Pride or Prejudice? What the South can learn from Germany

[Vikrant]

An interesting read.

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By contrast, Germany, where I now live, entertains no such subtlety. Immediately after World War Two the government confronted its crimes by banning the public the use and distribution of all Nazi symbols. Displaying a swastika and performing the Hitler salute became illegal and disappeared from public life. The Bavarian government, which owns the copyright to Hitler’s manifesto Mein Kampf until the end of this year, banned its publication. In the 1990s, when right-wing groups instead took up the Imperial War Flag as their banner, many German states swiftly stamped out its spread the way they knew best — with more regulations against its public display.

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Pride or Prejudice What the South can learn from Germany

 

[Spinster]

Please!! The Confederate flag should never have been banned. It's an atrocity. It was a civil war, for pity sakes, not a sociopath exterminating thousands upon thousands of people. Civil wars have been going on since shortly after the earth cooled, and we can expect them to continue. Let's get our panties in a bunch over absolutely nothing.

 

[Vikrant]

Please!! The Confederate flag should never have been banned. It's an atrocity. It was a civil war, for pity sakes, not a sociopath exterminating thousands upon thousands of people. Civil wars have been going on since shortly after the earth cooled, and we can expect them to continue. Let's get our panties in a bunch over absolutely nothing.

Author does mention that there is no comparison between what Hitler did and what confederates did. However, the flag is indeed a symbol of hatred and bigotry towards black folks.

 

[guno]

The southern crackers need a good ass whipping again

 

[idb]

The southern crackers need a good ass whipping again

Isn't the invasion underway at this very moment?

 

[Spinster]

Please!! The Confederate flag should never have been banned. It's an atrocity. It was a civil war, for pity sakes, not a sociopath exterminating thousands upon thousands of people. Civil wars have been going on since shortly after the earth cooled, and we can expect them to continue. Let's get our panties in a bunch over absolutely nothing.

Author does mention that there is no comparison between what Hitler did and what confederates did. However, the flag is indeed a symbol of hatred and bigotry towards black folks.

It's a tremendous reach, in my opinion. The point was not so much about Hitler as it was the difference between that and civil wars. What do you think the difference was between the Egyptians who were enslaved to build the pyramids and the blacks in the south, nothing! Do you hear any Egyptians moaning and crying and wanting special rights and compensation like blacks continue to do in this country? NO!! Get over it, people. Get on with living. This is clearly counter productive, energy draining stuff.

 

[indiajo]

. What do you think the difference was between the Egyptians who were enslaved to build the pyramids and the blacks in the south, nothing! Do you hear any Egyptians moaning and crying and wanting special rights and compensation like blacks continue to do in this country? NO!! Get over it, people. Get on with living. This is clearly counter productive, energy draining stuff.

The Egyptians were not enslaved to build the pyramids.
Actually most of the simple workers were farmers, rendering their soccage to the Pharao this way.
This was absolutely normal in aristocratic societies and just in exchange to deliver a fixed part of their harvest or other livestock.
The work on the pyramids normally took place in times when there was not that much to do in agriculture.

It's like today if you could sweep the streets a few weeks instead of paying taxes.
Wait...the taxes are much higher today.