It was yesterday actually, and Bearing Drift pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole stupid holiday:
Principle and honor is unfounded if it is based on the blood and tears of a brutalized society. There was nothing honorable or normal about an institution in Virginia and other confederate states that held their prosperity at the expense of the freedom of the human soul.
Virginia Republicans need to remember Lee and Jackson as men who were committed to preserving a disreputable institution as opposed to standing up for the cause of freedom.
What he said. Double for me.
January 20th, 2008 at 12:09 am
I would say that the Bearing Drift and Mr. Mataconis both have severely “drifted”. Lee Jackson day is a state holiday to remember the great sacrifices of men who fought for the rights of states, not slavery. Please refrain from skewing the civil war into an agenda based race baiting quagmire of disinformation.
January 20th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
What comes first C. B., the rights of states, or the rights of man?
January 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am
Doug, David, and Drift,
Please buy a history book and read it thoroughly with an open mind. Although your uneducated views have already been made public, you can prevent it from happening again by occasionally opening a book. I’m sure that in this day and time that Lee Jackson Day would be eliminated if they were simply slave drivers and your beloved Al Sharpton would see to it.
C.B.,
Well said!
January 21st, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Whilst I may be young, it is unwise to throw out the assumption that I am uneducate in an attempt to justify some kind of argument. We may disagree, but it is not a successful debate tactic to assume the educational proficiencies of those with whom you argue, particularly when you don’t know them. I am also not a fan of Al Sharpton, for the record. I am not a liberal nor democrat, and I understand the need for state’s rights, as well as the rights of man.
I do not think these men are to be celebrated, but then again we do deify the worst don’t we? Columbus, Lincoln, FDR, etc.
Also, for the record, I have read at least 5 books of my own accord over the semester break, and continue to read every day. As for Doug, he is a very educated person who attended a great university.
Please have the courtesy to argue without ad hominem tactics.