Which Side Is the Washington Post On? Only Their Hairdressers Know for Sure

DECEMBER 12, 2022

**  Groups in favor of removing Confederate statues holding rally Tuesday.  (Jacksonville, Florida)

**  Last publicly-owned Confederate memorial in Richmond comes down.  (Virginia.  The A.P. Hill statue and grave.  And it couldn't have come soon enough for me.  That place needs to be avoided.  I sure know that I will not set foot in the place in the future.)

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

**  Which Confederate  statues are gone in the DMV -- and which remain?  (Washington Post.  This newspaper is so full of hatred for anything Confederate.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

**  Opinion:    Richmond removing  its last Confederate statue is a joyous milestone.  (A big surprise editorial from this Confederate-hating paper.

--Old Secesh

A Big Stink Being Raised About Confederate Heritage Month

APRIL 15, 2022

**  Mississippi gov again proclaims Confederate Heritage month.  (So, why are some folks making such a big deal about this?  If some folks can commemorate Juneteenth or Harriett Tubman's birthday, why can't some others commemorate their ancestors.  If a person doesn't like the holiday, then they don't have to do anything about it.)

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APRIL 16, 2022

**  Civil rights group condemns  Gov. Tate Reeves' proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month.  (Two guesses who?  The good folks over at the very racist Southern Poverty Law Center.  I would expect them to do no less.)

**  Our view:  Gov. embarrasses  us all with Confederate  Heritage  Month proclamation.  (Columbus, Mississippi Dispatch.  Really sad when a newspaper takes this sort of hatred approach to news.)

**  Madison County makes April  Confederate History and Heritage Month.  (Texas)

It is amazing that some politicians have the backbone to stand up against certain groups and their minions on this issue.

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: Sad R., Shreveport, Canada, Alabama, Forts and Charleston

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

**  Possible time capsule found  in Jefferson Davis pedestal.  (Sad R.)

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

**  Confederate monument removal plans progress but relocation date not set.  (Shreveport, Louisiana)

**  Swastikas and Confederate flags seen at Canada's 'Freedom Convoy.'

**  Lawsuit involving  Florence's Confederate statue going  before judge.  (Alabama)

**  Column:  Army forts named for rebels should be renamed posthaste.  (Chicago Tribune)

**  Confederate marker fight may send SC and Charleston to court.  

--Old Secesh

Charlotte, Opinion, Crazy U.S. Senate Candidate in Louisiana and Alabama Newspaper

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

**  Charlotte changes more streets named for Confederate leaders.  (North Carolina)

**  Confederate statue  represents racism and should be removed.  (Opinion)

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FEBRUARY 13, 2022

**  Watch:  US Senate  candidate  burns Confederate flag in political ad.  (Louisiana.  And, he is a black man and a Democrat.  Really surprising.)

**  Alabama Memorial  Preservation Act is a bad law,  and amendment will make it worse.  (Dothan, Alabama Eagle editorial.)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Anti-Confederate Editorials, SPLC, Emmett Till

AUGUST 9, 2021

**  Why Confederates shouldn't be honored.  (Editorial from the Roanoke Times, Virginia.  Figures.)

**  The fate of Confederate monuments should be clear:  We know why they were built and why they have to come down.  (New Republic.  Sorry guys.  Those statues were built for the same reason the Union statues are on Northern courthouse squares and parks.  They honored those who risked all to defend what they believed in.  And since most Confederate soldiers did not own slaves, I kind of think that was not what they believed in.  Might it have something to do with their homes being invaded by enemy troops?)

**  The last article cited data from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) who keep a "hit list" of anything Confederate that they want removed.   I am wondering what comments those listing folks have made about the killing of the Chicago police officer and wounding of another by that pair of non-white suspects?  Probably nothing.)

**  Proposed Emmett Till statue:  Photos.  Clarion (Mississippi Ledger.  Well worth looking at.  I am in favor of this statue.  Justice was not served here.)

Hey SPLC, Waiting for That Comment on the Chicago Police Officers Shot This Weekend.  --Old Secesh

Is North Carolina Becoming Just Another Virginia? Sure Hope Not. One Virginia's All We Can Take.

AUGUST 3, 2021

**  Tennessee removed  one Confederate monument, yet an entrenched state law still holds sway.  (Nashville Public Radio.  Whose side to you suppose they are on?)

**  Wilmington  Confederate monuments not coming back.  (North Carolina.  So Sad Wilmington.)

**  Editorial:  Let's stop tolerating the Confederate flag.  (Northern New York Newspapers.  But, we have to "tolerate" BLM flags.  And everyone knows that means looting, rioting and burning.)

**  Black man assaulted at Indiana lake facing charges.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

**  Rally to call for removal  of Confederate statue, one of the last in Mecklenburg County.  (North Carolina.  Is North Carolina becoming another Virginia?)

--Old Secesh

Changing School's Name, Even Religion? Those Pesky Confederate Monuments and Names and Confederate Money

MAY 2, 2021

**  Wheeler HS students continue  fight to change Confederate  school name.  (Florida)

**  'Not erasing his memory':  Church dropping name of slaveholding bishop of Tennessee.

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MAY 3, 2021

**  Other editors:  Replace Confederate  monuments with ones honoring freedom.

**  Letter:  To avoid a ruckus, avoid naming  sites for people.  (You'll never know when public opinion's goin to change.)

