The truth about the South!

A stroll through the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) website will result in your learning that, if the ADL had their way, all whites who live in the south would be branded racists.
The ADL site HERE defines the Confederate Battle Flag as, "A general Racist symbol".
They describe it as a flag used by white supremacists and say it means or symbolizes white southern pride. They got it half right. The flag has always stood for Southern pride as well as a reminder of what bravery and sacrifice must be needed to overthrow an opressive federal government!

The ADL describes the flag's history thusly, "Although the flag is seen by some Southerners simply as a symbol of Southern pride, it is often used by racists to represent white domination of African-Americans. The flag remains a subject of controversy because some Southern states still fly the flag from public buildings or incorporate it into their state flag’s design. The flag is also used by racists as an alternative to the American flag, which they consider to be an emblem of what they describe as the Jewish-controlled government."

So is it true? Are southerners racist and does the Confederate Battle Flag stand for slavery and hatred of Jews and Blacks?
If you ask your school teacher or professor that question you will get a hardy, 'Absolutely' !
The truth, no matter what the academic 'elite' say, is that the flag does not stand for racism at all!
The flag they refer to has many variations. First there was the Stars and Bars flag, but it looked too much like the Union's flag so they changed it to the Battle Flag, fashioned, to a degree, after the British 'Union Jack'.
Contrary to popular propaganda the Battle flag never flew atop a slave ship!
The flag was designed by General P.G.T. Beauregard as a battle flag for the Confederates. It is a Christian symbol meant to represent St. Andrew's Cross.
We must remember that half of America's soldiers fought and died for that flag. It represented Country, family, home and God to those soldiers who fought under it's majestic wave. It reminded them of their struggle for independence and freedom, much like those who fought for independence from Britton in 1776. a war the South actually started and finished.

The great leaders such as Lee and Jackson who flew the flag are not just confederate soldiers, they are American heroes!
The 'Rebel Flag' is an American icon and one that should be flown with Southern and American pride. It is not to be used as an idealistic or political football, those men and women, slave and free, who fought and died for the values that flag stands for, do not deserve to be dishonored and they do not deserve the label of racists.
The fact that some hate groups use/used the Confederate Battle Flag does not make the flag a symbol of hate. So a bunch of idiots who dress up like fools and dance around a burning cross adopted the Rebel flag. That does not by fiat or association change what the flag stands for. These very same losers in the KKK and white supremacist groups use Bibles and claim to read them. That does not, in the same line of reasoning, mean Christ was racist.
The oft referred to 'Rebel Flag' or confederate battle flag is not the only icon from the south that has come under attack by Northeastern Liberals.
There are countless examples. I'll share a few with you.
Racist Ole Miss?
'Colonel Reb', the mascot of 'Ole Miss' (University of Mississippi) is the target of the PC crowd. The charge is that he too much resembles a slave owner or plantation owner and his appearance promotes racial inequality.
Yet the symbol is, ironically, of a black man. He was an old Black Colonel who was blind. They called him 'Blind Jim Ivy'.
Ivy moved to Mississippi in 1890 and attended every Ole Miss game.
His iconic silhouette graced the memories of Ole Miss students and faculty until 1938 when his image graced the school yearbook.
By 1979 his image, confederate uniform and all, pranced the sidelines as the school mascot.
However in 2003 they removed Colonel Reb from the sidelines to appease those who were offended.

You aint just whistling Dixie!

Have you ever tried to stroll through Boston whistling 'Dixie'?
The song was originally part of Dan Emmett's minstrel play in New York. However, the original writers of the song were two sons of slaves named Lou and Ben Snowden. Yes, black sons of slaves wrote the song so many now deem racist.

So I want you to take one last look at the song's lyrics. While you read and hum along with the popular 'walkabout' tune remember the song you are reading is banned from football games in both the North and the South. The politically correct left says the song is racist and offends black Americans. They say that those who even sing or hum the tune are acting in a racist and hateful manner!
How can this be?
Here are the lyrics:
DIXIE
I wish I was in the land of cotton

Old times there are not forgotten

Look away! Look away!Look away! Dixie Land.

In Dixie Land where I was born in Early on one frosty mornin'

Look away! Look away!Look away! Dixie Land.

I wish I was in Dixie!Hooray! Hooray!

In Dixie Land I'll take my stand

To live and die in Dixie

Away, away,

Away down south in Dixie!
Terribly racist right?
Any sane person can look at those lyrics and understand that they have no racial undertones.
Yet because they are attributed to the Confederate south people assume they are racist.
I just wonder if any who feel it is a racist song realize that Abraham Lincoln, the poster child for leftists who paint the south as racist, counted it among his favorite songs, when the White House band set up to serenade him, he promptly said,
"I have always thought 'Dixie' one of the best tunes I have ever heard..... I now request the band to favor me with its performance." (April 10, 1865) The song none-the-less carries the stigma that so many icons of the south are unfairly burdened with.

Southern White = Racist
It seems the best way to be categorize as racist or have your symbols labeled racist is to love and respect, or God forbid be proud, of Southern Heritage. To publicly announce or espouse respect and admiration for those American sons and daughters who died in defense of their homeland during the 'War for Southern Independence or 'Civil War', is to the Politically Correct crowd, participating in hate speech!

There are a lot of lies being told regarding the south and why it fought in the war. I will try to dispel a few in the space I have remaining.

As a disclaimer I must first make it clear that I don't seek to denegrate Abe Lincoln. I believe Lincoln to have been a great President who held one of the most challenging offices during one of our most challenging times. However, the re-writers of American history would like you to think he was morally above the evil southern leaders. That he was fighting to free slaves and bring about equality while Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson fought to keep the black man in chains.
It just was not the case. Our schools neglect to tell us the truth.
It should make us wonder

Why we don't all know........

The South started and won the American revolution!

Southerners Madison and Jefferson chose the nation's capitol.

Southerners won the war of 1812.

Even after it was outlawed- New York remained the hub of the slave trade.

The first prominent slave owner was Anthony Johnson..... a black man in Jamestown, Virginia.

Northern states-New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York and Delaware were the chief importers of slaves.

20% of all the slaves in America, more than 100,000 were brought in to Rhode Island ports!

The Emancipation Proclamation was not signed to free slaves, most slaves were not freed by it and those that were freed were only temporarily freed . It was not until Dec of 1865, eight months after the war ended and three years after the proclamation that slaves were 'freed' in America.

Lincoln said:"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that."

Lincoln also said: "I am not now, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social or political equality of the white and black races. I am not now nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor of intermarriages with white people. There is a physical difference between the white and the black races which will forever forbid the two races living together on social or political equality. There must be a position of superior and inferior, and I am in favor of assigning the superior position to the white man."

Southerners did not fight to keep slavery, they fought to be free of what they saw as a King George-esqe tyranny.

The Emancipation Proclamation was given to keep Europeans from recognizing the Confederacy as a legit trading partner.

Lincoln sought to colonize American slaves in Liberia. He said, "It's better for us to be separated.....for the good of mankind"
He suggested....."Colonizing free colored persons, with their own consent, at any place or places without the United States."

Pick up any history book and you are not likely to find reference to these facts but they are all true and verifiable.