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10-25-2009, 02:05 PM
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TWODOGS, Why did you choose your new avatar?
Just wondering. Is it meant as an overt racist statement?
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10-25-2009, 02:25 PM
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More of a statement about states rights I think. After all, that's what the war was about was is not? The racial overtones are just a bonus.
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10-25-2009, 02:31 PM
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More of a statement about states rights I think. After all, that's what the war was about was is not? The racial overtones are just a bonus.
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"I'm a good ol' Rebel, now that's just what I am."
Hey TD, up fer a little "night ridin"?
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10-25-2009, 02:33 PM
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I'll grab a rope, you get the torch.
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10-25-2009, 02:36 PM
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lol
reason i asked:
One of our neighbors was flying one last Easter when I had my mom, daughter and my daughter's mom in the car. My daughter was pretty freaked out.
I guess it's good that she learned while she was with me that people in the USA are not all the same and that racism through ignorance or intent does exist.
I think many folks just don't realize or think it through when they fly it.
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10-25-2009, 02:55 PM
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lol
reason i asked:
One of our neighbors was flying one last Easter when I had my mom, daughter and my daughter's mom in the car. My daughter was pretty freaked out.
I guess it's good that she learned while she was with me that people in the USA are not all the same and that racism through ignorance or intent does exist.
I think many folks just don't realize or think it through when they fly it.
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I suppose that's one way to look at it...if you're a Rebelphobe.
I'm sure that Robert E. Lee, as an honorable gentleman who ever lived, would see it differently. I know that I do.
Just because the Stars and Bars was hijacked by a bunch of skinheads and racist criminals doesn't mean that it wasn't the banner that a lot of honorable people gave their lives and prosperity under. At least that's the consensus among a lot of folks in the South.
But they're busy scrubbing that part from the history books.
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10-25-2009, 03:00 PM
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I suppose that's one way to look at it...if you're a Rebelphobe.
I'm sure that Robert E. Lee, as an honorable gentleman who ever lived, would see it differently. I know that I do.
Just because the Stars and Bars was hijacked by a bunch of skinheads and racist criminals doesn't mean that it wasn't the banner that a lot of honorable people gave their lives and prosperity under. At least that's the consensus among a lot of folks in the South.
But they're busy scrubbing that part from the history books.
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I don't disagree but it was the flag that was raised to stop the freeing of the black slaves. Hard to sweep that under a rug.
It may have some positive meaning for some but it is also a flag of slavery support.
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10-25-2009, 03:05 PM
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I don't disagree but it was the flag that was raised to stop the freeing of the black slaves. Hard to sweep that under a rug.
It may have some positive meaning for some but it is also a flag of slavery support.
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Believe it or not, slavery was not the primary issue. Even Lincoln wasn't in favor of freeing the slaves, at least at the start.
Chas
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10-25-2009, 03:06 PM
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I'll grab a rope, you get the torch.
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Ya got a deal!!!
BTW, who well are you stocked on Navy Colts?
Chas
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10-25-2009, 03:25 PM
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Nary a one, will a .45LC Vaquero work?
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