'Confederate History Month' Declared By Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell

[HomerJS]

And the GOP wonders why it has problems recruting minorities into their party. This is just a tacid wink...wink to all the racists the GOP needs to maintain their base, "you know we are really with you even though we can't say publicly".

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/06/confederate-history-month_n_527363.html

Virginia's Republican Governor Bob McDonnell has declared April to be "Confederate History Month," the first time in 8 years that such a proclamation has been issued in the state.

In the statement, McDonnell says that the Confederate history "should not be forgotten, but instead should be studied, understood and remembered," and that its leaders "fought for their homes and communities and Commonwealth in a time very different than ours today."

Here's a portion of the statement from McDonnell's website:

WHEREAS, April is the month in which the people of Virginia joined the Confederate States of America in a four year war between the states for independence that concluded at Appomattox Courthouse; and

WHEREAS, Virginia has long recognized her Confederate history, the numerous civil war battlefields that mark every region of the state, the leaders and individuals in the Army, Navy and at home who fought for their homes and communities and Commonwealth in a time very different than ours today; and [...]

WHEREAS, this defining chapter in Virginia's history should not be forgotten, but instead should be studied, understood and remembered by all Virginians, both in the context of the time in which it took place, but also in the context of the time in which we live, and this study and remembrance takes on particular importance as the Commonwealth prepares to welcome the nation and the world to visit Virginia for the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of the Civil War, a four-year period in which the exploration of our history can benefit all;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert McDonnell, do hereby recognize April 2010 as CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.

McDonnell's two Democratic predecessors -- Mark Warner and Tim Kaine -- refused to issue such proclamations, the Washington Post reports.

"Republican governors George Allen and Jim Gilmore issued similar proclamations. But in 2002, Warner broke with their action, calling such proclamations, a 'lightning rod' that does not help bridge divisions between whites and blacks in Virginia."

 

[nageov3t]

because if you ignore a significant part of your history, it no longer exists right?

 

[Tristicus]

because if you ignore a significant part of your history, it no longer exists right?

Well duh, look at Texas.

We have a black history month and an (unofficial?) mexican history month.

So I celebrate the rest of the year as white history month(s). ^_^

 

[Blackjack200]

because if you ignore a significant part of your history, it no longer exists right?

Remembering it =/= Honoring it with a month

The Germans don't have Nazi history month

[/Godwin's Law]

 

[UberNeuman]

Free bedsheets with eyeholes in them to be passed out...

\tha south shall rise agan!!!
\\dear, the south - you lost the war - grow up and get over it....

 

[Hacp]

There should be no stupid history months. No black history months, no women's month, and seriously no confederate month. The only month that should be celebrated is US month, US as in the Untied States of America. I'm tired of people who are more proud of being black, or a woman, or a confederate than being an American.

 

[nageov3t]

Remembering it =/= Honoring it with a month

The Germans don't have Nazi history month

[/Godwin's Law]

"this defining chapter in Virginia's history should not be forgotten, but instead should be studied, understood and remembered by all Virginians, both in the context of the time in which it took place, but also in the context of the time in which we live...

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Robert McDonnell, do hereby recognize April 2010 as CONFEDERATE HISTORY MONTH in our COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens."

I'm not seeing the honor.

TBH, Europe as a whole could use a good reflection on the 3rd Reich, the fucking bigots.

 

[Ozoned]

There should be no stupid history months. No black history months, no women's month, and seriously no confederate month. The only month that should be celebrated is US month, US as in the Untied States of America. I'm tired of people who are more proud of being black, or a woman, or a confederate than being an American.

Some folks are in their 40's before they learn to be proud of the usa

 

[MotF Bane]

There should be no stupid history months. No black history months, no women's month, and seriously no confederate month.

This. Enough will all the fucking month dedications.

 

[OutHouse]

OP is a TROLL

 

[Moonbeam]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hacp
There should be no stupid history months. No black history months, no women's month, and seriously no confederate month.

This. Enough will all the fucking month dedications.
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Bull Shit! There is nothing wrong with folk in the six fingered South honoring their history of bigotry and slavery. You have to understand what it's like to be filled with self hate. The South were assholes who held slaves and they lost a war the ended that. For centuries they had free labor to make them rich and wiped their feet on the Black man and put him down. They made Blacks feel as worthless as they felt about themselves and still feel today. Once you establish and enshrine this sense of inferiority and resentment against the North and the world while simultaneously being too poor to educate your kids or build some industry, you become locked in to an endless downward spiral of mental illness and hate.

That is why it is therapeutic to try to build up some pride. Let these folk get a breath of fresh air and say, maybe we aren't really as bad as we feel. Let their kids have some fresh air too. And don't forget Southern hospitality. Them folk may hate the guy 10 miles away, but they're treat each other pretty good. You dumb assholes have gotten so use to stomping on Blacks when they try to get some pride that the first fucking thing you do given the chance yourselves, it to stick a gun to your heads. Maybe what they need to do down there to generate some interest is have a Southerners are assholes month. Y'all would probably come.

 

[cubeless]

i'll fire up the smoker... which month?

 

[jackschmittusa]

Proud to have their asses kicked by a skinny geek in a funny hat.

Proud to have sacrificed their finest to preserve kidnapping and slavery.

