Diversity Training for Differing Opinions? North Carolina, Radical White Minions and SCV

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

**  SC city plans diversity training after social media posts.  (Mauldin.  City Councilman Dale Block posted on social media that if the Confederate flag represents racism, then so does black organizations (BLM), the Democratic party and a Hispanic scholarship fund.  He also posted : "This whole racial thing is getting out of hand." Certain people are demanding his resignation because of these posts.   I just have to chuckle about it.  The man speaks the truth and since when is it bad to have an opposing opinion.  A certain group in Germany back in the 1930s also wouldn't allow different opinions.)

**  Protesters, marchers take to the streets across the region.  (North Carolina.    In Raleigh 12 arrested after vandalism to private property and broken glass.  Most of those arrested were white people.  So, the white minions are getting radicalized.  Usually, when the "vandalism" and looting starts, the white minions are nowhere to be found.  Bad turn of events.  Now, both BLMers and their white minions are getting into the rioting thing.)

**  Sons of Confederate Veterans protest Fort Myers' decision to send Gen. Lee bust to museum.  (Florida)

--Old Secesh

The State of Confederate Statues in North Carolina-- Part 3

I an from North Carolina so especially interested in this article.

**  PITT COUNTY (1):  Confederate statue in front of county courthouse taken down June  23 after leaders voted for "immediate removal."

**  SALISBURY  (1):  Crews on July 6 removed  the Confederate Fame statue after the City and UDC agreed to move it to a cemetery.

**  STATE CAPITOL IN RALEIGH (3):  On June 19 "protesters" (actually rioters) "toppled (actually hate crimes) two bronze soldiers from a Confederate monument.  This scared the governor into ordering three monuments be removed from the grounds for "public safety."

**  WARREN COUNTY (1):  A monument on the courthouse square in Warrenton came down in June after  outside threats were made on FaceBook.

Next, the additional McClatchey's monument removal list.

--Old Secesh

The State of Confederate Statues in North Carolina-- Part 1

From the August 15, Greensboro (NC) News & Record  "Dozens of Confederate symbols have been removed since May.  How many in North Carolina?"  Raleigh News & Observer.

I started this in the previous post.

In North Carolina, those magnificent list-makers at the Southern Poverty Law Center say that ten Confederate symbols were removed and three others were relocated from places where they've stood for decades.  But another source, McClatchy News says the number is  at least 19 Confederate statues coming down this year.

N.C. state law requires that  the N.C. Historical Commission has to give approval for these removals.  But there are exceptions, including one for  potential dangers like a statue "toppling" over on a rioter or a potential clash between statue-haters and statue-defenders.

In Salisbury, a protester threw a rock at a building near where the Confederate Fame statue was and a counter-protester was accused of firing a shot into the air.

Wilmington removed two statues because of public safety.

Leaders in several state communities have taken down Confederate statues and protesters have removed  monuments from the State Capitol grounds in Raleigh.

Next post will be a list from SPLC of N.C. removals.

--Old Secesh

The Black Rule: Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, South Dakota and North Carolina

JULY 3, 2020


**  Officials delay decision on Kentucky Confederate statue.  (Owensboro)

**  Mississippi's Confederate flag is gone--   but a legacy of white supremacist  policy remains.

**  Under pressure, South Dakota police  emblem with Confederate  flag gone from view.  (Gettysburg, S.D.  At the request of George Floyd uncle.  This is an example of the "Black Rule."  All it takes is one Black to "request" something offensive be removed before spineless politicians cave in.)

**  Lee button  found in time capsule under Confederate monument.  (Raleigh, N.C.  Found under monument ordered removed for "public safety."  Well at least one good thing comes out of it. Hopefully time capsules will be found in the former Monument Avenue in Richmond.

I really hope the removed monuments, statues and memorials will not be destroyed or just "put away" forever.)

**  Four Confederate monuments to be removed in Fulton County.  (Pennsylvania)

More Confederate Symbols Have been the Victim of "The Black Rule."  --Old Secesh

Mississippi State Flag, North Carolina, Time Capsule and Honoring Real Patriots Act

JUNE 30, 2020


**  Mississippi state legislature passes bill  to remove confederate (Confederate)  symbol from state flag in historic vote.  (CNN  Come on guys, "Capital C!!!")

**  Mississippi House and Senate vote to remove Confederate insignia from state flag.  (At least they knew it was "Capital C.")

**  50 Alamance County leaders:  Confederate monument 'represents  an ideology incompatible with today.'  (North Carolina.  Want it removed for "public safety."  Keep in mind that whenever people say remove the statues for public safety, what they really mean is the violence and possible confrontation their committing hate crimes cause.)

**  Alamance commissioners  rip actions of county leaders  who called for Confederate monument to be moved.  (North Carolina)

** Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after the Civil War.

**  Hearing planned for removal of local Confederate monument.

**  Time capsule discovered  in downtown Raleigh Confederate monument base.  (North carolina.  Keep in mind it would not have been discovered had the statue not been removed for "public safety."

