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All my fuckin life I lived a normal fuckin life
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mr robot you are aware that VMI cadets fought in the civil war on the side of the CONFEDERACY!
in their opinion the armed traitors were the north.
Haha that made me lol.
this country was founded by traitors that we lionize. but then again you are only a traitor if you don't succeed.
Awesome! I've always thought the Nazi Flag should mean "I love potato pancakes." I'm going to make sure I fly it really high over my apartment so all my Jewish neighbors know how much I enjoy their latkes.
VMI was essentially the West Point for the Confederacy, Stonewall Jackson was the Superintendent, until the 1970s they sang Dixie and saluted the Confederate flag, especially on May 15 the commemorate Battle of New Market was fought between VMI cadets, Confederates and the Union troops. Its a very Southern school
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And again, if they're ascribing a meaning to it other than "support of black slavery," they're gibbering retards.
Symbols don't have different meanings depending on their context?
Man! I can't believe you just promised to have sex with a blue whale. Or at least that's what I take your words to mean.
Man this is confusing, its almost like we need a shared lexicon of what words and symbols mean in which to cultivate communication. A "culture" if you will.
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in songs you care about the artists message and in paintings you care about the viewers interpretation. it depends.
All my fuckin life I lived a normal fuckin life
Sure, you can say that. Absent any actual practical real-world experience with how symbols and communication actually work, that is. Have you done any reading on semiotics? Would you care to actually back up your startlingly bold assertion that you know who ascribes meaning to symbols?
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Now you're just being closed-minded, Than. It could also mean "I oppose integration and stringent anti-lynching laws!"
Y'all is a fine word; it's a contraction between you and all formed in the standard manner. It also fulfills a needed function, as modern English otherwise lacks a second person plural personal pronoun. So lay off y'all.
The Confederacy did the same thing, of course. Here, let me replicate that list:
1. Slavery
So, yeah, not quite the same thing.
No, you're still a traitor, it's just that when you succeed, you don't have to face the consequences for your treason.
Also, my understanding of military academies is that the CW is studied for the military and political implications. They may have lost, but the Confederates had some pretty good battles.
Bullshit.
If a core tenet of "US history" was the right to fight for what you believe in, Daniel Shay would be on some money.
The US Revolution was fought because of no representation. The South had dominated the Federal government for decades. An election going against you is not the same as disenfranchisement.
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Yeah, that's going a little too far.
I will cede that using y'all as a singular is indefensible.
And if you want to get into what it actually means, it means "We are the Confederate army/navy."
All my fuckin life I lived a normal fuckin life
read: we support treason. with violence. to preserve slavery.
Sure they do. I made this point pages and pages ago. But how much context do you get from a guy with the flag on a flagpole in his yard, or draped across the back window of his pickup, or on a sticker on his car?
All my fuckin life I lived a normal fuckin life
Same way all the Allies were great people and did nothing bad except for the racial discrimination, looting, and other stuff.
See that's what you sound like to me. As if had you been raised in pre-Civil War South you'd nobly stand against slavery with pure righteousness and moral perfection.
Funny that you call this a "debate." Many people in this thread have pointed out how inseparable the ideas of "Confederacy" and "slavery" are; PantsB went so far as to produce primary historical sources that demonstrate how slavery was not only the primary reason for secession but practically the only issue the Confederacy cared about. You, on the other hand, just assert that it can mean something else. You make this assertion over and over again. We're still waiting for an argument.
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