Thompson supported the Confederacy during the American Civil War. In 1863, as the editor of the Morning News he proposed a design that would ultimately become the Confederacy's second national flag, which would be come to known as the "Stainless Banner."
In a series of editorials, Thompson wrote:
"As a people, we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause… Such a flag…would soon take rank among the proudest ensigns of the nations, and be hailed by the civilized world as the white mans flag… As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of a superior race, and a higher civilization contending against ignorance, infidelity, and barbarism."
And there you have it.
Any questions?
Well, the clown car of candidates for the gop is evidence of that "superior race" WRONG. There is not a single one of them who could fill President Obama's shoes. He is our National Treasure. The less than average candidates in the other party are making complete asses of themselves on the international stage. People overseas see them as the downfall of the US of A, electing money grubbng idiots into office. When did this fast track start? Oh, yes, lumpy Johnny McCain choosing the simpleton from Alaaasska as his VP, then refusing to admit she was a HUGE mistake. The country went into a downward spiral. Until this election is over, and another Democratic president is elected, it will continue. The shaming of America has gone on long enough.
ReplyDeleteNone of the clown-car passengers are fit to POLISH our POTUS's shoes, much less stick their nasty little feet inside in a desperate attempt to "fill" them.
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Nope
ReplyDeleteEspecially when their "leadership" of higher civilization (i.e. Anti-US Koch brothers & the 1%) contend to use the ignorance, infidelity, and barbarism of their followers against them for profits.
ReplyDeleteThis sweeping Confederate Flag removal is, in my opinion, a way for the GOP to quiet the voice of the "Good ole boy" Patriot and weaken the perceived strength of the Tea Partiers who have infiltrated their "higher civilization" ranks in Congress and foiled some of their plans for (dum dum dummmmm) World Domination.(echo, echo, echo)
There is a story on Politicususa about Walker. One commment was "Walker is a college dropout. Imagine if a black man who never complete college, ran for President? Our President is a college educated lawyer, and the gop never felt he was good enough for the position" Well, after W and the PayMe fiasco, we ALL know that anything with R behind it is qualified for the gop clowns.
ReplyDeleteHe didn't drop out, he was never accepted into the UW system. Kinda hard to "drop out" if you never attended....
DeleteIt explains why Walker has been trying to destroy the UW system since the day he was inaugurated.
You know kinda how Sarah went to FIVE colleges and has never shown anyone a degree....
He attended Marquette but did not graduate.
DeletePart of the application and acceptance policy of public universities is to accept those that have the best chance of being able to succeed and graduate. If Walker wasn't accepted into the UW system it could be they judged that he didn't have what it takes to do the work and graduate.
DeleteThey apparently called it correctly since he left Marquette in his senior year and never came back.
Marquette is a private, Catholic university. It's Co-ed. Jesuit. They say their mission is to provide "affordable" higher education. That tells me they are in it for the money since those that can pay will need to subsidize those that can't. Being a Catholic institution, I have no idea how they determine who gets those subsidies. But they are certainly not a non-profit nor on the same level as a the state university system.
75% white, 5% black, 7% hispanic.
Joe McCarthy earned his law degree from Marquette.
Walker failed to graduate so I guess the U of W had him pegged correctly when they didn't accept him.
From Wikipedia:
"On May 16, 1968, African-American students withdrew from Marquette University in a protest against what they called its “institutional racism.” The students were demanding the immediate hiring of an African-American administrator. A rally at the student union culminated in the arrest of seven persons who refused to leave the building after closing. On May 17, Marquette moved toward the hiring of an African-American administrator to end the campus protest, which threatened the University with the loss of faculty members and basketball stars.[23][24][25]
In April 2010, Marquette University offered a position as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences to Jodi O'Brien, a highly respected and openly lesbian professor with sterling credentials at another Jesuit university, Seattle University. On May 2, Marquette rescinded the offer over concerns about her scholarly writing, as it related to Catholic teaching. O'Brien had published works on lesbian sex and same-sex marriage. Several faculty members at Marquette said the decision raised concerns about academic freedom. Faculty and students from both universities protested Marquette's decision.[26][27]
On June 21, 2011, a 19-year-old Marquette student reported being raped by an athlete. No report was taken by university officers and the city police were not notified. Marquette University acknowledged that failing to notify police was a violation of state law and that the university had ignored its reporting obligations for 10 years. In at least two cases, the lapse played a role in prosecutors declining to press charges.[28] Marquette had held an administrative hearing on another sexual assault allegation in January 2011. But by the time the report was filed with police, too much time had elapsed to conduct a proper investigation.[29]"
Heaven-ordained, huh?
ReplyDeleteRiiiiiight.
I know, I can't quit laughing either. Hang on! This is going to be a wild ride.
DeleteI'm really going to have to work on controlling my puke reflex. I may have to retire from the 'real world.'
read your history or better yet learn some .... William Tapper DID NOT design the "Rebel" Flag The meme on this page is WRONG.. The Southern Cross or the Confederate Navy Jack was designed by William Porcher Miles....
