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The writer Patrick Wyman has hypothesized that the flagrancy of police violence against protesters is part of a strategy of exemplary violence, akin to the outsize and grotesque revenges inflicted on participants in medieval peasants rebellions. But you can get better. And when Southerners at the time said the flag represented their culture, they made it very clear whose culture they meant: "It means the Southern cause," Roy Harris, a legendary Georgia politician, said in 1951, according to Coski's book. She wonders why the flag is once again becoming a big deal. For those who embrace violence, the ability to see those that embrace evil comes through as clear as a beautiful desert sky after that rare torrential downpour. Support our mission, and make a gift today. However, to a very select few, its much much more. "If displaying the flag of the Confederate States of America is a fad, it is one of the longest-lived fads in history, lasting some 90 years," one sniffed in a letter to Life. Do it now. Joe Barnes gets into the truck at his home in Seminary, Mississippi. On Sunday, at a rally in Colorado, Mr. Trump proudly held up a rainbow flag with the words "LGBT for Trump" written on it to a cheering crowd of thousands. And a new poll from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics even suggests that more than 50 percent of Trump supporters want "red states" to secede from the Union. Surely the flags defenders will proffer other, muddier, interpretations which allow them the luxury of looking away. In the end, of course, Chauvin was found guilty on all three of his charges. What matters is this, they will fear the sword and the bearded ones wielding it. They're angry. The infamous tree, used for lynching, was bending over a bridge on Highway 433 toward Lexington. Dont ever allow your wife to sign Mrs again! he warned. Please enter a valid email and try again. I just had to go cut a black boy down off that hanging tree and take him to his mama.. Those are the kind of historical interpretations that make the Confederate flag seem like a harmless symbol of regional heritage. There are plenty of big bangs in "Flags of Our Fathers," but because . In her speech this week calling for state legislators to remove the flag from the statehouse grounds, Gov. Google Pay. 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Neither Ira nor Lindy has asked black acquaintances why the flag is offensive, or asked why many believe it belongs in museums, but not part of a state emblem. She worries that young people now think the flag stands for the KKK. This group understands that not all people can be negotiated with and at then end of the day, human nature is primal. For this chosen group, violence is the answer. Take Down the Confederate Flag - The Atlantic Give a last-minute gift with a lasting impact. The Havok Journal is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. The store slogan is You wont find it at Wal-Mart.. Is it their feelings? Were not a violent organization. The Confederate battle flag was one of several flags used during the Civil War. Cowardice, too, is heritage. Nikki Haley spoke of unity. Studies have shown that police dont solve most violent crimes. So, I say to you again, simply I would bring fear and death to them all!. Patriot Front is a Texas-based white supremacist group led by Thomas Ryan Rousseau. Haley nodded to supporters of the flag in her speech, saying that for many, the flag was "a way to honor ancestors who came to the service of their state during the time of conflict. He was a justice of the peace in Yazoo City, the gateway to the fertile, brutal lands of the Delta. itol began flying the flag in 1962 and never stopped. 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The third was discarded because the white got dirty easily and could resemble a flag of surrender. The flag was moved from the Capitol dome to the most prominent spot on the Capitol grounds, near a monument to Confederate soldiers. That's certainlytrue for the most dangerous and most effective of Donald Trump's allies, henchmen, henchwomen,and other followers. Made in the USA . Most Confederacy fans may cherry-pick their sides history, but many are more precise about the chinks in the Yankees armor including that not everyone up north was hip to slavery ending, either. That was horrific to my organization (SCV) when that took place.. Im a pointblank person. "Violence is the gold standard, the reserve that guarantees order. And they`re willing to take up arms for it.". It's a symbol of how successfully the Civil War has been misremembered so that "heritage" and "hate" could be disentangled from each other. Chauncey DeVega is a senior politics writer for Salon. The NAACP respects the constitutional, first amendment right for private citizens to maintain symbols and monuments on private property, he says. SteveBannon, Trump's former campaign chairman and White House strategist, has now threatened to recruit Republican-fascist "shock troops" with the apparent goal of underminingthe U.S. government, and by implication multiracial democracy, if and when Trump and the Republicans regaincontrol of both Congress andthe White House. He also hosts a weekly podcast,The Chauncey DeVega Show. Whats next? Who are their enemies? Barnes has black friends, he says, and points out that African Americans use the N-word. I go to see and share the bitter end , I have ever held the South were right. News of another police killing hits before the grieving family has concluded their press conference, and the cycle begins again, until it breaks, or we do. We are going to stand valiantlyfor God's incredible inherent truths that predate any version of government. Move forward. Trump's rallies and gatherings continue to celebrate violence and the prospect of revenge and specifically of "getting even" with Trump's"enemies.". Financial contributions from our readers are a critical part of supporting our resource-intensive work and help us keep our journalism free for all. (Today, its supporters say the KKK co-opted it.). When the white supremacist John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago, Booths fellow travelers, of the Great Emancipator was deplorable. Jefferson Davis, that it could not be regarded otherwise than as a great misfortune to the South, and angrily denied rumors that he had, The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? Its hoisting marked the end of a night of violently suppressed protests of the killing of the 20-year-old, a young Black father who had been pulled over, his mother said, because police had seen air fresheners dangling from his rearview mirror and had been shot in the chest by veteran Officer Kim Potter, former president of the citys police union. I have struggled. I later share those words with Derrick Johnson, the national president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), who previously led the Mississippi chapter. It was 1957 when little Lindy Lubys great-uncle showed up at her house near Benton, Mississippi, where the family had lived for generations. ), Schools are not teaching history the right way, he says. You feel I boast of impossibilities due to ego and arrogance. Shes helped me. Here is what I had to say about ISIS back in July 2014: Id bring fear and death to them all! 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