rather live with statues of dead confederates than tolerate the presence of living cultural Marxists.

If they want a statue taken down put up a second.

If they want the name of something changed take back the name of something already changed.


3 posted on 07/06/2021 6:51:48 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rurudyne

Privatize! Put up a statue of Robert E. Lee in your front yard.


4 posted on 07/06/2021 7:24:53 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

“CJ Hunt”

So, the author’s point is that CJ Hunt is a moron, and so is he.

That about it?


5 posted on 07/06/2021 8:14:30 PM PDT by dsc (Abortion is the axe laid to the roots of the tree of human rights.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

It’s called family.


6 posted on 07/07/2021 5:45:03 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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