Flags and what they represent
In Thursday’s paper was an article where US Rep. Bennie Thompson called the Confederate symbols “treasonous.” How absurd can a US Rep. get? As Lincoln had said, “Four score and seven years ago.” Thirteen colonies (that later became States) did the exact same thing that 13 Southern states did — they revolted against an over-bearing, over-controlling government. The Colonies were successful, whereas the seceding States weren’t. That is the only difference.
Rep. Thompson, along with every other black person who claims slave ancestry, ought to be proud that slavery did exist here for a couple of hundred years, otherwise the current “African-Americans” would not even exist, let alone exist in the greatest Country in the history of the world.
I’m not excusing slavery, nor condoning it. That was long before my time, or the time of anybody else alive today.
The “Confederate battle flag” is on its way out, for better or worse. I suspect it will be for worse. Think about this — if that punk in Charleston had posed with a U.S. flag in his online posts, would the current PC crowd be demanding we change or abolish that?
Some States are doing away with Confederate Memorial Day, to try and appease those who will never be satisfied, no matter what. Robert E. Lee’s birthday was taken and renamed Dr. MLK, Jr.’s birthday. The Army recently refused to rename military bases named in honor of Confederate soldiers who deserve recognition because of their military credentials. Finally the Army got something right.
The Confederate flag will soon no longer be flown at Confederate Memorials and/or cemeteries. That is political correctness gone too far.
This country has far more important problems than a flag. Frankly, I’m getting offended at all the jerks getting offended just to get some attention. Greece is going down the drain financially, and America’s liberals are doing their best to follow suit, with unsustainable liberal policies that are helping bankrupt this great nation.
America, get your collective head out of your butts and your butts off your shoulders. Let’s work together to save our land, before it’s too late.
Cameron Triplett
Brooksville
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