Idiots Rule

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

**  White supremacist arrested at Hollywood Florida street sign protest.  (What an idiot.)

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

**  Mayor asks North Carolina governor to declare state of emergency after threats over Confederate monument removal.  (Enfield.  What an idiot.  If other idiots are actually making threats, that is idiocy as well.  Have a recall vote and/or next election, don't vote  for the idiot.)

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

**  2 years after pledge to rename Confederate schools, students left wondering when.  (Montgomery, Alabama)

**  Plane pulls Confederate flag over NASCAR All-Star race,  (Sorry Bubba.)

All This Proves Is That There Are Idiots on Both Sides of the Issue.

Don't Vote for Idiots!!  --Old Secesh

Civil War II: Those Confederates in the Attic, Service Academies and Time Capsules

AUGUST 31, 2022

**  Doug Mastrianio:  Pa's Confederate in the attic.  (That Pennsylvania governor thing again.  A play on words of a popular Civil War book, "Confederates in the Attic.")

**  West Point has a KKK plaque mounted above entrance to Science Hall.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

There are many articles, but I only list the new ones or ones that give more information on one.

**  CAIR supports call to drop Confederate names from Naval Academy.  (Those Islamic folks again.  I wonder what they call for in regards to 9/11?)

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

**  Federal lawsuit seeks removal of Confederate statue outside  Georgetown courthouse.

**  Contents of Macon Confederate statue time capsules.  (Georgia.  About the only good thing coming from these removals.)

--Old Secesh

West Point and Annapolis Confederate Names. That Mastriano Thing Still

AUGUST 30, 2022

**  Reparations, and a lawsuit on NC Confederate  statue removal.  (North Carolina)

**  Military commission recommends dropping Confederate names at West Point.

**  West Point and Naval Academy  should scrub names of Confedrate officers, panel tells Congress.

**  Replace  Navy ship's Confederate name with that of immigrant oceanographer.

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AUGUST 31, 2022

**  Republicans endorse Shapiro following  Mastriano Confederate uniform.  (Pennsylvania.  How dumb can you be?)

**  Doug Mastriano's Confederate  cosplay  is dumb and dangerous.  (MSNBC News.  That surprises me that they would say something like that.)

--Old Secesh

Wearing a Confederate Uniform Is Definitely Not a Crime Even If It Offends Certain Folks

AUGUST 28, 2022

**  It is unbelievable how many articles are out there about Doug Mastriano who is running for Pennsylvania governor and in the past wore a Confederate uniform.  Big whoop.  What's so bad about that?

**  Some Pennsylvania Republicans defend Mastriano for posing in Confederate uniform.  (So who is going to be offended?  WWMs, BLMers, NAACPers and SPLCers.)

**  The photo in question was taken in 2013-2014 and others were also in battle clothes from different eras.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

**  Mayor speaks about racist letters spread in Enfield just days  after Confederate monument bulldozed.  (North Carolina.  What the mayor had done to the monument was nothing short of racism.)

**   Military commission recommends dropping Confederate names at West Point.

If a Confederate Uniform Offends You, Just Close Your Eyes and Think of Unicorns.  --Old Secesh

Slaves Back Then and Gun Ownership Today

AUGUST 26, 2022

**  Counties with more slaves in 1860 have higher gun ownership.

**  Doug Mastriano wore a Confederate Army uniform in an Army War College faculty photo. (He is a candidate for Pennsylvania governor.  And, Trump backed.  So?)

**  New name for Camp Beauregard?  Louisiana National Guard to host open house on renaming base.

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AUGUST 27, 2022

**  Removing Confederate monuments in Jacksonville:  Funding may be renamed.  (Again, complete costs should be paid by those who want them removed.

Put Your Money Where Your Mouths Are.  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: About That N.C. Mayor and the Gainesville, Texas Verdict

AUGUST 25, 2022

**  Black mayor live streams removal of Confederate monument.  (Enfield, N.C.  Well, that answers the question I posed in the last post.  I wonder if a black person knocks down a Confederate monument if that would be considered racist and a hate crime.)

**  North Carolina mayor under investigation after livestreaming  teardown of Confederate monument.  (Enfield, N.C.  And remember the monument was also to World War I soldiers.  It's about time people started taking this destruction seriously and prosecuting.)