**  Letter to Editor:  The Confederate flag is a wretched symbol.

**  Honoring Real Patriots Act would rename all military bases currently named  after Confederate generals.

--Old Secesh

The Confederacy Under Attack: Fort Fisher Gets the Cannons, Even Harley-Davidson?

JUNE 29, 2020


**  Confederate cannons removed from Raleigh now at Fort Fisher.  (Well, one good thing coming of the situation.  Fort Fisher can always use a few more big cannons.)

**  Thunder Mountain Harley-Davidson takes down vendor's  Confederate flag following complaints.  (Colorado)

**  Winds of Change:  Mississippi rebel-themed flag fading away.

**  Efforts to remove Confederate  monuments gain momentum in Houston suburbs.

**  The battle to keep Robert E. Lee out of Lee County.  (Fort Myers, Florida)

**  Baylor to review statues, buildings  over links to slavery.  (Fort Worth, Texas)

--Old Secesh

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Mississippi State Flag, Monuments, County Fairs and Elizabeth Warren

JUNE 28, 2020

**  Mississippi poised to replace state flag featuring Confederate war emblem.

**  Trump denounces  protesters tearing down statues, as Confederate monuments are targeted.

**  Ricchard Groves:  The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.  (No kidding.  I heard this song by the Band a few days ago and couldn't help but have a tear in my eye.  This is the second time they drove old Dixie down.  The first was in 1865.  This song has taken on a whole new meaning for me of late.)

**  NWF Confederate memorials --  remove them or keep them?


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JUNE 29, 2020

**  A 'coup' led by  white supremacists led to placement of Pensacola's Confederate monument.  (Florida)

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JULY 1, 2020 

**  'Community is awakened':    Confederate flag out at Wayne County Fair.  (Ohio)

**  Confederate cannons removed from Raleigh now at Fort Fisher.

**  Elizabeth Warren calls for all 10 military bases named after 'traitor' Confederate generals to be renamed and accuses Donald Trump of  'choosing hatred and division' by opposing the move.  (Like I said, what a gal."

--Old Secesh

In God We Trust, Baptists' Discover Confederate Emblem on Mississippi Flag, A Confederate Flag Stays Up

JUNE 25, 2020

**  Mississippi's flag has a Confederate emblem.  Now Baptists want it gone and Walmart won't display it.  (Wonder how long it took them to figure that out?)

**  Walton County commission votes to keep  Confederate flag, rejecting  new pleas.  (Florida.  What?  A win for us?   How'd hat happen?  A Confederate flag flying outside courthouse.  Finally some folks with backbone.  Wait until BLM and their white minions find out about it.)

**  Indian River School Board agrees:  Confederate flag, other symbols to be banned from campus.  (Florida)

**  Mississippi flag:  Swap 'In God We Trust' for Confederate symbol?

**  Final section of Confederate monument removed from Raleigh.

**  What should happen to Confederate statues in the US.  Architectural Digest.

**  Gaston County creates group to decide  future of Confederate statue.

**  In a former Confederate capital, Jewish leaders decry mistreatment of black Americans as 'painful to witness.'

--Old Secesh

Turning Out the Lights on the Confederacy, Setback in Raleigh, James Madison U., Walmart, Mobile and BUBBACAR

JUNE 24, 2020

**  Will the last Confederate statue standing turn out the lights?  (That about sums it up.  New York Times.  I had to chuckle through my tears at this one.)

**  Crews hit setback on bringing down Raleigh Confederate monument on Capitol grounds.  (North Carolina.  Aww!)

**  James Madison recommends dropping Confederate building names.  (James Madison University in Virginia.  Okay, what about the school name.  James Madison was dead by the time of the Civil War, but he owned you-know-what.)

**  County committee meets to discuss Confederate monument.  (El Dorado News-Times.)

**  Walmart will no longer display Confederate-themed Mississippi state flags at its stores.

**  List:  Confederate  statues, monuments in Austin area.  (Wonder why they would make this list?)

**  Maine lawmaker shares Confederate flag on Facebook, challenging friends to repost it.

**  Mobile rebuffs Confederate heirs, opts to place the monument in history museum.

**  Confederate flags seen flying outside postponed NASCAR race at Talladega.

**  NASCAR:  It's history of racism and relations with the Confederate flag.

**  Confederate monuments reflected 'false history,' removal 'long time coming.'

**  Group agrees to relocation of Salisbury Confederate statue 'Fame.'  (North Carolina)

Very True About Turn Out the Lights.  We're Heading for It.  --Old Secesh

Quiz:  What MNF sportscaster used to sing"Turn Out The Lights, the Party's Over" at the end of a Monday night broadcast.

