Confederate Flag

Confederate Battle Flag

JMSmith is just the best. Today he tackles Professor Elwood Watson of Johnson City, Tennessee:

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And yet there remain diehard yahoos and backwards badthinkers who have the audacity (or temerity) to wave the Confederate flag,

“Despite such efforts . . . the flag has been brazenly touted and displayed at Trump rallies and other conservative right-wing events.”

Well, yes, naturally, since the Confederate flag is for many Americans a symbol that expresses their lack of love for Big Brother.  That this lack of love for Big Brother often extends to a lack of love for Big Brother’s little brothers, such as Professor Watson, is just as natural.   To hate a regime is to hate its toadies, its propagandists, its pimps, and its collaborators.

Professor Watson tells us,

“There is nothing redemptive about the Confederate flag.  It is a searing symbol of hate, violence, pain, and oppression.”

Which is why Professor Watson hates it and would rejoice to see it outlawed.

“There is nothing admirable about its sinister and rapacious history and nothing ambiguous about its scurrilous message.”

I would say that defiance in the face of the fearful odds is always somewhat admirable, even when it is mistaken or wrongly directed.   The intrinsic value of courage and self-sacrifice is obvious to everyone who is not a natural toady, boot-licker, or tool.

I also find it very hard to see rapacity in the long retreat over which the Confederate flag has flown.   The rapacity of the advancing host is, however, striking; it has been pressing ahead for more than one hundred and fifty years, and yet its hunger is, if anything, keener then at its first charge.

I never much cared for the Confederate Flag, I mean it was carried by the bad guys during our Civil War, but now with all the bullshit being spewed by the media, I might have to go get me one. I probably won't though, that would mean spending money on something frivolous and besides, Amazon probably won't sell you one, and if they do they'll collect your name and send it to the FBI. Or professor Watson.

My hankering for a Confederate Flag is much like my affection for Trump. It's not that I like them but that they are in opposition to the Biden regime. Guess I'm just a rebel at heart. 

David Bowie - Rebel Rebel
Allu

Any time the Confederate Flag comes up, someone always notes that the 'stars and bars' is the battle flag, which kind of implies that there is a non-battle Confederate Flag, but I still have no idea what it looks like. I could look it up, but I don't care. Everyone recognizes the 'stars and bars'.