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Originally Posted by finnbow
I feel much the same as you other than the fact that I think I was a cynical ploy by the Governor to keep the base fired up. It's hard to let it fade into history if one deliberately stirs the pot.
BTW, I have a couple good friends who live in the Shenandoah Valley (Strasburg) with roots that go very deep. They have portraits of Confederate generals/officers throughout their house and speak of the Civil War (oops, War of Northern Aggression) as if it were yesterday. I guess I just don't get it.  |
You weren't active here the last time we went through this.
One of my best friends, an attorney, also a member of the SCV, has his office decorated as such. Mother's maiden name was Lee, for what it's worth. I have also seen him stand up amongst the peckerwoods and announce that MLK was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.
I would say more due to the over application of Dutch Courage than to a calculated political move on his part.
Perhaps an enigma to you, but not so to me. He feels a deep respect for his ancestors, and also his heritage. A respect for those who fought and sacrificed for what they considered to be right.
What happened 150 years ago wasn't completely right, or completely wrong, it was simply the way things were 150 years ago. We all see the world through our own eyes, which gives even the most objective of us a myopic view of things.
Myself, if they ain't botherin' me, I don't want to give 'em a reason to.
Chas
I won't go into when the Democrats had the Stars and Bars removed from the Old Confederate's Home ( funded and built by the Daughters of the Confederacy) here in Missouri, which was no more that political cover for Dick Gebbart. And then armed the Park Rangers during a Confederate ceremony at the OCH, just in case there was trouble.
MY friend, a STAUNCH Democrat, was so incensed that he was ready to go get the Navy Colt's down from the mantle, and ride into them with the reigns in his mouth. And to tell the truth, so was I.
Two sides to this coin.