N.C. panel votes to keep Confederate monuments, add context about slavery

The Hill ^ | 08/22/18 | Avery Anapol

[central_va]

The Democrats of the mid 19th century wanted to preserve states rights and the status quo which MADE THEM THE CONSERVATIVES. Sorry that is fact.

"Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are Sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again, when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government, and the inalienable rights of the people of the States, will prevent any one from denying that each State is a Sovereign, and thus may reclaim the grants which it has made to any agent whomsoever."

President Davis

[wardaddy]

Be sure to kiss my ass why doncha moonbeam!

[CarolinaReaganFan]

We should also mention that the reconstruction act is what caused the south to be run by carpetbaggers and scalawags for a decade or so.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I'm very embarrassed to say I found it in Jacobin Magazine, a socialist rag. That's actually why I intentionally omitted the citation. I was looking for another well written, concise summary, but thought this one was well constructed and written.

The Long History of Southern Terror by Heather Cox Richardson, June 21, 2015.

She wrote about the Dylan Roof murders of black parishioners at Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and said it "replayed a central theme in American history." She included the text I posted as a backdrop to her condemnation of America in the 21st century.

Just coincidentally, Newt Gingrich wrote an excellent article a few days ago that was posted on FR where he discusses the Jacobins and their extreme terrorism in the French Revolution. See Newt Gingrich: Democrats have no idea what demons they are unleashing (FR) and the original Newt Gingrich: Democrats have no idea what demons they are unleashing (Fox News).

[Albion Wilde]

Thank you so much. It is a pretty good essay. The old “even a stopped clock can be right twice a day” trick.

[Albion Wilde]

I’m sure he will be crushed to hear you feel that way and will stop making the top-grossing documentaries for the many American swing voters and misinformed people who need political education, since your tastes are what really matter.

[rockrr]

I’m a NC native and had many ancestors fight and die for the South in the “War of Northern Aggression”.

You mean the War of Southern Treachery?

[morphing libertarian]

you misspelled treason

[Albion Wilde]

Newt Gingrich: Democrats have no idea what demons they are unleashing (

Just made time to read the Newt Gingrich piece you linked me to. Wow. As far as recent current events go, seems that Coulter and Gingrich are the only ones drawing parallels to the bloody French Revolution when they take note of the baying mobs in the streets and on social media, calling for socialism. Very good article; thanks.

Also very much appreciate the warnings about Jacobin magazine.