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2. Ta-Nehisi Coates today gives a quote that should put that "just our heritage" argument to rest.

Fri Jun 19, 2015, 03:13 PM

Jun 2015

He quotes from the "Corner Stone Speech" by Alexander H. Stephens in Savannah, Georgia March 21, 1861, describing the foundations of the Confederacy:

"Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth."

Coates' article is here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/take-down-the-confederate-flag-now/396290/

The Stephens Speech is here:
http://web.archive.org/web/20130822142313/http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/cornerstone-speech/

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The Rude Pundit - Your Support of the Confederate Flag Makes You a Traitor [View all] meegbear Jun 2015 OP

K&R marym625 Jun 2015 #1

Ta-Nehisi Coates today gives a quote that should put that "just our heritage" argument to rest. enough Jun 2015 #2

Coates is a hell of a writer and has a razor-sharp mind. nt hifiguy Jun 2015 #5

Lemme just run that through the Foxinator gratuitous Jun 2015 #11

And there's more HassleCat Jun 2015 #3

big rec Doctor_J Jun 2015 #4

HUGE KNR! joeybee12 Jun 2015 #6

Kick and Rec SoapBox Jun 2015 #7

K&R..... daleanime Jun 2015 #8

I'm proud to say I don't know a single person that thinks that flag is anything but crap. erronis Jun 2015 #9

Agreed. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2015 #71

Powerful words! swilton Jun 2015 #10

Excellent advise Rude 47of74 Jun 2015 #12

It should always, and only, be referred to as the traitor flag from now on on point Jun 2015 #13

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"Dixie Swastika" Duppers Jun 2015 #14

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I call BULLSHIT shellinaya NoMoreRepugs Jun 2015 #19

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For your edification LondonReign2 Jun 2015 #38

Wasn't it also on the Georgia STATE FLAG until recently? arcane1 Jun 2015 #46

Exactly. But the poster "never saw a single one" LondonReign2 Jun 2015 #47

Well, said poster could have been 14 and never left the basement n/t sarge43 Jun 2015 #53

Approved last year sarge43 Jun 2015 #43

Well, at least Texas isn't issuing those vile things. SunSeeker Jun 2015 #65

Do you have a vision impairment? mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #44

Nah, poster only had a lying impairment LondonReign2 Jun 2015 #48

The Confederacy was literally, as in they wrote it out, on paper, founded on slavery.... Humanist_Activist Jun 2015 #20

I posted South Carolina's secession document today. It's 100% about slavery. arcane1 Jun 2015 #33

State's rights... state's rights... states's rights... Raster Jun 2015 #60

Yah, and there were black slave traders, too.. Big Deal! That was THEN and This is NOW! vkkv Jun 2015 #29

One of the "Six Flags Over Texas" is in-fact the Mexican flag Major Nikon Jun 2015 #49

There is no meaning separate from slavery. They wrote it down and spelled it out. arcane1 Jun 2015 #30

really? Duppers Jun 2015 #42

Gargantuan REC NoMoreRepugs Jun 2015 #16

The adoption by the Klan is what I find offensive One_Life_To_Give Jun 2015 #17

+1 I find broad-brush applications offensive. Do racists like to display the old dixie flag? jonno99 Jun 2015 #77

Simple minded nonsense AwareOne Jun 2015 #18

The title of your post salimbag Jun 2015 #23

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Good one! mnhtnbb Jun 2015 #45

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The North has had to drag the South kicking and screaming into modernity geek tragedy Jun 2015 #31

Again, simple minded nonsense AwareOne Jun 2015 #37

Try "Lies My Teacher Told Me" and "Lies Across America" for starters. arcane1 Jun 2015 #39

Here's an excellent one to start AwareOne Jun 2015 #50

recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War: arcane1 Jun 2015 #51

There are hundreds of books written about geek tragedy Jun 2015 #58

The only "debate" over the Civil War is from those trying to rewrite history. arcane1 Jun 2015 #34

Bullshit. The difference is that between the late 1600's and 1861 is that the majority of the people LondonReign2 Jun 2015 #36

The confederate flag stands for oppression and injustice toward black people Rex Jun 2015 #40

So you said all that to say keep the confederate flag up? nt brush Jun 2015 #68

You forgot the sarcasm thingy - DIDN'T YOU? LiberalElite Jun 2015 #74

Strawman, no one said the flag made anyone do anything... it's a symbol of hate... that's it uponit7771 Jun 2015 #78

The WHITE FLAG of SURRENDER is the only VALID FLAG for the former Confederate States. vkkv Jun 2015 #26

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Jun 2015 #27

Proper use of the Confederate flag: as a garbage bag. . . DinahMoeHum Jun 2015 #28

Toilet paper and fire kindling. nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #32

Kick and rec! geardaddy Jun 2015 #35

Everytime I've seen the Confederate flag on a person being either in/on a truck or... BlueJazz Jun 2015 #41

Me too. Duppers Jun 2015 #59

Yes. I've spent quite a few years down here and I've come to the sad conclusion > BlueJazz Jun 2015 #62

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Jun 2015 #52

The Confederate flag is an eye opener. sulphurdunn Jun 2015 #54

K&R mountain grammy Jun 2015 #55

K&R CharlotteVale Jun 2015 #56

Racism and Guns and Stupid Lazy Voters DrBulldog Jun 2015 #57