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The Myth of Northern Innocence

Trace Adkins
Burly-and-bearded country singer Trace Adkins ruffled all the usual feathers and bruised all the usual feelings when he dared to wear a Confederate battle flag earpiece in full view of gasping national TV viewers while singing “The Christmas Song” in the Yankee stronghold of Rockefeller Center on November 28. Adkins, who belches out such venerable neo-country chestnuts as “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” and “Brown Chicken, Brown Cow,” was subjected to the predictably rage-stroking vilification that comes whenever anyone suggests that the American South has ever been anything beyond a rancid cultural cesspool of lynching, incest, bestiality, racism, toothlessness, retardation, and yes, racism, even though I said it twice.
http://takimag.com/article/the_myth_of_northern_innocence_jim_goad/print#axzz2EOz9KE00
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The Right of Secession and the Benefits of Independence for the South
Before we get started we would like to set three things straight: 1) Secession is not illegal; 2) It is not treason; and 3) it is not lunatic and impractical. Lets also define what it is – Our Founding Principle as espoused and proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence. http://shnv.blogspot.com/
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A Confederacy of Censors
I’m living in North Carolina right now. When I first moved here, I thought I’d see people hanging out on their front porches, drinking whiskey with a splash of sweet tea, holding double-barrel shotguns close to their hearts, and proudly waving Rebel flags. I assumed the Southern girls would have that “girl next door” look but would feel no shame in clawing out their enemies’ eyes. Sadly, I have seen nothing of the sort. Yesteryear’s states’-rights, secession-prone freedom fighters have been replaced by watered-down tools who attach anti-smoking stickers to their Prius windows and vote Democrat. http://takimag.com/article/a_confederacy_of_censors_brian_lasorsa#axzz1tqEIQ9An
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Minnesota City Councilman Defends Confederate Flag Outside His Home: ‘My Free Speech’
A Minnesota city councilman has a Confederate flag hanging outside his home and says he’s not taking it down, no matter what people say. “It’s my house,” West St. Paul Councilman Ed Hansen told the Pioneer Press. “What’s the problem?” http://amren.com/news/2012/02/minn-city-councilman-defends-confederate-flag/
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Race and the War
America’s most destructive war still doesn’t even have an agreed-upon name. http://amren.com/features/2011/12/race-and-the-war/
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Civil War Still Divides Americans
It has been 150 years since the Civil War began with the first shots at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, and in some respects views of the Confederacy and the role that slavery played in the events of 1861 still divide the public, according to a new national poll. In the CNN/ Opinion Research Corporation Poll released Tuesday, roughly one in four Americans said they sympathize more with the Confederacy than the Union, a figure that rises to nearly four in ten among white Southerners. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/12/civil-war-still-divides-americans/
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Whistling Dixie: The Enduring South
Anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 of White Southerners remain stubbornly pro-Confederate. This is surprising when you consider that 1/4 of White Southerners were anti-Confederates and that millions of Whites now live in the region whose ancestors fought for the Union. http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2011/04/13/dixie-confederacy-polls-southerners-slavery-fort-sumter/
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150 Years After Fort Sumter: Independence is There For Those With the Will to Take It
150 years ago tonight—at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861—Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter. Americans are famously ignorant of history, and the past is always receding—but for not a few Southerners, The War and its consequences are never far below the surface. William Faulkner famously said: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” This rings true only for Southerners (except perhaps for a few Mayflower-descended Boston Brahmins). Indeed, some Southerners still dream of an independent nation-state of their own. Since 1994, an organization called the League of the South has tried to prepare for independence, though its leaders—thoughtful and honorable men—concede that that time has not yet come. http://vdare.com/taylor/110411_confederate.htm
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Pat Buchanan Says Hatred of the South is Hatred of America
Incredible! This is one of Pat Buchanan’s greatest columns…EVER. It’s amazing how refreshing it can be to read simple truth in such a wicked age. This is one article every fan of The Political Cesspool must read as we continue our coverage of Confederate History Month 2011. It perfectly sums up my personal sentiments about why the war was fought. Here is what Pat had to say in his defense of Dixie, which was written last year. http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/2011/04/06/pat-buchanan-says-hatred-of-the-south-is-hatred-of-america/
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TheSouthernNationalist
I salute you Trace Adkins, keep up the good work and never let them get you down.