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Title: Movement Grows To Make June 27 ‘National Burn The Confederate Flag Day'
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ReverbPress
URL Source: http://reverbpress.com/news/national-burn-the-confederate-flag-day/
Published: Jun 21, 2015
Author: Curtis F
Post Date: 2015-06-21 14:34:27 by Willie Green
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Views: 3282
Comments: 13
The battle flag of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, which is the flag most commonly referred to as the Confederate flag, has long been a symbol that divides the country. While its display has always been contentious, renewed anger arose after Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old male who posed with the flag several times in his manifesto, went into Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and murdered nine innocent people over their race. The furor over the flag was more pronounced due to the fact that it still flew high over South Carolina’s capital, less than a two-hour drive away from the massacre, even as other flags throughout the country were brought to half-staff. In response, activists have pushed for “National Burn the Confederate Flag Day.” Within days of the Emanuel AME Church massacre, an event page sprang up on Facebook promoting June 27 as National Burn the Confederate Flag Day. The page implores people to flood social media with photos and videos of these burnings: “This is our day to demonstrate that it is no longer acceptable to fly this flag anywhere. Organize a Confederate flag burning event in your area on Saturday, June 27th, and flood social media with pictures and videos using the hashtags #FeelTheBurn and #TakeItDown “ The furor over the flag still flying over South Carolina hasn’t gone unnoticed, even by Republicans. One South Carolina state representative, Rep. Doug Brannon, has promised to pre-file a bill that will remove the flag from the state capital. He said: “I had a friend die Wednesday night for no reason other than he was a black man. Senator Pinckney was an incredible human being.” Senator Clementa Pinckney was a state legislator killed in the Emanuel AME shooting, and he also happened to be the reverend at the church. As was expected, Rep. Brannon received considerable backlash on his Facebook page. Even Mitt Romney, the man who no longer has to worry about impressing the more bigoted base of his party, said that the flag should come down. He sent out this Tweet on June 20: These are Republicans calling for this symbol of hate to be removed, but activists aren’t waiting this long. In fact, there have already been Confederate flag burnings at places like Independence Mall in Philadelphia. With National Burn the Confederate Flag Day right around the corner, though, it’s highly likely that sporadic reports like the one out of Philadelphia will increase greatly. The Confederate flag is the flag of racial bigotry. There’s no doubt about it. Need a bit of proof, other than Dylann Roof proudly waving it in pictures before committing his racially-motivated crime? Here, look at this timeline… it’s pretty short. The flag is about hate. Period. There may be some who say “It’s our heritage,” but really, what heritage is there to be proud of? The heritage of seceding from the Union in order to keep slaves? And I don’t want to hear the argument that the Civil War wasn’t about slavery, because it was. Southern leaders of the time said so in their own words, so there’s irrefutable proof the Civil War was about slavery. So on June 27, head outside with your camera and light up a Confederate flag. Show the world that Americans aren’t bigoted or hateful. Show them that the majority of us want the Confederate flag wiped away from existence… but we’ll settle for putting it in a museum. The “Museum of Treason.” The “We Got Our Butts Kicked Museum.” The “These Colors Don’t Run, Oh Wait, They Do… That’s What Surrender Means Museum.” And I’m not sure if any of those museums exist… but they should. If you’re ready to take part in this great new national holiday, visit the event page here. If you need a quick Confederate flag, check out eBay’s page for them… just try not to buy one from a seller who makes any statement close to “South Will Rise Again.” Feature image screen grab via YouTube. National Burn the Confederate Flag Day
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
Blame good ol' Honest Abe for all of this mess.
Welcome to our world: "A 70-year-old white man named James Gifford was leaving 7-Eleven ... an 18-year-old black male named Romeo Williams punched Gifford with no provocation, knocking him unconscious. He died four days later." "Michael Daniels, a 51-year-old white man, was “beaten and stomped to death,” ... A 13-year-old co-defendant admitted that he started the beating by trying to knock Daniels out with one punch." "Gleason was walking his girlfriend and another female home one night ... Smithers “admitted he punched Gleason unprovoked and for no reason” and “admitted that Gleason had not been threatening ... Gleason died after a punch to his face caused bleeding and swelling to his brain. 18-year old Jesse Smithers, who is black, pled guilty to the second-degree murder of Gleason, a 20-year-old white."
Let's also have a burn the American flag day and replace it with national salute the cesspool day, because that's what this nation has become.