"Don Meredith"

Juneteenth, Raleigh, Charlotte, West Point, Talladega and Statues

JUNE 20, 2020

**  Juneteenth can progress  justice forward.

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JUNE 21, 2020

**  As Raleigh statues fall, calls rise for Charlotte to remove Confederate monuments.

**  Maloney requests Army removes  Confederate symbols at West Point.

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JUNE 22, 2020

**  Fewer Confederate flags, fans present at Talladega.

**  Confederate flags fly outside of Talladega.

**  Why honor Confederate leaders?

**  Protests force military reckoning on race.

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JUNE 23, 2020

**  Opinion, Philip Gerard:  Some Confederate statues should be taken down.  (North Carolina)

--Old Secesh

Statues Toppled and Lynched in North Carolina-- Part 6: And, I Thought Nooses Were a Hate Crime

Two statues of two Confederate soldiers that were part of a larger obelisk were torn down Friday night by rioters in Raleigh, North Carolina.   (With all the practice they got pulling down the "Silent Sam" statue at UNC-Chapel Hill, they really know how to do this.  It was another example of we don't have to follow the law anymore.)

Police initially stopped the rioters, but after the area was cleared, the rioters returned and finished the job.  They dragged the statues down the street and STRUNG ONE UP BY THE NECK from a light post.  (Wait a minute, isn't a noose and lynching considered a hate crime?  And they weren't arrested.  I wonder what NASCAR Bubba and all his buds would say about this?)

Lynching and nooses must be a new one of those black things where they can use them, but Whites can't.  Kind of like the "N" word, you know.

Next, North Carolina's governor reacts to this.  Did he order various law enforcement groups to go out and arrest the perpetrators?  I mean, after all, they had committed not one, but two hate crimes.  (Attacking a Confederate statue and the "lynching.")  You'd think that was a rather serious thing.  Wouldn't you?

Find Out Next Post.  --Old Secesh

Statues Toppled And Rioting Continues-- Part 4: And, a "CHOP" Zone and D.C.

June 21, 2020, Chicago Tribune  "Statues toppled across US in unrest" by Olga R. Rodriguez and Jeffrey Collins  (AP).

In Seattle, authorities were investigating what led to the shooting in the area known as CHOP, which stands for "Capitol Hill Occupied Protest" zone.  It has been harshly criticized by President Trump who has tweeted about the possibility of sending in the military to exert control.

How could any city allow such a thing to happen.  How could the police just stand by and let this happen.  Of, course, the police are just standing by watching the desecration of statues, so I guess this is to be expected.

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In Washington, D.C., and Raleigh, N.C., it was another night of tearing down Confederate statues.  In the nation's capitol, demonstrators (rioters) toppled the 11-foot statue of Albert Pike, the only statue of a Confederate general in the city (well, other than Statuary Hall in the Capitol).

They then set a bonfire to it and stood around as the statue burned, chanting "No justice, no peace!" and "No racist police."

Again, what we have here is Nazi Kristallnacht and Nazi Book Burnings, 2020-style.

Where Are the Police?  Since When Has It become Okay to Break the Law With Impunity?  --Old Secesh

Protesters Target Confederate Statues in Some Cities-- Part 1: Mississippi, Charleston and Raleigh

From the May 31, 2020, Politico, AP.

Protesters marching about the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis also attacked Confederate statues in several cities.  Monuments in Virginia (no surprise there), the Carolinas and Mississippi.  I haven't read the whole article but am sure those "people" in Charlottesville got a chance to spew forth their racist hatred as usual.

The words "spiritual genocide" were sprayed on the Confederate monument on the University of Mississippi campus.  In Charleston, S.C., the base of the "Confederate Defenders" monument was defaced with "BLM" and "traitors."  I have written a lot about this statue in my Civil War blogs.

In Raleigh, N.C., the Confederate monument at the state capitol was marked with an "X" and a shorthand  for a phrase expressing contempt for the police.  The word racist was also written on the monument.

I wonder if these persons committing the looting and hate crimes know that they are doing a whole lot to reelect Donald Trump.

Disgusting Behavior.  --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: Army-Marines, Tucson, Raleigh and Whose Side is HuffPost On?

March 1, 2020

**  Army won't follow Marine Corps and rename Confederate bases.  (Glad to hear it, but I always wondered why so many Army bases were named after Confederates.  You'd think they'd be named after Union generals.)

**  Tucson council member, mayor seek removal of Confederate flags from rodeo parade.  (SCV float.  A picture of the float sure didn't appear to be a white supremacist rally.  Like waving a red flag in front of a bull, you know.)

**  The Army doesn't plan on renaming the 10 installations named  for Confederate leaders.  (And, if you'd like to know what the ten are, feel free to go to the Southern Poverty Law Center site to find out their names.  They keep close watch on anything and everything Confederate in hopes of removal.)

**  Hilton Hotel to host neo-Confederate group conference on the last day of Black History Month.  (HuffPost.  That would be the SCV.  Well, we now know where the Huff stands on all this.  There's that Neo-Nazi mention again.)

The Huff thinks this institute meeting is just the most horrible thing.  However, the article just thought the destruction of the Silent Sam statue was just a case of protesters voicing their beliefs and not students committing a hate crime.

**  YpsiFest move blames on disputes over parking, youth attendance and confederate flags.  (Ypsilanti, Michigan--  Excuse me, Confederate.)

**  Protesters against Sons of Confederate Veterans conference turn against police.  (Raleigh, N.C.--   The police were there to prevent them from getting out of hand and committing criminal acts.  Some didn't like that.)

--Old Secesh