Remember the headlines about President Obama getting the award for gun salesman of the year? We could give the anarchists of the left the same title for Confederate flags. This point is made in the headline of an editorial by Cheryl K. Chumley in the Washington Times. Evidently sales of Confederate flags are soaring.
The parallels with guns, also under the assault by the Progressives, are numerous. Both were at one point purchased quietly. You didn’t want your neighbors to know you owned one. They are often kept locked away. They are not used often but when you want one they are hard to come by.
Think of the symbols that are misused the same way. I think of the cross for one. I see it being worn by Jesus-rejecting pagans every day. It offends me but I don’t rip them from their necks and pound them over the head with a baseball bat. How about a wedding ring. Those are worn by people who violate the oath represented on a regular basis. Some people wear them that are not even married. How about tight fitting knit clothing worn by people who should wear mumus. Okay, I could go for a law banning those.
Most people in the South did not own slaves. Most people in the South also did not like the federal government trying to run their lives. I think that the current hatred for the Confederate flag by the anarchists of the left (Progressives, Communists, Democrats, RINOs, college professors) is because it represents a rejection of a small elite running the lives of the many. It is a declaration for personal freedom.
And get a little historical perspective. In 1860, when Abraham Lincoln was elected, slavery was still legal in most of the world.
homo unius libri
All true.
ReplyDeleteAt least the article was published as an editorial instead of hard news.
DeleteGrace and peace.