Beware Those Mean Old Sneaky Confederate Statues

MARCH 5, 2023

**  Student says she's fighting racism at her high school, where some fly Confederate flags.  (West Virginia)

**  Fort Benning and over 1,000 DOD other assets linked to Confederacy to be renamed.  (And who pays for it?)

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MARCH 6, 2023

**  Protesters feel threatened over Confederate monuments.  (Jacksonville, Florida.  Yeah, ya gotta watch out for those mean statues.  You never know when one is going to attack you.  Pigeons everywhere should be very afraid.)

I See A Confederate Statue Sneaking Up Right Now!!   --Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: They're (Well Some Folks) After Confederate Heroes Day in Texas

JANUARY 8, 2023

**  Texas lawmakers renew push to abolish "Confederate Heroes Day."  (They are Democrats, of course.  I would also like to know if they are Black or White.)

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JANUARY 19, 2023

**  Yes, Texas has a state holiday called "Confederate Heroes' Day."  (And they also have a holiday called Juneteenth.)

**  Is Confederate Heroes Day still appropriate for Texas?

**  Confederate Heroes Day:  Texas  Rep. Jarvis Johnson files bill to abolish state holiday.  (Rep. Jarvis is a black man.  Could this be a racist move?)

If You're a Black Person and Want to Get Rid of This Holiday, Does This Make You Racist?  --Old Secesh

Hate Crimes to Confederate Statues Continue and A Prom Dress, Really?

JULY 20, 2022

**  Confederate monument in Murray County defaced.  (Another hate crime.)

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JULY 21, 2022

**  King George's County Confederate monument may move in September.

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JULY 22, 2022

**  Jail officer swears her Confederate prom dress isn't racist.  (What does that have to do with the price of beans?)

**  Owensboro  Confederate statue update.

**  Chatsworth man charged with defacing Confederate veterans monument.  (I was shocked to hear that.  I thought that if you committed a hate crime on anything Confederate you'd be honored and feted as a hero.)

**  Sponsors continue to pull out of Faith 4th due to c(C)onfederate  imagery.

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Confederate Flags and Florida State Flag

JULY 8, 2022

**  An epic new ad  from Republicans explains why  Confederate flags are  shameful and treasonous.  (Upworthy)

**  Confederate flag in Wheatley, Ont. sparks concern, but officials lack authority to remove it.  (Ontario, Canada.  I wonder if it was a BLM flag, would they be so upset?)

**  Is Florida's state flag 'the most overtly  racist symbol in the United States?'  (Miami New Times)

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JULY 9, 2022

**  Judge orders   Covingtn Confederate statue to remain until Monday hearing.  (Georgia)

**  Confederate flag at Mater Academy Hialeah Gardens causes controversy.  (Miami, Florida)

--Old Secesh

Why Is It That Everything Renamed Is for Blacks? Watching Out for Those Racist Houses

JULY 1, 2022

**  Charlotte's Stonewall Street renamed in honor of former  black community.  (North Carolina.  Now named Brooklyn Village Avenue.  Why does everything Confederate have to be renamed for Blacks?)

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JULY 2, 2022

**  Virginia police retract 'false' 2020 tweet about  teargassing protesters near Confederate statue.  (Sad R.  Near the Robert E. Lee statue.  Said the proesters weren't violent.  From most of the videos I saw, they sure didn't look much peaceful.)

**  Old house of a Confederate  is racist; NC Green Party cries foul.  (I done heard it all now.  So there are racist houses.  What does a house have to do to be racist?)

Woke Me Up When You Go.  --Old Secesh

Macon, A 'Racist' Store in Ga., That Confederate Building

JUNE 24, 2022

**  Construction crews begin moving 200,000 pound Macon Confederate monument.  (Georgia)

**  Macon Confederate  statue moved  to Whittle Park.  (Let's hpope those that want it moved are paying for all of this.  No public money should be used.)

**  'Racist' Confederate  memorabilia store reopens in  Georgia to cries of  bigotry and hate.  (Kennesaw, Georgia.  Those offended by it shouldn't shop there.  Go to a less "racist" store. This is Dent Myers' old store.)

