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Don Zomberg Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 27 April 2017 at 9:21am | IP Logged | 1
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Southerners and gun enthusiasts often cite the Civil War as a shining example of freedom loving citizens defending themselves against the tyranny of a government juggernaut, all the while forgetting that their side LOST that particular struggle.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 27 April 2017 at 10:44am | IP Logged | 2
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Southerners and gun enthusiasts often cite the Civil War as a shining example of freedom loving citizens defending themselves against the tyranny of a government juggernaut, all the while forgetting that their side LOST that particular struggle. Also forgetting it is difficult to identify oneself as "freedom loving" if one is enslaving hundreds of thousands of people. Even had they "won", the victory would have been over common decency.
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Eric Sofer Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 31 January 2014 Location: United States Posts: 4789
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 3:57am | IP Logged | 3
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I wonder if those people who are Confederate celebrants really understand that they are supporting slavery again. Some of those younger supporters might profit from having explained exactly what happens to slaves, and that those youngsters would be beating their friends, tearing those friends away from their parents for no reason, and robbing them of every single thing they own.
I don't know if a lot of ten or eleven year olds would be so gung ho at that point... I see ignorance taking a big hand in this support.
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Christopher Frost Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 24 October 2016 Location: Canada Posts: 484
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 7:37am | IP Logged | 4
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I've never been a Confederate supporter or sympathizer but I think that their movement is less about supporting slavery and more about the desire to break away from a government that they feel doesn't represent their values. It's certainly no excuse for the ugliness often on display alongside their "pride" but I think to disregard their movement as simply a racist/bigoted one ignores the underlying root of what it's really all about. Putting up statues of Confederate folks, flying the flag, etc. is about thumbing their noses at the powers that be.
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Fred J Chamberlain Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 30 August 2006 Location: United States Posts: 4015
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 7:54am | IP Logged | 5
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Christopher, that may be true, but they'd be better served displaying a new symbol for that ideology and showing some individual thought process. Those that fall under your description and use the flag to promote their thoughts, they only display that they haven't put al that much thought into it.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 8:07am | IP Logged | 6
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they haven't put al that much thought into it. A-doy!
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Brian Miller Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 28 July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 30832
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 8:43am | IP Logged | 7
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In related news TN just passed legislation to honor Nathan Bedford Forrest and his contributions to the KKK. It was hidden in another bill that was classified as non-controversial and didn't need debating. The Forrest bill has been shot down numerous times, but the sponser finally got it buried deep enough that no one noticed. Even the black members that actually voted to pass it.
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John Byrne
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 9:11am | IP Logged | 8
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In related news TN just passed legislation to honor Nathan Bedford Forrest and his contributions to the KKK. It was hidden in another bill that was classified as non-controversial and didn't need debating. The Forrest bill has been shot down numerous times, but the sponser finally got it buried deep enough that no one noticed. Even the black members that actually voted to pass it. We need a good plague.
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Tim Cousar Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 12 May 2006 Location: United States Posts: 1660
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 1:40pm | IP Logged | 9
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Legislators don't read what they're passing.
Edited by Tim Cousar on 28 April 2017 at 1:44pm
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Brian Hague Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 1:46pm | IP Logged | 10
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Christopher Frost wrote: "Putting up statues of Confederate folks, flying the flag, etc. is about thumbing their noses at the powers that be."
So, kind of a "f*ck you" at anyone who doesn't see things their way. Allow me to extend the same back at them.
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Don Zomberg Byrne Robotics Member
Joined: 23 November 2005 Posts: 2355
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Posted: 28 April 2017 at 1:49pm | IP Logged | 11
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thumbing their noses
Yes, from the same folks who see the Black Lives Matter movement as a threat to America on a par with ISIS.
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David Allen Perrin Byrne Robotics Member
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Posted: 02 May 2017 at 3:27am | IP Logged | 12
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"We need a good plague."
He is sitting in the White House.
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