tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post3926074851496763769..comments2024-03-22T20:34:13.792-05:00Comments on Indomitable | The online home of Chauncey DeVega: It was Just an Inconvenient Fact: Slavery Omitted from Virginia's Confederate History MonthLady Zora, Chauncey DeVega, and Gordon Gartrellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09138154899923808806noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-68813049699588845162010-04-08T10:56:29.642-05:002010-04-08T10:56:29.642-05:00One of the most telling things to me about this wh...One of the most telling things to me about this whole situation is that while Governor McDonnel glorifies the Confederacy in Virginia, Arlington National Cemetery's Section 27 (which contains the remains of thousands of Freed Slaves and United States Colored Troops) sits in a state of neglect and utter disrepair.<br /><br />And has been in that state for well over 20 years - even after Congress told the cemetery to fix it. <br /><br />http://www.salon.com/news/arlington_national_cemetery_investigation/index.html<br /><br />Arlington may be a national cemetery, but this really sends a disturbing message about where the Commonwealth of Virginia's priorities are.Bill the Lizardhttp://open.salon.com/blog/bill_the_lizardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-82378157465486326062010-04-08T10:49:31.719-05:002010-04-08T10:49:31.719-05:00@Shady_Grady:
But of course, the reason why said ...@Shady_Grady:<br /><br />But of course, the reason why said "reckoning" didn't happen, is because the winners were as white as the losers, AND they spoke the same language. The only real difference between the North and the South was that the South said publicly what the North thought privately. The Emancipation Proclamation didn't happen because Lincoln was pro-black...he wanted to ship people back to Africa...it happened because Lincoln was on the verge of losing the war and needed boots-on-the-ground and a public morale boost. All of this is merely a continuation of the evil inherent in white cultural power and dominance. I, for one, think that many white Northerners wish that they could fly the Stars and Bars...<br /><br />White Man in a Black WorldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-72644617359171996272010-04-07T21:50:39.212-05:002010-04-07T21:50:39.212-05:00It is no surprise that people claim that the South...It is no surprise that people claim that the South "won". We have raised the latest generation with the notion that there is no such thing as last place. We give out ribbons for 8th place in kids athletics, its no wonder these over-pampered and undereducated fools are thinking that they "won".ijuhtfwshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633582819224245089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-67802871884596419272010-04-07T19:45:30.458-05:002010-04-07T19:45:30.458-05:00The older I get the more I think that the big reas...The older I get the more I think that the big reason that we still have all of this Confederate glorification is that unlike in post War Germany or Japan there was never any sort of reckoning in 1865 America.<br /><br />I mean perhaps if a few more of the secessionist generals and politicians had swung at the end of a rope for treason, we wouldn't have this stuff going on today.Shady_Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00996625985002373392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57113078446695664.post-13314238749997919982010-04-07T18:57:28.489-05:002010-04-07T18:57:28.489-05:00Nice post. I threw a bunch of quotes from the Conf...Nice post. I threw a bunch of quotes from the Confederacy up on my own blog (including one you have also cited) when I heard of this. I guess I'm glad for the opportunity to refresh my memory about how central to the Confederacy slavery was, and how emotionally attached to white supremacy its leaders were.<br /><br />http://thecahokian.blogspot.com/2010/04/april-is-confederate-history-month.htmlishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.com