**  NC  Realtors Raleigh  headquareters has a Confederate history.  (Raleigh, N. C..  That nasty old building.  They should move.)

--Old Secesh

The Second Civil War: SPLC, Baltimore's Monuments, Minnesota, Virginia and California

JUNE 11, 2022

**  SPLC  to screen movie, discuss Confederate monuments  Saturday.  (Montgomery, Alabama.  Do you think it wil be pro-Confederate or racist?)

**  Baltimore's 4 Confederate monuments to be part of Los Angeles art show.  (These monuments should have been given to the SCV or UDC.  I'm sure they will be shown in a negative light.)

**  Duluth  community, school district responds after student brought a c(C)onfederate flag to Denfeld.  (Denfeld HighSchool, Duluth, Minnesota.)

**  California's absurd focus on slavery reparations.  (California reparations?  Get serious folks.)

**  Shenandoah County School Board votes against restoring c(C)onfederate  school names.  (Virginia.  Thus avoiding a SPLC list.)

Wouldn't It Be Something for Some Journalists to Learn That Confederate is Capitalized?   --Old Secesh

It's the Civil War All Over Again

MAY 7, 2022

**  Our nation is still divided along  the battle lines of the Civil War.  (Time magazine.)

**  Confederate gets new name.  (Confederate Motors now to be called Curtis Motorcycles.  Personally I think the name should be changed to Tubmans.)

**  Casey White tattoo  shows Nazi SS symbol, Confederate flag.  (Convicted murderer who escape the Louisiana prison with help from a prison guard.)

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MAY 8, 2022

**  'My Old Kentucky Home,' has racist past.  (Washington Post.  Big surprise they'd say something like this.

--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

Canada, SPLC Again and South Carolina

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

**  Man with c(C)onfederate flag told to leave by Ottawa truckers: 'We called him out.'  (Canada)

**  SPLC launches third edition of whose heritage?  Report tracking Confederate memorials and their removals across the United States.  (Talk about your super-racist groups, that SPLC is right there.)

**  Legislators try to remove Orangeburg statue;  Confederate monument bill passes senate.  (South Carolina)

**  Anti-vax convoy leader  says he welcomes protesters  displaying 'Confederate flags' in Ottawa.  (Canada)

--Old Secesh

Civil War II: Racist Statues? England Wants Alabama to Drop Davis Holiday? Savannah, Fort Bragg and Alabama

JANUARY 16, 2022

**  What happened to all those racist statues we took down.  (The Daily Beast.  Sure surprised they would say something like that.)

**  England pushes for Alabama to drop Jefferson Davis holiday.  (Kind of thought England was more on our side during the war.)

**  Savannah leaders say Martin Luther King Jr. monument marks progress made and to be had.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

**  Fort Bragg iconic road returns to original name, first of eight roads scheduled for changes.  (North Carolina.  (Longstreet Street to Long Street)

**  State representative calls to remove  Confederate holidays including Robert E. Lee birthday.  (Alabama.  Rep. Chris England, a black man.)

--Old Secesh

Robert E. Lee Statue, Cost of Removing Pedestals $1.5 Million, Racism and U.S. Capitol Attack

JANUARY 6, 2022

**  Robert E. Lee statue to exit  Richmond's wastewater plant.  (Sad R.  That's right, a further slap in the face from the mayor and his cohorts, store it at a wastewater plant.  Will this ever end.  Oh yes, and turn it over to a black museum.  One can only imagine what horrible things they are going to do with it.)

**  Removal of remaining Confederate monument pedestals could cost approximately  $1.5 million.  (Sad R.  That seems to be way high, but the money goes to a big-time mayor supporter.  Of course, the cost of all this should be paid for by people who want the monuments and their pedestals gone.  None should come from public funds.)

**  Racism's prominent role in January 6 US Capitol Attack.  (If this was racism, I would think it was in response to what the BLMers were doing during the days of riots all year during 2020.  And, let's face it, most of those rioters, looters and arsonists committing hate crimes were of one particular race of people.)

