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[Phishfan]

^^^Sons of Confederate Veterans actually. I can't disagree that some people do have a Supremist agenda in such organizations, but I am not familiar with Mr. McMichael. I will say that not everyone within the SCV is a racist/supremist. You are painting very broad strokes with your brush in this thread.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Not every member of the Rainbow Coalition is a racist either with very stated goals of equality for all. 

SCV is a considerably more racist organization than either the Rainbow Coalition or the NAN.  In fact both RC and NAN welcome and have members of every race.  Does SCV? 

[Phishfan]

^^^ The only qualifying criteria that I know of is they have to be descendants of Confederate Soldiers.

[Fau Teixeira]

^^^ The only qualifying criteria that I know of is they have to be descendants of Confederate Soldiers.

so it's like daughters of the american revolution ?

[Defense54]

^^^ The only qualifying criteria that I know of is they have to be descendants of Confederate Soldiers.

Makes sense that there are not too many minorities then huh? Its unbelievable how some people come to racist conclusions because of that.

Guess based on your statement Hoodie the Negro college fund is racist too huh?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Does anyone else feel desesnitized to the word terrorist now? It use to strike fear, and people caught on to that and label everything terrorism. If William Tecumseh Sherman wasn't a terrorist in the Civil War, I don't know who was.

Oooh lets whine about Sherman's march and all pretend the south was the victims of northern aggression.   A southerner whining about Sherman's march is a lot like a German claiming that the worst atrocity in all of Europe during the 1930s and '40s was the allied bombing of Berlin.   

Sherman destroyed much of the industry and war capacity of the south and was really not much different than the allies bombing german and jap factories during wwii. 

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

Makes sense that there are not too many minorities then huh? Its unbelievable how some people come to racist conclusions because of that.

Guess based on your statement Hoodie the Negro college fund is racist too huh?

Plenty of slaves were forced into supporting the confederate forces....yet none of their descendants are members. 

[bsmooth]

Does anyone else feel desesnitized to the word terrorist now? It use to strike fear, and people caught on to that and label everything terrorism. If William Tecumseh Sherman wasn't a terrorist in the Civil War, I don't know who was.

He was not a terrorist. As he was a member of the recognized US Army he at best could be convicted of war crimes. He does not even meet this criteria as he did not commit wholesale slaughter of civilians, but went above and beyond to destroy the infrastructure of the confederacy for leaving the union.
There have been many horrible acts of terrorism committed against people, but what Sherman did was a scorched earth policy.

[Defense54]

Plenty of slaves were forced into supporting the confederate forces....yet none of their descendants are members. 

Guess the word FORCED explains that huh? 

[bsmooth]

A 16yr old was arrested

[StL FinFan]

If that was my kid, I would beat the living crap out of him for doing that.  However, he probably got his attitude towards blacks from his parents so they will just pretend to be horrified.

[Fau Teixeira]

completely off topic.. but the most gruesome episode of ww2 was the firebombing of dresden. more damage than hiroshima and nagasaki combined

[Defense54]

If that was my kid, I would beat the living crap out of him for doing that.  However, he probably got his attitude towards blacks from his parents so they will just pretend to be horrified.

I know a few Black churches around here. I'd make him spend some time cleaning one and doing whatever it was the Pastor needed doing. (No gay jokes please) 

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

completely off topic.. but the most gruesome episode of ww2 was the firebombing of dresden. more damage than hiroshima and nagasaki combined

Dreseden doesn't even make the top 25 list of most gruesome episodes of ww2. 

And there was less fatalities in dresden than either hiroshima or nagaski.   It wasn't even the city with the worst firebombing, several cities in Japan had it much worse. 

If on your list Dresden is number 1, where does Auschwitz, Bataan, Rape of Nanking, and Buchenwald rank? 

Likewise for those of you who rank Sherman's march as the most gruesome aspect of the rebelion agains the USA, where do you rank Slavery and Andersonville?

[Sunstroke]

I tried something similar this morning... During breakfast, I went up to the counter, turned the restaurant intercom on and said "Will all the old Jewish people please leave the Boca Diner immediately..."

Nobody left the place, but I now know a dozen new insults in Yiddish...including "kadokhes futz," which I've since learned means "worthless idiot."




(totally kidding...)