Are you ashamed of your heritage?

[Unkotare]

Me? I'm fine. I just want southern whites to have the same right to celebrate their heritage, without being attacked and cancelled, as everyone else has.

Stop being such a pathetic little *****.

 

[longly]

Stop being such a pathetic little *****.

How is that pathetic? What’s actually pathetic is the claim some Black people make about being “written out of history.” They were never written out of history — they were simply never written in, for the basic reason that people record history from their own perspective. Human beings see the world through their own eyes.

Take Islam, for example. It reached sub‑Saharan Africa before the Arabs themselves did. When the Arabs eventually arrived, they found that the local people depicted Mohammed as a Black man. Were the Arabs being written out of their history? No. The local African communities were simply seeing the world through their own cultural lens, just like everyone else.

If you want your history recorded, others may write it for you — but it’s always better to write it yourself.

 

[Zincwarrior]

How is that pathetic? What’s actually pathetic is the claim some Black people make about being “written out of history.” They were never written out of history — they were simply never written in, for the basic reason that people record history from their own perspective. Human beings see the world through their own eyes.

Take Islam, for example. It reached sub‑Saharan Africa before the Arabs themselves did. When the Arabs eventually arrived, they found that the local people depicted Mohammed as a Black man. Were the Arabs being written out of their history? No. The local African communities were simply seeing the world through their own cultural lens, just like everyone else.

If you want your history recorded, others may write it for you — but it’s always better to write it yourself.

I am sure in the place you live that you can wave your Confederate flag in front of your broken down trailer all you want.

 

[longly]

I am sure in the place you live that you can wave your Confederate flag in front of your broken down trailer all you want.

No, and no. I never wish harm, conflict, or hostility of any kind. And if any of my Black friends ever asked whether I was ashamed of my heritage because of slavery, I would say no. Believe it or not, in day‑to‑day life the topic simply doesn’t come up very often. All four of my Black friends — as far as I can tell, anyway — aren’t particularly interested in history.

 

[Zincwarrior]

No, and no. I never wish harm, conflict, or hostility of any kind. And if any of my Black friends ever asked whether I was ashamed of my heritage because of slavery, I would say no. Believe it or not, in day‑to‑day life the topic simply doesn’t come up very often. All four of my Black friends — as far as I can tell, anyway — aren’t particularly interested in history.

But can you wave your flag in front of your trailer? Yes or no?

 

[longly]

But can you wave your flag in front of your trailer? Yes or no?

But can you wave your flag in front of your trailer? Yes or no?

Since I'm a free man, I can wave whatever I want, but I don't wave anything. I do have a Southern Cross—it's small, folded, and put up somewhere. I don't even know if I could find it if I wanted to. But a free man is free to wave anything he wants, except in time of war. In war, freedom can be limited depending on the needs of the war effort. In time of war, everything is secondary to national defense, even personal desires, opinions, and heritage.

When I was in the military, I was a dedicated military man. I expressed no opinions that might be an impediment to the mission of the Air Force. I can't say that was true for the liberals I encountered.

The military is about conformity. Those who cannot conform do not belong—at least not in any position of responsibility. That includes people who insist on growing beards when the commander says otherwise. Some argue that Black service members should be exempt from that rule because of how hair growth interacts with their skin, but I say conform. There is always electrolysis

 

[longly]

Since I'm a free man, I can wave whatever I want, but I don't wave anything. I do have a Southern Cross—it's small, folded, and put up somewhere. I don't even know if I could find it if I wanted to. But a free man is free to wave anything he wants, except in time of war. In war, freedom can be limited depending on the needs of the war effort. In time of war, everything is secondary to national defense, even personal desires, opinions, and heritage.

When I was in the military, I was a dedicated military man. I expressed no opinions that might be an impediment to the mission of the Air Force. I can't say that was true for the liberals I encountered.

The military is about conformity. Those who cannot conform do not belong—at least not in any position of responsibility. That includes people who insist on growing beards when the commander says otherwise. Some argue that Black service members should be exempt from that rule because of how hair growth interacts with their skin, but I say conform. There is always electrolysis

Unkotare, you can’t do any better than that?​

 

[Correll]

Stop being such a pathetic little *****.

Buddy, I'm not the one playing dumb, to avoid facing a flaw in my logic.

I know that you are normally better than this. I don't know why this is hard for you.


We can let it drop for now, and you can let it simmer. Maybe in time you will be able to deal with it more clearly.

 

[Unkotare]

Buddy, I'm not the one playing dumb, to avoid facing a flaw in my logic.
...

"Flaw in logic"? From the numbskull equating disdain for the vile, treasonous "confederacy" with a hatred for "white culture" (whatever the hell that is supposed to be)? It is pretty clear that you have no idea what logic or culture are. You've never studied either, have you?

 

[Correll]

"Flaw in logic"? From the numbskull equating disdain for the vile, treasonous "confederacy" with a hatred for "white culture" (whatever the hell that is supposed to be)? It is pretty clear that you have no idea what logic or culture are. You've never studied either, have you?

You are applying a different and far harsher standard to whites, than you are to everyone else.


I would like to let this drop for now. you clearly aren't able to process it, right now. So...


yeah.

 

[Unkotare]

You are applying a different and far harsher standard to whites...

You imagine based on your race-based paranoia.

 

[Correll]

You imagine based on your race-based paranoia.

No, we went over it clearly. You are stonewalling now.

 

[Unkotare]

No, we went over it clearly. You are stonewalling now.

You expressed your strange paranoia quite clearly. The so-called confederacy was not "white culture," it was vile, ultimately cowardly, un-American treason.

 

[Correll]

You expressed your strange paranoia quite clearly. The so-called confederacy was not "white culture," it was vile, ultimately cowardly, un-American treason.

Now you are ignoring all our discussions, to reassert your initial premise.

That's... not good.

Also, being so riled up about a war over before your great grandfather was born,

is very, very odd.

As in A HUGE RED FLAG sort of odd.

 

[Unkotare]

Today is Culture Day at school. Students can choose any culture to celebrate by wearing representative clothing and such. Most kids have chosen their family culture. Most teachers are wearing things celebrating America because most of us love America. Nobody is wearing anything about the so-called "confederacy."

 

[braalian]

Today is Culture Day at school. Students can choose any culture to celebrate by wearing representative clothing and such. Most kids have chosen their family culture. Most teachers are wearing things celebrating America because most of us love America. Nobody is wearing anything about the so-called "confederacy."

Don’t you teach in Massachusetts? Did you really expect anyone to wear confederate clothes?

 

[TNHarley]

Today is Culture Day at school. Students can choose any culture to celebrate by wearing representative clothing and such. Most kids have chosen their family culture. Most teachers are wearing things celebrating America because most of us love America. Nobody is wearing anything about the so-called "confederacy."

Cultural appropriation. Nice.

 

[SaxonJackson]

Today is Culture Day at school. Students can choose any culture to celebrate by wearing representative clothing and such. Most kids have chosen their family culture. Most teachers are wearing things celebrating America because most of us love America. Nobody is wearing anything about the so-called "confederacy."

In other words ... kids are encouraged to celebrate their heritage unless they come from the south. Mind manipulation.

 

[Unkotare]

Don’t you teach in Massachusetts? ...

I do. People who love America would never celebrate the traitors of the so-called "confederacy."

 

[rightwinger]

Today is Culture Day at school. Students can choose any culture to celebrate by wearing representative clothing and such. Most kids have chosen their family culture. Most teachers are wearing things celebrating America because most of us love America. Nobody is wearing anything about the so-called "confederacy."

Sounds cool