Lonestar_logic
Republic of Texas
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If Southerners want to cite pride of place and culture, why would they choose the Civil War? I might think taking pride in William Faulkner or Truman Capote or Harper Lee or Johnny Mercer or Louis Armstrong would suffice. The beauty and cosmopolitanisms of New Orleans. the dynamism of Dallas or the charm of Savannah would be something worthy of pride.
But the Civil War, the cause for which it was fought and the legacy of bigotry it wrought are points of shame and despair. If I was a Southerner, I'd run away from that era right after I got back from the showers.
If you equate celebrating Robert E. Lee's birthday with taking pride in the Civil War then you are an idiot.
You are an idiot to think people won't.
No, you're an idiot for thinking people do.
I can celebrate my southern heritage without celebrating war.