Tag: Confederates

bookmark_borderGreat post from Confederate Coffee Company…

Posted on by Marissa

…about Lee High School in Midland, Texas. 

Here is an excerpt:

“We weren’t part of the vote — but we’re proud of the result. Respect. Heritage. Honor. That’s what this is about. Across the South, our story matters. Every community deserves its voice, its roots, and its rightful names. Let’s stop erasing. Start remembering.”

(emphasis added)

Amen to that. The story of the Confederacy matters. The story of Robert E. Lee matters. And so does mine. Minority viewpoints, perspectives, and stories matter, not just those of the majority. Not just those that line up with whatever happens to be popular. Just like the Confederates, I am unpopular, I am a rebel, and I am different from the norm. This is why the Confederates are so important to me. Their stories matter, and mine does as well. The Confederates, and myself, deserve to be honored just as much as anyone else does.

Read the rest of their post here.

bookmark_border“Don’t give up? That’s what you did at Appomattox.”

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Um, yes.

The Confederates gave up at Appomattox.

So?

The Confederates gave up at Appomattox after four years of being outnumbered, outgunned, and out-supplied. After four years of fighting an enemy that had a larger population, more money, and a more industrialized economy than they did.

Yes, the Confederates gave up at Appomattox.

What is the moral significance of that fact?

What does that have to do with whether the Confederacy was good or bad?

How, exactly, does that reflect badly on the Confederates, as this commenter seems to be implying it does?

The correct answers to these three questions:

There is none.

Nothing.

It doesn’t.

bookmark_border“honoring white Supremacist Traitors is now diversity, ROFLMAO”

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Yes, actual diversity is now diversity.

How hilarious!

Diversity that only includes people whom everyone likes, diversity that only encompasses non-controversial attributes, diversity that only includes people who conform to norms… is not diversity in any meaningful sense. It is not diversity at all. 

God forbid that anyone who is different from you be allowed to exist in the world, Donald Nichols. Can’t have that. 

P.S. You might want to learn proper punctuation. It would make you look like slightly less of an idiot.

bookmark_border“The ‘woke lemmings’ won the Civil War”

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… and that’s relevant, how?

How exactly does which side won and which side lost, have to do with which side was good and which side was bad? How exactly does winning and losing have to do with which side was right and which side was wrong?

It doesn’t.

Winning and losing have nothing to do with good and bad.

Winning and losing have nothing to do with right and wrong.

Winning and losing are determined by things like strength, power, strategy, and numbers. They have nothing to do with the moral goodness or badness of the people involved, or of the causes for which they fought.

Yes, the Union side won the Civil War.

The Union side used their larger population, their more industrialized economy, and their greater wealth to harm, hurt, and oppress the Confederates, and to violate their rights.

How, exactly, does this reflect badly on the Confederates?

When people harm, hurt, and oppress others and violate their rights, that reflects badly on the people doing the harming, hurting, oppressing, and violating. It does not reflect badly on the victims.

This is such a basic and obvious moral truth that it’s hard to believe it even needs to be stated. But if the comment sections of social media posts are any indication, it most definitely does, time and time again.

Yes, the woke lemmings won the Civil War.

So?

That doesn’t make them not woke lemmings. That doesn’t give them, or you, the moral high ground. And pointing that out, as if it somehow has moral significance, just makes you a mindless bully.

bookmark_borderA new sign at mega flag site in Alabama

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Another piece of positive news: the site of a huge Confederate battle flag in Alabama has been spruced up with a new sign. The flag, along highway I-65 between Montgomery and Birmingham, is maintained by the Prattville Dragoons SCV Camp. It received a new, permanent sign this past weekend after the previous one was destroyed by a storm.

Source: Dixie Forever

More photos can be seen at this Facebook post by the Prattville Dragoons.

bookmark_borderAn excellent post from the Confederate Cleaner

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I recently came across the below excellent post from the Facebook page, The Confederate Cleaner:

“It was 2020, I had sat back and watched the absolute destruction of our Southern monuments and cemeteries. I was infuriated and began thinking how can I fight against these acts. I began attending rallies that were being held in front of our monuments that were still standing. I began thinking if our monuments become lost then our cemeteries will be our last stand for Southern history. So we got to work preserving the history that’s available all throughout our small rural cemeteries. Most of these remote cemeteries you could tell haven’t been visited in many many years. One stone at a time we began cleaning. Just cleaning turned into cleaning and flagging and then that turned into cleaning flagging and researching. Their stories were so remarkable I felt I had to share em… So thank yall so much in helping remember and save the memories of some of the bravest men/women to have ever walked this earth. “

You can read the post in its entirety here.

I would like to thank the Confederate Cleaner for his amazing and honorable work. Just as I keep history alive through artwork, collecting and photographing statues, and blogging, he keeps history alive by cleaning graves, flagging them, and sharing the soldiers’ stories. I also want to echo the sentiments regarding Confederates being some of the bravest men/women to have ever walked the earth. I believe this with all my heart.

bookmark_border“Take one memorial down and we will build more…”

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A message of hope from the Virginia Flaggers: 

 
 
 
 
 
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A post shared by Virginia Flaggers (@the_virginia_flaggers)

It makes my heart happy to know that there are other people out there who share the belief that people who fought back against authority deserve to be honored. Despite the efforts of authoritarian bullies to eradicate us, we still exist, and we still build memorials. Hopefully we always will.

bookmark_borderWilliam Lewis Stone of Mecklenburg County, VA

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Excellent post from the Virginia Flaggers explaining why they do what they do:

 
 
 
 
 
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I agree wholeheartedly with these sentiments. William Lewis Stone was a human being with thoughts, feelings, experiences, and a unique perspective. The same is true of each and every Confederate soldier. His life mattered, and theirs did as well.

bookmark_borderThe future of Confederate memorial parks…

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A pretty cool AI (I assume) creation from Confederate Coffee Company:

 
 
 
 
 
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A post shared by A Proud Confederate Business. The Coffee of the South. (@confederatecoffeecompany)

I certainly hope so. And I particularly appreciate the hashtags #Inclusion and #TrueInclusivity. Indeed, contrary to popular belief, Confederate symbols are symbols of inclusion, because the Confederates were rebels who fought back against authority, and their symbols therefore signify rebellion, resistance, and nonconformity in all their forms. There cannot be true inclusivity without including the Confederates.