**  Trial begins for protesters who called for removal of Gainesville Confederate monument.  (Texas.  I read about this and they should not have been arrested.)

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AUGUST 26, 2022

**  Denton, Gainesville protesters get jail time over Confederate  monument protests.  (Texas.  They should have been exonerated.)

--Old Secesh

That North Carolina Mayor with CAIR Support

AUGUST 23, 2022

**  SBI investigating  Confederate monument taken down by Enfield's mayor.  (North Carolina.  The  wrecked monument has Crime Scene yellow tape on it.  Is there something wrong with taking down a Confederate monument?)

**  CAIR  applauds  bulldozing of Confederate monument.  (CAIR is the Council on American-Islamic Relations.   That would be monument in Enfield, N.C..  Hey, CAIR, do you know what the date will be in two days?  9/11   Are you going to applaud that as well?)

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AUGUST 24, 2022

**  North Carolina  mayor videos toppling of  Confederate monument.  (Enfield, N.C..  And, he was proud of what he did.  I'd like to know if he is a black man or a WWM?  By the way, part of that monument was to honor World War I veterans.  Nice job mayor.  Let's hope recall.)

**  Confederate flag saga in Georgetown continues.

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Brazil, Arizona, Fort Sumter and Politics

AUGUST 20, 2022

**  Confederate festival in Brazilian town  where US exiles from the South founded a slave-owning colony after the Civil War faces ban, report says.  (Even overseas now?)

**  Two of Arizona's Confederate monuments have been defaced.  (Let's face it, not defaced, but had hate crimes committed against them.)

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AUGUST 21, 2022

**  Fort Sumter pulling merchandise with the Confederate flag on it.  (Daily Beast)

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AUGUST 23, 2022

**  Confederate flag shown near Don Bolduc campaign sign at parade.

--Old Secesh

About Those Furious Parents and That SCC Conference

AUGUST 19, 2022

**  Florence County Council rescinds vote to Put Confederate statue on public property.  (South Carolina.  It was going to be placed in a museum.)

**  Cannon removed from French Quarter park as a Confederate  symbol.  (New Orleans.  Now even our cannons?)

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AUGUST 20, 2022

**  Parents furious after two students wear Confederate  flags to school.  (It's a MOVEMENT I tell you!!)

**  Southern Cultural Center to host "national" neo-Confederate conference in Wetumpka.  (Are they any connection to the SPLC?)

**  Mark Levin compares Liz Cheney to Jefferson Davis and  another American traitor.

Gotta Watch Out for Dem Neo-Confederates, You Know.   --Old Secesh

Capitol Riot, The Tennessee Jury Room, Baltimore and Pensacola

AUGUST 16, 2022

**  Capitol rioter who struck officer with Confederate flag gets five months in prison.  (As he should.)

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AUGUST 18, 2022

**  Tennessee court rules Confederate memorabilia in jury room not prejudicial.  (Giles County, Tn.)

**  Five years after their removal, Baltimore's Confederate monuments expected to appear in an art exhinit in Los Angeles.

**  Pensacola police reveal new badge without Confederate flag.  (Florida)

**  Conviction  stands for black man convicted in Confederate-themed jury room.  (Tennessee.  It had Confederate portraits and flags.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Oh That Flag!! The Progress Made by BLM Riots. Luke Combs and Fort Jackson

AUGUST 13, 2022

**  Confederate flag is gone, but new Burlington residents who felt threatened are unhappy with city's response.  (Gosh.  How horrible.)

**  Five years of  steady progress  since 'Unite the Right' rally.  (SPLC.  And that includes all the businesses and stores destroyed by the BLMers in 2020.)

**   7 Civil War streamers modern-day US Army units will be forced to remove.

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AUGUST 14, 2022

**  Luke Combs apologizes for Confederate flag use:  'I am now aware of how painful that image can be'.  (He is a country performer and had a you-know-what flag in a 2015 video.  Now Blacks can feel safe going to one of his concerts.)

**  Fort Jackson has  more Confederate names  than all but three military bases.  (South Carolina.  Streets named for Confederates.  It is named for Andrew Jackson, not Stonewall Jackson, but not on the army's "Hit List" but as you know, he owned slaves, so....)

--Old Secesh