The honor is thick.

 

[Throckmorton]

because if you ignore a significant part of your history, it no longer exists right?

It looks to me like they are celebrating confederate history, with no treatment at all of evil nature of slavery and all that came with it. Considering the common misconceptions that "the war wasn't about slavery" and "the confederate flag has nothing to do with racism", I think it's safe to assume they'll completely ignore the one defining feature of the Confederacy.

 

[Craig234]

because if you ignore a significant part of your history, it no longer exists right?

Yes, let's all pretend that there's no racist sympathy for the confederacy with a teary-eyed look back to when whites didn't have to put up with this government-forced equality.

That the Republican politicians aren't pandering to racism by using the confederacy and the lust for it by racists to get votes.

Here's all you need to know to get what this is really about:

In the past, the proclamations at least bowed to the pressure to say slavery was a big part of the confederacy and condemn it.

But this current governor - the same one IIRS who cancelled the executive order protecting gays from discrimination and issued a new one taking them out, before he bents to political pressure and tried ti mislead people by issuing an 'executive DIRECTIVE' that said gay discrimination isn't tolerated - but the DIRECTIVE has no legal force uinlike the order - issed the proclomation when NO MENTION OF SLAVERY.

A call for a 'study of the history of the confederacy' - with all the apologists saying 'that doesn't mean approving it' - without a word about slavery.

Then, when he was confronted about THAT, he stood by it saying that 'slavery wasn't a big enough issue' to include for Virginians.

Yes, that's what this is about.

Further confronted and unable to mislead with a 'directive' again, he finally issued another statement saying the first proclamation had a 'major omission' and slavery was important.

These are the scummy 'new right' politicians who freely pursue the undesirable votes as far as they can.

They don't need to come out and wear a white hood or praise violence against gays - not that they wouldn't if it was politically beneficial - they just need to do it more than the left.

Is that the sort of leadership our nation benefits from, that leads us away from our history of bigotry and discrimination? No.

The Republicans of this type understand that their political formula lies in getting the votes of the bigots while not alienating the non-bigoted members.

This is why you see them go to a lot of trouble to justify policies against groups with excuses that can assuage the non-bigoted while being 'nudge nudge wink wink' to bigots.

I don't think many of them are even bigots themselves - they're just slime who are willing to cater to the bigots for votes.

That's why you see a lot of 'symbolic' things like this proclamation.

Now, I've got no problem with legitimate study of the confederate period, even celebration by private groups of the positive things they find in the confederacy, proud of the positive things. But it's not ok for politicians to pander to the racists with veiled praise for the worse parts. And that's what Republicans like this are doing without the clear condemnation of the bad of the confederacy.

It is funny to see the right so willing to praise the motives of these rebels, revolutionaries, arguably traitors, for their 'noble motives' while they would not do the same for any left-wing group calling for secession and war against the country to get it, just happily calling for killing all those traitors.

I don't see it as honest to pretend that things like this aren't a veiled praising of the bad parts of the confederacy to pander to bigotry.

What exactly do they want the citizens to learn so badly from the confederacy? It was a group of people who felt like an abused minority - how ironic - as the North treated them badly holding the majority, and slavery was a part of the conflict politically. They decided to secede. What are the lessons? And how much is cheering the slavery and war against the US?

 

[RabidMongoose]

This is just completely unpatriotic, creating a celebratory month for a bunch of traitors.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Since the KKK was basically founded by the Democrat party I don't think Republicans are the only racists around.

 

[kage69]

Since the KKK was basically founded by the Democrat party I don't think Republicans are the only racists around.

Don't you guys ever get tired of showing everyone how you're fooled by a simple name change?

Or is this just more willful ignorance on your part? Go read up on Dixiecrats and get back to us troll.

Funny how removing gender divisions for restrooms and such can illicit ridicule and disapproval, yet when a holiday is created to honor separatists who fought to preserve slavery, all you sockpuppets do is commence with glib duhversions. Pathetic as always FNE, FAIL ON DUDE.

 

[Blackjack200]

Don't you guys ever get tired of showing everyone how you're fooled by a simple name change?

Or is this just more willful ignorance on your part? Go read up on Dixiecrats and get back to us troll.

He's just trolling, ignore this shit. I'm a heartbeat away from honoring him with the fist spot on my ignore list.

 

[NoStateofMind]

There should be no stupid history months. No black history months, no women's month, and seriously no confederate month. The only month that should be celebrated is US month, US as in the Untied States of America. I'm tired of people who are more proud of being black, or a woman, or a confederate than being an American.

Best quote in this thread.

 

[Jaskalas]

I like how a people who yearned to be free of a distant and unrepresentative tyranny are branded racists and traitors.

 

[HomerJS]

Since the KKK was basically founded by the Democrat party I don't think Republicans are the only racists around.

Actually the Klan was formed by members of the confederate army after they got their asses kicked in the war. If you are going to spew vomit at least make it accurate.

 

[Blackjack200]

I like how a people who yearned to be free of a distant and unrepresentative tyranny are branded racists and traitors.

Actually, I almost agree with Confederacy for that very reason. Now that slavery is not an issue, I wish states could secede.

 

[Sinsear]

Good for him. The civil war is a very interesting period of history.

 

[piasabird]

Redneck history month.