DeleteDonald Trump is crying to the FBI because El Chapo tweeted some threats in Spanish to him using some very bad words! Hahaha Donald you little bitch!
ReplyDeleteIF. and it is a BIG IF, T rump is as "like, really rich" as he claims to be, then why bother the FBI, hire his own bodyguards.
DeleteHe's an idiot. "El Chapo" is the equivalent of "Il Capo" and literally means "The Head" of an organized crime syndicate. The only "Head" I think of when I see Trump is a toilet.
DeleteSo if it's 'heritage, not hate,' I think I will start flying the German flag of my grandparents, and maybe the Swiss flag of my mother's grandparents. Those are part of MY heritage. And my husband comes from Swiss/German and English grands, so we'll fly the British flag too..and all above the US flag. Maybe this can catch on...immigrants from China can fly their colors. Korean? Go for it. How about the Vietnamese immigrants who are now born here? Surely the Southerners will be fine with a whole bunch of other heritages supported over the US flag. I mean, it's not like our money says "Out of Many, One" or anything. It's not like we're trying to be one nation, indivisible. No, we have to remember the traitors of our nation, above all. Honor them. You know, like they do the Nazi 'heroes' in Germany..oh snap.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, facts are such inconvenient things, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteThe debate this last month about Confederate symbols—and about the whole damned history of the Confederacy, if truth be known—has raised questions that need to be asked, and not only about the Civil War: How do you honor brave men and women who fought to defend an evil institution? How do you dignify the memory of those who were killed, and who killed, in a war without a legitimate cause? Should they be honored at all? And if so, how?
ReplyDeleteIf we’re going to answer that question—and as a Southerner, the father of a soldier, and a correspondent who has covered many wars, I think we should— then the first step toward honoring the fallen should be to tell the truth as best we can about the war in which they fell and the people who started it.
One of the most shameful aspects of the American Civil War is that hundreds of thousands of men and many women in the Confederacy gave their lives in a fight to defend the interests of a small slave-holding elite that had used its money, its control of politics and the press, the exploitation of racism and fear, and a shrewd if sickening appeal to status to mobilize the masses and then lead them to destruction.
That now-infamous battle flag that was on the statehouse grounds in South Carolina had come to represent in American culture not only racism, but militarism, jingoism, and even paternalism at home and abroad.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/14/confederate-madness-then-and-now.html
Read Lincoln's letter to Horace Greeley ... Yes Lincoln was opposed to slavery but did not rule it out to preserve the Union .. FACT
DeleteBut, but, but . . . as any true red-state southerner will tell you: "It's not about race, it's about heritage." I guess so, a racist heritage that many people dare not let go of.
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Your heritage is racism. And taking down the flag only removes a symbol. There will always be racist peckerheads. EVERYWHERE.
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ReplyDeleteThe timing of last week’s unexpected fight in Congress over the Confederate flag could not have been much worse for congressional Republicans. If GOP leaders don’t get a handle on the issue soon, the debate could undermine their position on their major agenda issues, particularly in the high stakes budget battle expected this fall.
Their plan was to strengthen their position in the budget standoff by passing a series of conservative spending bills to show that they could govern and to put negotiating pressure on Obama and Democrats in the budget process. But with the standoff over the Confederate flag, none of the spending bills are going anywhere immediately. That has created a roadblock with no clear way around it for Republicans, all due to the party's reluctance to abandon the flag entirely.
The way the Confederate flag has been injected into and stalled the budget process says as much about the increasingly bitter budget process as it does about the larger issues of race and "heritage." It's not that race and competing versions of history aren't at stake. They still are. But the budget process itself was ripe for something like this to derail it.
According to Norman Ornstein, a congressional scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, this is a problem of the Republicans' making, as the GOP has sacrificed what was once a bipartisan process in passing spending bills, by pushing spending proposals filled with provisions deliberately toxic to Democrats and President Obama.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/house-gop-budget-confederate-flag
I want to throw my two cents in. When I first moved to Tennessee /: years ago, I was stunned at how easily and frequently the 'N' word was used. It would make me cringe. Now, I grew up in a small, 97 percent Caucasian little No. California town. The other percentage of residents were Native American Indians. I literally never knew an African-American until I was well into my 20s. I also lived in No. Utah, that should explain a lot. But when I got to the real South, OMG! What an education. And not a good one. The 'N' word flowed freely. My husband to be and his friends thought nothing of using it. You probably wonder, well why on earth get involved with a man like that? He was born and raised here, he didn't know much different. To make a long story short, he went from being a 'an' word user and a registered Republican, to a man who thinks before he says something offensive and racial ... and wait for it ... a card-carrying, registered Democrat!! Yup, my influence on him. He voted for Gore, Kerry, and Obama twice. Much to the chagrin of his Republican sister!! There's hope. And no, we have absolutely no Confederate flags anywhere.
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