Originally posted by robbie carrobieRobbie, how about a little face to face air cleaning with your General Forum friends. Spell out your motive and the intent of your thread.
bah humbug, i had anticipated that the Americanoes would have been much more patriotic, that they would have taken the bait, readily defended their heritage, perhaps I am missing something, do they care? does it matter who rules their country, King George or the president? Alas they have just confirmed my worst fears that Little houses on prairies no ...[text shortened]... ixie flag! its like the Scottish saltire, only it has stars on it and is a groovy orange colour.
If we take your initial words at face value, you were in a light hearted mood on St. Paddy's Day and simply felt like jesting. Your follow on
positional replies suggest that you took deceptive baby steps in with a concealed axe you wanted to grind. You've provoked considerable
nationalistic and anti-nationalistic sentiment in the process, quite unnecessarily, if you were just trifling with the trust of your friends.
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Originally posted by jebrydzaginThat is not what I said. We are not talking about the south. We are talking about Dixie. We are talking about the confederate flag, a flag that represents to a huge number of people a lifestyle based on slavery, and a time that has passed. I have never, ever heard anyone who pines for Dixie mention any accomplishments of people during that time. What they miss is segregation, a whites-only ruling class, and people who lived a life of leisure because they owned other people who did all the work. If you would like to talk about some other reason to glorify dixie, I'm all ears. My own Tennessee grandmother thought that it was perfectly OK to say "it's raining pickaninnies" and that I was being absurd to protest.
Perhaps the original post was 'in jest' or perhaps that is an attempt to cover one's behind. I would like to address your post which paints all southerners as slave owners or supporters. If you believe this, you are uninformed. If you don't, then you are stereotyping large numbers of decent people. There are gentlemen and gentlewomen in the south and ...[text shortened]... y the history of the period. I'll bet you will be surprised at the facts.
Peace,
Jeb
Originally posted by robbie carrobieThey won't put up a Dixie flag. They also won't put up a pirate's skull and crossbones either.
this site dosent have a Dixie flag, maybe i should contact the moderators to have them set it up, but if it did have i would definitely get one. respect ? i have a relatively small amount of self respect why should I crave respect from others ? are you trying to say that there was nothing good in the south? to take such a view would be tantamount t ...[text shortened]... no one is denying, so the south must hide in shame forevermore, I think not! zing what is that?
Originally posted by slimjimThe dixie flag is the past, just like the swastika and other flags. I think a pirate flag would accurately represent a lot of people on the site, judging from some of the threads.
They won't put up a Dixie flag. They also won't put up a pirate's skull and crossbones either.
Originally posted by jebrydzaginHe wasn't....he was Welsh.
No way I put down any of the Good Book. You may be just our of sorts because we're celebrating the Irish today. Don't let them know the St. Pat was an Englishman.
And the psalms thing was a joke......Damn Romans.....damn psalms while you're at it 😛
Geddit ?
Originally posted by Grampy Bobbysir, i am from a nation that despises deception, i cannot, will not lie, this was an irresponsible act, if I had envisioned that it would have generated such strong sentiments I would not have bothered, i am a peaceful man, i play the French defense for goodness sake. I am still a little bewildered why there is such prejudice towards the confederate flag, what does it stand for, in all honesty I am a simple man, i just thought that it looked like a cool Scottish saltire, there was no evil intent and for the fact that I am learning so much i wish the thread would go away>
Robbie, how about a little face to face air cleaning with your General Forum friends. Spell out your motive and the intent of your thread.
If we take your initial words at face value, you were in a light hearted mood on St. Paddy's Day and simply felt like jesting. Your follow on
positional replies suggest that you took deceptive baby steps in wi ...[text shortened]... ess, quite unnecessarily, if you were just trifling with the trust of your friends.
-gb
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Originally posted by robbie carrobieA nation that doesn't own full stops,apparently. 😛
sir, i am from a nation that despises deception, i cannot, will not lie, this was an irresponsible act, if I had envisioned that it would have generated such strong sentiments I would not have bothered, i am a peaceful man, i play the French defense for goodness sake. I am still a little bewildered why there is such prejudice towards the confederate ...[text shortened]... was no evil intent and for the fact that I am learning so much i wish the thread would go away>