Posted on 08/13/2007 10:27:22 PM PDT by BnBlFlag
When the Neonazis came and rallied in Knoxville, I noticed that almost all of them were from up north. LOL. XD
It made their absolute failure to gain any traction with us locals all the more delicious.
The author is a prime example of what happens when affirmative action meets communism in the higher education system.
If you go back to colonial times, you find that the original “red states” were those who believed in state’s rights, state nullification and that states could cecede from the union. The Civil War was as much about that as slavery. Jefferson, Madison and others debated the two views. The Civil War settled the issue by declaring that the union could not be dissolved ans was not so much a confederacy as a dual system of government.
plenty of freepers no different.....they loathe us and what we stand for and feel superior and ask us to denigrate our ancestors
they can go to hell..........or to that gay forum wideawakes where they belong
I think it is a mistake today to characterize Radical Republicans of the 1860s as conservative.........they were anything but.
They were zealots and every bit as dangerous to America as the fire breathers.
Lincoln was not one lest that be failed to be mentioned.
I don’t buy this convenient timeline of conservative always equals GOP.
Thaddeus Stevens and Charlie Sumner were for their time even more radical than Schumer or Hillary.
do all conservatives here think the CRA of 1964 was a good thing?
I believe that, at one pooint at least, NY, MA, CT, NJ and many others were slave states as well.
The democratic party has always been the party of slavery.
It’s a simple historical fact.
no dems wrote: “WHY DO BLACK AMERICANS VOTE DEMOCRAT BY 90% EVERY ELECTION?”
It certainly doesn’t help when the Republicans sell out their conservative principles. What happened to school vouchers? Or, why are the Republicans driving down wages and eliminating jobs for poor minorities by doing little or nothing to stop illegal immigration? No, our leadership felt it could out-pander the Democrats, and guess what, no one beats the Dems at their own game. A true conservative agenda would benefit all Americans, including blacks. If we want to win them to our side, we have to be something more than the Democrat-lite party.
And the black penchant for selling each other as slaves and now mass murder by abortion is also well known.
I’ve lived in small Yankee towns and Southern cities. I currently live in a working class mixed race neighborhood in the Hampton Roads area. I can honestly say the only time I’ve heard the word “nigger” in years in this area has been from black friends. When I visit Pennsylvania I hear it every day - and don’t see many mixed race neighborhoods. I also see other signs of racial prejudice in the north.
The writer of this piece would never admit it - but he’s prejudice against the South. It seems he’s bought into the whole “slave reparations” bag. Maybe instead of overlaying the red state-blue state map over a map of the Old Confederacy, it would be more appropriate compare a map of where the KKK is active. Nothing much has been heard from them in the South in a long time. The northern blue states can’t say the same.
One of the worst being certain private property declared "public accomodations" and the owner losing all rights to what can and cannot be done on his own property.
This is a hit piece since there was originally slavery in the north as well.
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Massachusetts was the first state to establish slavery into law in the colonies...
“but it shows the extremes some Leftists and some Blacks go when looking at anything Southern.
“plenty of Freepers no different....they loathe us and what we stand for and feel superior and ask us to denigrate our ancestors.
They can go straight to Hell......or that gay forum Wideawakes where they belong”.
Amen Brother! Sad but true. I had three of my GGF’s fight for the Confederacy and I’ll never let them down. That’s why I’m in the SCV!
While the War Between the States was somewhat about slavery, that war was more about states' rights and preserving the union.
An analogy could be drawn to the conflict in Iraq. That fight is somewhat to bring democracy to Iraqis (analogous to freeing the slaves), but the conflict is more about protecting Americans.
But agree that many of the free states were such because they could more easily afford to do away with slavery.
Going along with your opinion, 'kinder' slave states were located in the north of slave territory, in states such as Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. Meanwhile, being sold 'down [the Mississippi] river' was an especially cruel fate for slaves.
You’re absolutely correct!
He jumps to a lot of conclusions, but most of his article is an anecdote, and little pops out as being suspect.
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