06-24-2015, 01:24 PM
I should point out here that all I am really trying to say with all of this is that because of this southern perspective on the events that transpired leading up to, during, and after the Civil War there is never going to be a complete sanitation of the reverence with which the citizenry looks upon folks like Lee, Jackson, and all the rest. They legitimately do not see it as being all about slavery but as a noble fight against a government that tried to take away the sovereignty of their states. That is not going to change any time soon. Discussing the battle flag is one thing, many southerners recognize that it has been latched onto by hate groups and so recognize the issues surrounding it. But the rest of it? You'd have better luck proving or disproving the existence of God, and create just as much animosity among the people here in doing so.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
