Erasing Southern History: The Bonfire of the Portraits

[Geee]

American Thinker:

When traveling recently to Virginia Beach, I couldn't help but notice that I was no longer in Yankee land. I was in an entirely different world, one still significantly defined by the Civil War.

I passed street after street named after famous southern generals -- General Jackson Drive, General Lee Drive, General Beauregard Drive, and General Hill Drive. Though he was a "general" of a different sort, even General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, has a boulevard named after him.

It was clear to me that Southerners revere their generals.

And for good reason.

The South's generals have long been a part of the proud history of the region. Robert E. Lee's and Stonewall Jackson's military strategies are considered some of the most brilliant in the history of warfare, and this is to say nothing of their exemplary characters. They are honored to this day for their bravery and brilliance. That is why their portraits are on the walls of the U.S. Army War College, which is dedicated to the training of future generals, some of whom may one day show that they, too, have absorbed a code of honor and chivalry.

[Valin]

First, the left's smoldering animus toward the South will once again be revealed. For many progressives, the South is still a bastion of racism. The institution of slavery and the guilt associated with it never have been and never will be expunged as far as progressives are concerned.

This is what it is all about.

[Draggingtree]

Erasing History? There’s an App for That

Abe Greenwald | @abegreenwald06.25.2015 - 3:45 PM

 

There is no cause so noble it can’t be made ridiculous by 21st-century activism. The Confederate flag debate is fast becoming another chapter in the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Taking Offense. According to toucharcade.com, Apple has removed American Civil War games from its App Store because they show the Confederate flag. They don’t celebrate the South or encourage racism. They simply show the flag in its proper historical context. “As of the writing of this story,” writes Tasos Lazarides, “games likeUltimate General: Gettysburg and all the Hunted Cow – Civil War games are nowhere to be found.”

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/2015/06/25/confederate-flag-controversy-evolves-into-farce/