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MAY 4, 2021

**  What happened to Confederate money after the Civil War.  (Real Civil War history, not this revisionist stuff.)

Asking the Question Should BLM Be Protesting About Confederate Money?  --Old Secesh

North Carolina, New York, VA, Florida Holidays and Virginia

DECEMBER 16, 2020

**  Court dismisses  appeal over Winston-Salem Confederate monument's removal.  (North Carolina)

**  Cuomo signs bill banning sale of Confederate flags.  (Governor of New York.  Okay, now how about sale or display of all hateful BLM flags, posters and banners.)

**  The VA has a hospital named for a slavery supporting Confederate doctor.  And, it won't change, Wilkie says.   (Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Va.)

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

**  Editorial:  Confederate holidays have no place on Florida's calendar.  (Orlando Sentinel)

**  New York bans  sale, display of Confederate flag, other hate symbols on state property.

**  Virginia governor requests  $11 M to replace  Confederate statues with new artworks.  (In other words, black art.)

--Old Secesh

A Couple Stories Giving a Different View on the Statues As a Woman and Comedians "Dis"

February 29, 2020

**  Confederate monuments speak truth to power.  (From the Richmond Free Press by H.V. Traywick Jr..    A very interesting article /opinion piece.  The Richmond Free Press is a black newspaper, so it was somewhat of a shock to read this in it.

Give it a read as it puts forth some interesting information.

**  Santa Cruz:  Confederate flags are why I refuse to walk in the Tucson Rodeo Parade.  (Tucson, Arizona.  "The Confederate flag is a symbol of oppression, slavery and white supremacy" says Lane Santa Cruz.  Well, we'll certainly miss seeing you in that parade, Mrs. Santa Cruz.

**  Letter to the Editor:  Confederate  memorials like any other war memorials.  (Anniston Star (Alabama) by Billy Price.--  Also giving "Our Side" of the story.  Give it a read.

**  NWA Editorial:  Raising a red flag.  (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette--  About those flags in the Eureka Cemetery.  Against placing the Confederate flags at the graves of Confederate veterans.

**  Comedians 'honor' white nationalist Rep. Steve King with his own Confederate statue.  (Obviously, considering the source, not too flattering."

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: What Has Happened to Virginia? Has the Whole State Forgotten Its History? Are They Trying to Cover It Up?

February 19, 2020

**  Debunking some of the myths surrounding the Confederate narrative.  (A S.C. college professor wrote this book.

**  Should I speak up about a worker's Confederate battle flag?

**  Camp:  The Southern belle needs a costume change.  (From the UVA student newspaper.  Very anti-Confederate.   Southern belles represent "a warped form of 19th century fact."  Of course, not surprisingly, UVA is in Charlottesville.)

**  Battlefield Battles:  Proposed African-American history museum draws criticism.  (Virginia--  The criticism is by Blacks who say they didn't have input and are afraid it is a Confederate ploy.  But, I am surprised Blacks wouldn't want a museum about them.)

**  Editorial:  First step for monument removal -- check.  (Loudon Va. Times-Mirror--   They applaud the Virginia legislators for putting fate of statues in local hands, rather than state.  But, the problem here is that local cities in Virginia seem to be in the control of Blacks and/or their white minions, who will get rid of this history as fast as they can.

I would support a local referendum by the people on statue removal.  If the people choose to remove it, then remove it.  But, don't leave it up to local governing bodies.

**  Father disturbed when his two-year-old catches racist figurine during Mardi Gras parade.  (WBRZ Baton Rouge, La.--  Among the beads thrown from a float was a caricature of a black man holding a watermelon.  This is a racist thing.  It shouldn't have been thrown.  Of course, though, I doubt that a 2-year-old would be as traumatized by it as was his father.

--Old Secesh

Of Flags, Schools and An Intelligent Look at the Statue Question

January 26, 2020

**  District plans Confederate flag apparel after complaint.  (Colchester, Connecticut.   The parent of a bi-racial student said that a classmate had showed him a sweatshirt with a Confederate flag on it.  All it took was her complaint.  I sure wish I had that much power.)

Of interest.  The Norwich (Connecticut) Bulletin had an online poll asking respondents should offensive apparel, like shirts with a Confederate flag, be banned in school districts.  77% said yes, 23% said no.  I don't know how scientific this is.

**  Alumni sue after Virginia school drops Confederate General's name.   (Washington Lee High School in Arlington County is now Washington Liberty High School.  Again, I am in favor of changing the name of any Confederate-named school if the majority of the students are  Blacks.

**  Letter:  Let monument go to a museum.  (Salisbury, N.C.)

**  Editorial:  Battle of the statues will not end well.(Fredericksburg, Va.)  The Editorial Staff makes a good point.  In other words, if the Confederate statues come down because some find them offensive, then that opens the door for these to come down.  What about statues of:

Founding Fathers--  any one who owned slaves
John F. Kennedy--  sexual relations
Franklin D. Roosevelt--  Thousands of Japanese people forced to relocation centers during WW II.
Harry Truman--  Atom bomb
Union Soldiers--  What they did in the occupied Confederacy
U.S. soldiers--  Any number of things they did in war time.
Martin Luther King Jr--

I would like to add these to the list of things Martin Luther King Jr. had:  sexual relations, violence where he went, the way Blacks responded to his assassination with riots, burning, looting.

Finally, some Words of Wisdom out of Virginia.

We Could Be Opening a Real Can of Worms.  --Old Secesh