The Confederate flag and cultural fascism
By Brent Bozell Published June 26, 2015 FoxNews.com
(The Associated Press)
You cultural fascists have struck again.
You have shown you will say most anything, and do most anything to advance your radical agenda. But thats not enough, is it? Your intent is to ban any opposition. Your goal is to ban even the expression of dissension.
Youre doing it everywhere. You are insisting scientists skeptical of global warming be banned from symposia discussing the subject. You shout down, even physically attack conservatives who dare express opinions on college campuses that is, if you dont succeed in banning them altogether. You demand TV networks fire Christians who dare to quote Scripture publicly. You pressure advertisers to stop their sponsorship of conservative talk shows, inventing scandals to justify your campaigns. You pressure businesses to fire employee for supporting traditional marriage. You call on government to imprison Christians who will not abide by the gay agenda.
Now its the Confederate flag.
I dont know whats more offensive, your disgusting character assassination or the outright embarrassment of politicians and businesses quaking in their shoes at the thought they might be next on your hit list.
As usual, you are using a horrific event, and the victims of that horror, as your excuse, just as you used a pro-life extremist detonating a bomb to smear the entire pro-life movement, just as you used a crazed gunman opening fire in a movie theater to advance your radical agenda to ban all guns.
You demand it be banned from society because you insist society accept your definition of what it represents. As usual, you are using a horrific event, and the victims of that horror, as your excuse, just as you used a pro-life extremist detonating a bomb to smear the entire pro-life movement, just as you used a crazed gunman opening fire in a movie theater to advance your radical agenda to ban all guns.
Now its Dylann Roof. He commits an unspeakable act of racist violence. What does the Confederate flag have to do with it? It is the symbol youre using to suggest America is, and always has been racist.
So many are so intimidated and run away like an Iraqi army.
The Confederate flag has been removed from the Dukes of Hazzards General Lee car. We will no longer sell that horrible thing! declare Apple, Sears, eBay, Amazon, and the rest about the Confederate flag.
What frauds. Up until last week none had a problem in the world with that flag. The racially-sensitive folks at Amazon still sell Nazi and apartheid memorabilia. Sen. Lindsey Graham cynically whines, God help South Carolina if it continues flying the flag he has repeatedly defended.
Cowards all.
Let me tell you who youre tarring with your smear campaign. Charlie Daniels is a friend of mine. I know and am friends with members of The Outlaws. Ive met the Lynyrd Skynyrd band. Ive seen The Allman Brothers in concert. They all sing about the South. Their millions of fans wear caps emblazoned with the Confederate flag. The Stars and Bars waves throughout the arenas.
Youve called them all racists.
Racists? How dare you. They are celebrating Southern rock music period.
You are insulting millions of NASCAR fans who do the same simply as a celebration of their Southern heritage. You are besmirching the memory of the thousands of Confederates who fought for their right to secede and openly opposed slavery. Start with Robert E. Lee.
You will use this you know you will to tar any conservative you can tie to the evil youve invented. Youll declare that person a racist if he doesnt publicly agree with you, wont you?
Whats next? How long will it take for you to demand that the American flag be removed? Its a natural progression.
Youll talk about Abu Ghraib. Youll reach back to the My Lai massacre. Youll find any excuse to besmirch the Stars and Stripes.
What about the Cross? You think its a symbol of religious oppression. The KKK solemnly sets it ablaze in their ceremonies. Youll want that banned, too. In fact President Obama has already demanded it be covered if he speaks in front of one.
Tear down your own damn flags. The Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was a terrorist, and a murderer, and a supporter of Greenpeace. Tear down your environmentalist flags. There are black racists waving black power flags. Tear them all down.
A gay fanatic shot and grievously wounded a security guard at the Family Research Council. His intent was to murder as many employees as possible. Tear down all LGBT flags.
But you wont, of course. You cultural fascists are also raving hypocrites.
I have a Confederate flag proudly displayed in my home. Itll stay. This afternoon Im going to buy two or three more. Why? Just to defy you.
Brent Bozell is chairman of ForAmerica, the nation's largest active online conservative network with over 7.3 million supporters.
What a load of crap, the idea that a Southerner uses a confederate battle flag to celebrate his heritage and folks who do not want the flag officially flown on public property is depriving him of this right. Is no different than if the city of Milwaukee decided to fly a Nazi flag to celebrate their German history and felt put upon when local Jewish leaders and their friends demanded its removal.
4430
Loc: Little Egypt ** Southern Illinory
Kevyn wrote:
What a load of crap, the idea that a Southerner uses a confederate battle flag to celebrate his heritage and folks who do not want the flag officially flown on public property is depriving him of this right. Is no different than if the city of Milwaukee decided to fly a Nazi flag to celebrate their German history and felt put upon when local Jewish leaders and their friends demanded its removal.
Your comparing apples to oranges !
Southerns didn't kill 6 million Jews
4430 wrote:
Your comparing apples to oranges !
Southerns didn't kill 6 million Jews
No, they enslaved, tortured, lynched, flogged, chain dragged and denied humanity to thousands of African Americans for a couple of century's and some continue to do so to this day. Like it or not this is a big part of the "Southern heritage" you find so important to celebrate.
4430
Loc: Little Egypt ** Southern Illinory
Kevyn wrote:
No, they enslaved, tortured, lynched, flogged, chain dragged and denied humanity to thousands of African Americans for a couple of century's and some continue to do so to this day. Like it or not this is a big part of the "Southern heritage" you find so important to celebrate.
Well for you info I'm not a Southern nor am I celebrating Southern heritage just goes to prove you don't know piddy squat about me !
Puh-leeze. Cultural fascism?
How about mentioning what that banner symbolizes: White supremacy. That's the reason Roof chose that banner. It might be a part of history, and cultural heritage, but what it symbolizes and the heritage it denotes are not something that one should be celebrating.
Maybe the southern politicians are finally starting to get that...after a 150 years. Wonder when the rest of the confederates will?
Does the name Joe Mcarthy ring anyone's bell?
Yes, it does. During the tumoltuous times that the commies were trying to find a new life, given their treasonous ways, like finding a new home and new name, i.e. "liberals', there were untold numbers of commies still under cover, especially in Holywood , doing their dirty under cover foul deeds: their commie propaganda. The senator sought them out and fo this he got the vilification of the century. With the NYT leading the charge. And after it was all said and done it turned out that every so called American that he put his finger on was indeed part of the conspiracy. But once again the traitors among us won out. Just like they've been doing ever since.
God help America.
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