But, I agree, those pictures of them idiots attacking the Capitol is as offensive to me as the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.  A horrible day in U.S. history.

Let Those Who Want the Statues Gone PAY for it THEMSELVES.  --Old Secesh

About That Famous R. E. Lee Time Capsule. Don't Turn Confederate Statues Over too Black Organizations.

DECEMBER 29, 2021

**  Time capsule found at Confederate  Gen. Robert E. Lee statue reveals Civil War-era artifacts.  (Sad R.  Well, at least they have the right one this time.  It is kind of strange that with all the clamor to bring this statue and the others down that they'd be that interested in a time capsule that his for that "Lost Cause" thing they so hate.)

I am so happy that they finally got around to removing the pedestal.  What Sad R. and the state had allowed hate groups to do to the pedestal had really turned it into an eyesore.  At least those hate groups were usually able to spell expletives correctly.

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DECEMBER 30, 2021

**  Confederate monuments are removed as Americans consider how to remember the past.  (NPR)

**  Robert E, Lee and other Confederate  statues could go to Richmond's Black History Museum.  (Sad R.  This would be a mistake.  There is no way a black museum is going to treat anything Confederate respectfully.  What they will do to them will be nothing short of a hate crime.

By the way. if we had a White History Museum, would that be considered racist?)

--Old Secesh

Dems Up to Old Tricks, Is a Confederate Flag Racist? Florida, Virginia

OCTOBER 10, 2021

**  Hoyer, Democrats press Senate to act on removing statues of Confederates, racists from Capitol.  (Can you even imagine a the Democrats, the Party of Jim Crow, doing something like that.  Maybe they want to make amends?)

**   Student suspended for  flying Confederate flag; mom says it's not racism, but history.  (Minnesota.  As long as students with anything BLM also get suspended.)

**  Bill would strike  holidays from state calendar.  (Florida.  Would remove Lee and Davis birthdays and Confederate Memorial Day.  Also would remove any provision against  mutilation or  disrespect for anything Confederate.  (Of course, it is those wily old Democrats again.)

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

**  Confederate statue at Washington County  Courthouse to move due to construction.  (Virginia.  Think it will come back?)

**  Goodbye Columbus?  Those urging  the explorer be thrown overboard need to do their homework.  (Columbus too?)

--Old Secesh

North Carolina, Franklin, High Schoolers, South Carolina

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

**  Confederate statue removed from Lexington installed near Denton.  (North Carolina)

**  'E. Pluribus Union,' Jackson County  Confederate monument updated.  (North Carolina.  New text.  Now  dedicated to veterans of all wars.)

**  The Confederate monument in  downtown Franklin.

**  Florida high schoolers caught on video waving Confederate flags, stomping Pride flags.  (This should not have happened.)

**  'The monument is not racist;' speaker urges county commissioners to leave  Confederate  statue in Newton.  (North Carolina)

**  South Carolina's Confederate monument protection law upheld.

--Old Secesh

What's Racist and What's Not. Replacing Confederate Statues with Black Ones Is Rubbing Salt Into the Wound

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

**  As Confederate statues come down, statues of Black heroes go up.  (From the Black Wall Street Times.  Is the media here somewhat racist?  What if there was a White Wall Street Times?  Do You think Blacks would call that racist?  A racist is a racist is a racist, no matter what color they are.

And, replacing Confederate statues with black statues. That's rubbing salt into a still-sore wound.  Mighty racist of them, don't you think?

And, I firmly believe that statues to Blacks should be put up as they have been too long overlooked.  Especially Buffalo Soldiers and Ida B. Wells among many others.  I would have liked for the Confederate ones to have remained and joined by black ones.

Same with Black Caucuses.

--Old Secesh

When Will Blacks Be Happy? Forrest Moved. Bases Renamed for Blacks and What About BLM Garb?

