While I think some on the left have taken some of these imagery complaints too far (like the UC system and Harvard Law's recent politically correct foolishness), I also find some of the images that various southern states chose after the Civil War (or as many schools in my time called it, "The War of Northern Aggression") very odd, if not troubling. They were clearly trying to send a message - and now people are reacting to that message. Don't cry about it now. Ya reap what ya sow. Probably the most egregious example of this is the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest in the Tennessee statehouse. Having a bust of one of the founders of the Ku Klux Klan in any statehouse has FUBAR written all over it. I just read that Gov. Bill Haslam supports discontinuing Tennessee license plates that feature the Confederate battle flag and removing the bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee statehouse. I think that's the right thing to do. The statue of the Confederate rebel and Klan leader that's at the private park in Tennessee and at the cemetery in Alabama, well, those are on private property, as far as I know. If you want to erect a statue of Adolf Hitler (or anybody else) on private land across the street from a Jewish cemetery, that's none of the government's business, IMO. At gun shows, I've met and talked to people in the Sons of the Confederacy
(although I've always found it kinda odd that everyone you talk to had a great, great grandpappy who was a Confederate general - no wonder they lost; they apparently had more generals than privates). IMO, no different than some on the left, these people are also living in the past and have an unhealthy obsession with imagery.
For those who haven't heard, PBS just decided to cancel a series called "Finding Your Roots", after it was found that Hollywood darling, Ben Affleck, had pressured the producers to hide information about one of his ancestors who had owned slaves. This is where political correctness is leading us, I'm afraid. Look, on my father's side, I have an ancestor who was a full blood Cherokee. I'm sure that at some point, more than a few of her ancestors wound up on the Trail of Tears genocide/forced march. So I should be proud of and talk about her, right? But on my mother's side, I also have an ancestor who was in the U.S. cavalry and fought the Lakota and Oglala Sioux, and helped steal their land in South Dakota. So him, I should be ashamed of and do my best to keep secret? What people related to me did or didn't do has nothing to do with me. We all have a cast of characters in our family trees. It's what
you do and how
you live that matters. As for Affleck, what's worse, having a long dead, slave owning ancestor or being a modern day, politically correct, Hollyweird pussy? :dunno:
Here's another good one... remember Pocahontas? She was a member of a Virgina tribe called the Pamunkey. OK? So somewhere around the turn of the last century, Virginia and other southern states (still butt-hurt over losing the Civil War and reconstruction) enacted certain laws to keep the races separate. What were Indians? "Uh... uh... I know, they're not White, so they must be Black! So that's how we'll classify them." The Indians (the Pamunkey especially) said, "Hey, you land thieves, we're not Black! We're Indians." But when WWI started, any Pamunkey who tried to enlist was classified as "Black". So they instituted their own tribal rules against marrying into races other than Indian or White (which made White racists even madder). But that's why they did that. OK? They didn't run around burning crosses or lynching Blacks. So, fast forward to now. According to the Federal government and the forces of political correctness, because the Pamunkey were "racist" and "sexist" (women were not allowed into tribal leadership positions), they're not a
real Indian tribe. :wtf: My state recognizes them as a tribe - how could they not be??? But last I heard, not the Feds. And the Congressional Black Caucus, Eric Holder (former Attorney General of the U.S. and a crooked lawyer), N.O.W. (a bunch of over privileged, whiny ass White women) and MGM (a once mob-connected, casino operator that doesn't want any more Indian casino competition) are the major forces blocking the tribe's efforts to be federally recognized. And if those groups tell Obama to jump, his response is, "how high???" If the LGBT mafia were to weigh in, the Pamunkey might as well just go back to being "Black" - cause it's over for them at that point. Just make Rachel Dolezal the new Chief and at least they could get some favorable coverage on MSNBC.
So, what did we learn today, kiddies? This: Pocahontas was just a pretty little Indian girl, who (apparently) lived out in the forest
by herself, since she apparently wasn't a member of an Indian tribe. And I guess I am a sovereign citizen, since I don't live in a
real state. What with my state having a racist and sexist past, we're certainly not a real state. So I guess, like Pocahontas, I live alone, by myself... in the
Land of Rey C.
Good night, Amerika. :wave:
