Miss. Senator Hyde-Smith Posts Photo Wearing Confederate Hat

[rightwinger]

'Mississippi history at its best!' — GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith wore Confederate cap in Facebook post

When you are in a run-off election down in Mississippi against a black guy, its best to go full Confederate. Personally, I don't care if a republican candidate wants to wrap herself in the confederate flag and opine about how great the Confederacy was -- I just wish someone would tell them that its the Democrats who are the party of the confederacy, duh!

From the article: Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith smilingly posed for a photo in 2014 while wearing a Confederate cap and holding a rifle, then put the image on her Facebook page with the words "Mississippi history at its best!" <<-- Was the confederacy really the time when Mississippi was at its finest? I would assume a significant portion of the population would disagree with that.

"That image, taken at a Mississippi museum, resurfaced Tuesday as AT&T, Leidos and Walmart joined two other companies, Union Pacific and Boston Scientific, in asking Hyde-Smith, a Republican, to return campaign contributions because of controversy over her recent jest about being willing to attend a public "hanging."

Now like I said, its not big deal to me if a republican wants to go full confederate, I would have expected to see the Democrats do it first tho, since they are still the party that most supports the Confederate cause -- however, I fully expect for Hyde-Smith to win her run-off against the former Democrat klan leader, Mike Espy.

The Confederacy has long since morphed from a partisan political issue to a general regional pride.

As you should well know.

I remember plenty of episodes of the Dukes Of Hazzard where they opined about how blacks don't know their place since that tyrant Lincoln signed that dag-nabit Emancipation thingy

The more you idiots keep trying to pretend your party is the party where most white supremacists feel at home, the more pathetic your deflections will become

There were no such episodes. YOu are lying.


The few white supremacists have no home in the American political scene. There has been national unity on equal rights for blacks since the late 60s, when the dems finally gave up on Jim Crow.


The Confederate Flag has long been seen as a harmless symbol of regional pride.

My god you people are clueless -- the dukes of hazard was a hollywood show about a fictional place in the south -- it had ZERO to do with reality --- because during the same time period of that show -- people were still being lynched by the KKK -- right down there in Dukes Of Hazzard country....

And as much you keep trying to say "the few white supremacists" it is shit you tell yourself to make you feel better -- there are enough white supremacists for the republican party to keep pandering to them

and there was not national unity on equal rights in the 60's you idiot.....

1. The Dukes of Hazzard was a fictional tv show. ONe which became a NATIONWIDE hit, despite the fact that the main characters were proud southern boys, with a Confederate Flag painted on the top of their car, which they named the General Lee.


The fact that this show was popular OUTSIDE of the South, proves my point that historically the flag has been seen as a harmless symbol of regional pride.


2. The Dukes of Hazzard was not a period piece. It was set in the 80s. "lynching" was a vanishing rarity by that time.

3. No sane person would claim that the GOP panders to white supremacists.

Them Duke boys yearned for the days they could keep negroes as slaves

If they caught Daisy dating a negro they would lynch him

 

[protectionist]

Give it time

Those symbols of oppression will soon be gone

How can you argue that they are not symbols of self-defense ? If soldiers traveled hundreds of miles to you hometown and were shooting at you, blowing up your buildings, burning down your churches, what would you do ? Nothing ? Say thank you ?

 

[protectionist]

Them Duke boys yearned for the days they could keep negroes as slaves

If they caught Daisy dating a negro they would lynch him

Wanna present an example of that ? Got a link ? Got an episode ? Got anything ?

 

[protectionist]

The Confederate Flag, long ago morphed into a harmless symbol of regional pride.

No, it was resurrected as a symbol to battle school desegregation and civil rights.

 

[rightwinger]

Give it time

Those symbols of oppression will soon be gone

How can you argue that they are not symbols of self-defense ? If soldiers traveled hundreds of miles to you hometown and were shooting at you, blowing up your buildings, burning down your churches, what would you do ? Nothing ? Say thank you ?

It was a society formed to ensure the continuation of slavery

 

[rightwinger]

The Confederate Flag, long ago morphed into a harmless symbol of regional pride.

No, it was resurrected as a symbol to battle school desegregation and civil rights.

 

[Correll]

I recall at least one black character, very favorably presented.

Yeah, about the whitest show on tv. Crackers will cracker.

Save your racial slurs for your homies.


The show was good clean fun, and hollywood failing to portray reality, well, that's on them.


My point is that America's acceptance of the show demonstrates the nation wide acceptance of the Confederate Flag as a harmless symbol of regional pride.

 

[Correll]

The Confederate Flag, long ago morphed into a harmless symbol of regional pride.

No, it was resurrected as a symbol to battle school desegregation and civil rights.

Hard line segregationists tried to co-opt it, to reach out to more mainstream southerns.


They failed.


Your desire to support their efforts, is noted but not shared, by me.

 

[Correll]

The Confederacy has long since morphed from a partisan political issue to a general regional pride.

As you should well know.

I remember plenty of episodes of the Dukes Of Hazzard where they opined about how blacks don't know their place since that tyrant Lincoln signed that dag-nabit Emancipation thingy

The more you idiots keep trying to pretend your party is the party where most white supremacists feel at home, the more pathetic your deflections will become

There were no such episodes. YOu are lying.


The few white supremacists have no home in the American political scene. There has been national unity on equal rights for blacks since the late 60s, when the dems finally gave up on Jim Crow.


The Confederate Flag has long been seen as a harmless symbol of regional pride.

My god you people are clueless -- the dukes of hazard was a hollywood show about a fictional place in the south -- it had ZERO to do with reality --- because during the same time period of that show -- people were still being lynched by the KKK -- right down there in Dukes Of Hazzard country....