JULY 30, 2021

**  Columbia will soon be home to the remains of  Nathan Bedford Forrest.  Community leaders share concerns.  He was moved from Memphis as a safety measure and because Blacks were offended.  Now he will be moved to private property and the Blacks in Columbia, Tennessee, are not happy.  Is there any way you can make a black person happy?)

**  Idaho's Medal of Honor Recipient Vernon Baker worthy of a military base named after him.  (Agreed, but do all the bases have to be renamed for black people?  Come on, there must be at least one worthy white person out there.  Let's quit being racist in the renaming.)

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JULY 31, 2021

**  Commissioners asked to rethink Confederate monuments.  (Coweta County, Georgia)

**  Interim USA president updates investigation into pics of professors in Confederate garb.  (University of South Alabama, in case you're wondering about the USA.  I think an investigation should be opened for any professors who wear BLM stuff or attend any BLM functions.)

--Old Secesh

That Charlottesville Again, Even Lewis & Clark (and Sacagawea) Aren't Safe From 'Woke.' , Far-right vs. Far-left Forms of Protest at UNC

JULY 13, 2021

**  Confederate statues removed from Charlottesville.  (Virginia.  Such a huge surprise!)

**  Charlottesville removes Lewis  and Clark statue featuring Sacagawea along with Confederate statues.  (Virginia.  I tell you, It's a statue feeding frenzy in that college town.)

**  Far-right activists protest with Confederate flags at UNC's Unsung Founders Memorial.  )North Carolina.  And those who pulled down the Silent Sam statue must have been Far-left.)

**  The traveling sculpture challenges the story Confederate statues tell.

**  Pasquotank Confederate monument  will soon head to private property in Nixonton.  (North Carolina)

**  Charlottesville removes Confederate statues, Putnam County may keep theirs.  (Florida)

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JULY 14, 2021

**  A state-by-state list  of racist Confederate monuments that have been removed so far.  (Mic.  I'd like to know what those statues did to be considered to be racist.  Plus, this group wants all Confederate statues replaced with ones of black heroes. )

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: UDC, Atlanta, Dallas, Artist, Beware Florida Racists and NAACP

APRIL 21, 2021

**  United Daughters of the Confederacy, Kennesaw  Chapter 241 observes Confederate Memorial Day.  (Georgia)

**  Atlanta City Council okays removal  of railroad statue  with Confederacy ties.  (Just because the man responsible for founding your company served in the Confederate Army in no way makes him a bad man.)

**  Dallas lawmaker files to remove Confederate monuments at Texas Capitol.  (A white man.)

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APRIL 22, 2021

**  Artist  Sonya Clark  weaves a corrective to the story of the Confederacy.

**  'Maliciously' taking down a Confederate monument in Florida is a second degree felony.  (This should also apply to anyone committing a hate crime of any sort.  Taking down a Confederate monument is a hate crime.)

**  Legal  settlement ensures protests are allowed around the Alamance Confederate statue.  (North Carolina.  NAACP racist group sued for this.  Protesters also allowed to swear at police.  Next thing you know, they'll be back in court seeking that destruction to the statue will result in awards and honors all around.)

--Old Secesh

Confederadication: That Chair, Sad R., Confederate heritage Month, Alabama, Confederate Flag Day, Texas and a Black Caucus

APRIL 16, 2021

**  Confederate chair found in New Orleans;  alleged bandits nabbed.

**  Timeline outlined for disposal of city-owned  Confederate statues.  (Sad R.   As far as I am concerned those Confederate monuments and anything Confederate for that matter, can't be removed from there soon enough.  Tomorrow would not be soon enough.)

**  Mississippi declared April  'Confederate Heritage Month', sparking backlash and debate.  (No big surprise there.  Guess who doesn't like it?)

**  Proposal in Alabama to up protection for Confederate statues.  (Some backlash.)

**  House votes to  change 'Confederate Flag Day' to 'Arkansas Day.'

**  Denton County Confederate monument  relocation plan approved.  (Texas)

**  Mississippi Black Caucus condemns  declaration recognizing Confederate Heritage Month.  (Black Caucus?  Does that sound a bit racists to you?)

--Old Secesh