I do not have one, but if I did, I would not let anyone burn it. Si vis pacem, para bellum
Why not? They already have a National Burn the CVS Day.
The first slave owner in the US was a black cracka. My heart goes out to the friends. and families who lost loved ones in the AME Church massacre. These families exhibited the true spirit of Christ's forgiveness. Those whose blood was lost are Christian martyrs and will be among the first raised in the Resurrection. My great-great grandfather was killed in the Civil War. He was from York, South Carolina, and my family lost everything and suffered greatly for many years as a result. They never owned one slave. Those who lost relatives yesteryear and a few days ago need to quietlly work to douse the flames of hatred. The flag issue will be settled by the good people of South Carolina, and never by those who stir political hatred I see exhibited. Let us pray that all may have the peace of Christ, which passes all understanding. And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined* in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. Psalm 12:6
That Dangerous Saint Andrew's Cross https://www.lewrockwell.com/2001/04/david-dieteman/that-dangerous-st-andrews-cross/
You can never get anything right, hondo….why is that? Sir George Yeardley (a White British Aristocrat) was Governor of Virginia in 1619 was the firs slave owner in “America” and according to John Rolfe: About the latter end of August, a Dutch man of Warr of the burden of a 160 tunes arrived at Point-Comfort, the Comandors name Capt Jope, his Pilott for the West Indies one Mr Marmaduke an Englishman. … He brought not any thing but 20. and odd Negroes, w[hich] the Governo[r] and Cape Merchant bought for victuall[s]. The year was 1619, and as an institution slavery did not yet exist in Virginia. Since you keep having so much trouble with facts, you now have my permission to ping me anytime you need help to get things straight.
Early Spanish southeast[edit] The first enslaved Africans arrived in what is now the United States as part of the San Miguel de Gualdape colony (most likely located in the Winyah Bay area of present-day South Carolina), founded by Spanish explorer Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón in 1526. On October 18, 1526, Ayllón died and the colony was almost immediately disrupted by a fight over leadership, during which the slaves revolted and fled the colony to seek refuge among local Native Americans.[15] Many of the colonists died shortly afterwards of an epidemic, and the colony was abandoned, leaving the escaped enslaved Africans behind in what is now South Carolina. In addition to being the first instance of enslaved Africans in the United States, San Miguel de Guadalpe was also the first documented slave rebellion on North American soil. Distribution of slaves (1519–1867)[16] Destination Percentage Portuguese America 38.5% British America (minus North America) 18.4% Spanish Empire 17.5% French Americas 13.6% British North America 6.45% English Americas 3.25% Dutch West Indies 2.0% Danish West Indies 0.3% In 1565, the colony of Saint Augustine in Florida, founded by Pedro Menéndez de Avilés became the first permanent European settlement in North America, and included an unknown number of free and enslaved Africans that were part of this colonial expedition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_colonial_United_States “Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
“Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rapidly promoted by mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.”
Same as a Nazi Swastika... or a communist Hammer & Sickle. Some people march to a different drummer - and some people POLKA.
I attempted to gently point out the article you posted was hateful, but you missed my point.
And the words of the LORD are flawless, like silver refined* in a furnace of clay, purified seven times. Psalm 12:6
#2. To: Willie Green (#0)
“I had a friend die Wednesday night for no reason other than he was a black man."
#3. To: Willie Green (#0)
Movement Grows To Make June 27 ‘National Burn The Confederate Flag Day'
#4. To: Willie Green (#0)
" Movement Grows To Make June 27 ‘National Burn The Confederate Flag Day' "
#5. To: Willie Green (#0)
#6. To: Willie Green (#0)
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#7. To: Willie Green, ALL (#0)
And I’m not sure if any of those museums exist… but they should. If you’re ready to take part in this great new national holiday, visit the event page here. If you need a quick Confederate flag, check out eBay’s page for them… just try not to buy one from a seller who makes any statement close to “South Will Rise Again.”
#8. To: Willie Green (#0)
The St. Andrew’s Cross is not unique to the Confederate battle flag. The reason that the CSA put the St. Andrew’s Cross on its flag is the Scottish heritage of the South.
#9. To: hondo68 (#6)
(Edited)
The first slave owner in the US was a black cracka.
#10. To: hondo68, Gatlin (#6)
The first enslaved Africans in what later became US territory[edit]
#11. To: Willie Green (#0)
#12. To: VinnyTex (#8)
That Dangerous Saint Andrew's Cross
#13. To: Willie Green (#12)
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