The Secesh category archive
All That Was Old Is New Again 0
At the Kansas City Star, Dion Lefler sees echoes–well, heck, more than echoes–of Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare in the tactics Republicans are deploying to stoke fears the American students might (gasp!) be taught America’s history. Here’s how he starts his article:
The best answer to that question is another question: Why are we allowing it in Kansas, in 2023?
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Debunking de Bunk 0
The College Board has responded to Florida Man’s efforts to white wash–I use that term advisedly–American history as taught in Florida schools. Here’s a bit of their response:
Follow the link for the complete letter, in which they debunk in a detailed in a point-by-point manner Florida Man’s bunk.
The Great Erasure 0
Congressperson Alma Adams sees precedent for current attempt by the New Secesh to pretend that slavery wasn’t and racism isn’t.
If You Don’t Talk about It, It Didn’t Happen 0
Shevrin Jones decodes Florida Man’s code. A bit of the translation (emphasis added):
I commend the entire article to your attention.
Same Message, Prettier Packaging 0
It occurs to me that Florida governor DiSantis is sort of like George Wallace after a finishing school do-over.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
The writer of a letter to the editor of the Las Vegas Sun asks (and answers), “What’s in a name?”
(Methinks his answer is spot on, and my ancestors wore the grey.)
American History, Republican Style 0
If you don’t teach it, it never happened.
“We Want Everybody’s Money Back!” 0
A century and a half later, the “peculiar institution” gives rise to some peculiar pretzel logic.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
As read and listen to and hear pious words honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on this day dedicated to his memory, I find myself remembering that many powerful figures are working diligently to undo everything that he worked for and toward; and that, empowered by the permission granted them by Donald Trump, they are more brazen about it than they have dared be for decades.
America’s original sin of chattel slaver continues to haunt.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Michael Corrigan remembers Donald Trump’s (and yes, it was his, as he instigated it) January 6th insurrection.
The image that haunts me is the insurgent walking around the Capitol carrying a Confederate flag.
Follow the link for more memories.
Aside:
Many years ago, in the early years of my career at Amtrak, I lived in an apartment building named Fort Ward Towers (I think it since went condo) in Alexandria, Va., and, I must say, I had a fun three years there. Right across the street was Fort Ward Park, which preserved a bit of Fort Ward, one the 27 I think it was Civil War forts that ringed Washington during that conflict. It was quiet, pleasurable place, and my roommates and I would visit it from time to time.
Fort Ward is a museum piece.
But the South is still rising again and the war is not over.
All the History that Fits 0
The whole story of the Southern “Lost Cause” was a myth (and, I would argue, Gone with the Wind, both the book and the movie, was one of the most successful pieces of political propaganda in history, but that’s another story).
And the New Secesh are still making stuff up.