And as much you keep trying to say "the few white supremacists" it is shit you tell yourself to make you feel better -- there are enough white supremacists for the republican party to keep pandering to them

and there was not national unity on equal rights in the 60's you idiot.....

1. The Dukes of Hazzard was a fictional tv show. ONe which became a NATIONWIDE hit, despite the fact that the main characters were proud southern boys, with a Confederate Flag painted on the top of their car, which they named the General Lee.


The fact that this show was popular OUTSIDE of the South, proves my point that historically the flag has been seen as a harmless symbol of regional pride.


2. The Dukes of Hazzard was not a period piece. It was set in the 80s. "lynching" was a vanishing rarity by that time.

3. No sane person would claim that the GOP panders to white supremacists.

Them Duke boys yearned for the days they could keep negroes as slaves

If they caught Daisy dating a negro they would lynch him

If, at any point, anything the characters said or did, gave that impression, the show would never have been accepted by the America viewer.


That is the point I have made, and nothing in your moronic post addressed that.


Try to be less stupid.

 

[Correll]

Them Duke boys yearned for the days they could keep negroes as slaves

If they caught Daisy dating a negro they would lynch him

Wanna present an example of that ? Got a link ? Got an episode ? Got anything ?

He has the ability to spout shit, and not be embarrassed when called on it.



It is ALL he has now.

 

[Correll]

Give it time

Those symbols of oppression will soon be gone

How can you argue that they are not symbols of self-defense ? If soldiers traveled hundreds of miles to you hometown and were shooting at you, blowing up your buildings, burning down your churches, what would you do ? Nothing ? Say thank you ?

It was a society formed to ensure the continuation of slavery

No, it was a government formed to ensure the continuation of slavery.


That government was defeated and is a long dead issue.


It is telling that you made such a mistake.

 

[Correll]

The Confederate Flag, long ago morphed into a harmless symbol of regional pride.

No, it was resurrected as a symbol to battle school desegregation and civil rights.

That guy wanted what you want, to have the symbol co-opted by segregationists.


You are on his side in this issue. Think on that.

 

[rightwinger]

I remember plenty of episodes of the Dukes Of Hazzard where they opined about how blacks don't know their place since that tyrant Lincoln signed that dag-nabit Emancipation thingy

The more you idiots keep trying to pretend your party is the party where most white supremacists feel at home, the more pathetic your deflections will become

There were no such episodes. YOu are lying.


The few white supremacists have no home in the American political scene. There has been national unity on equal rights for blacks since the late 60s, when the dems finally gave up on Jim Crow.


The Confederate Flag has long been seen as a harmless symbol of regional pride.

My god you people are clueless -- the dukes of hazard was a hollywood show about a fictional place in the south -- it had ZERO to do with reality --- because during the same time period of that show -- people were still being lynched by the KKK -- right down there in Dukes Of Hazzard country....

And as much you keep trying to say "the few white supremacists" it is shit you tell yourself to make you feel better -- there are enough white supremacists for the republican party to keep pandering to them

and there was not national unity on equal rights in the 60's you idiot.....

1. The Dukes of Hazzard was a fictional tv show. ONe which became a NATIONWIDE hit, despite the fact that the main characters were proud southern boys, with a Confederate Flag painted on the top of their car, which they named the General Lee.


The fact that this show was popular OUTSIDE of the South, proves my point that historically the flag has been seen as a harmless symbol of regional pride.


2. The Dukes of Hazzard was not a period piece. It was set in the 80s. "lynching" was a vanishing rarity by that time.

3. No sane person would claim that the GOP panders to white supremacists.

Them Duke boys yearned for the days they could keep negroes as slaves

If they caught Daisy dating a negro they would lynch him

If, at any point, anything the characters said or did, gave that impression, the show would never have been accepted by the America viewer.


That is the point I have made, and nothing in your moronic post addressed that.


Try to be less stupid.

Them Duke boys liked to put their white Hoods on and terrorize the local negroes

Just some good ole boys, never meaning no harm......

 

[rightwinger]

Give it time

Those symbols of oppression will soon be gone

How can you argue that they are not symbols of self-defense ? If soldiers traveled hundreds of miles to you hometown and were shooting at you, blowing up your buildings, burning down your churches, what would you do ? Nothing ? Say thank you ?

It was a society formed to ensure the continuation of slavery

No, it was a government formed to ensure the continuation of slavery.


That government was defeated and is a long dead issue.


It is telling that you made such a mistake.

And the flag symbolizing that government lives on in the hearts of racists everywhere

 

[rightwinger]

The Confederate Flag, long ago morphed into a harmless symbol of regional pride.

No, it was resurrected as a symbol to battle school desegregation and civil rights.

That guy wanted what you want, to have the symbol co-opted by segregationists.


You are on his side in this issue. Think on that.

Hey Negro......Look at this!

 

[MarcATL]

I recall at least one black character, very favorably presented.


My point stands. THe show was a nation wide hit, the Duke Boys were popular TV stars, "ust a couple of good ole boys never meaning no harm"


not seen as Evul Racists Traitors, out to bring down the government or re enslave their neighbors.


The Confederate Flag, long ago morphed into a harmless symbol of regional pride.

When and how?

 

[Correll]

There were no such episodes. YOu are lying.


The few white supremacists have no home in the American political scene. There has been national unity on equal rights for blacks since the late 60s, when the dems finally gave up on Jim Crow.


The Confederate Flag has long been seen as a harmless symbol of regional pride.

My god you people are clueless -- the dukes of hazard was a hollywood show about a fictional place in the south -- it had ZERO to do with reality --- because during the same time period of that show -- people were still being lynched by the KKK -- right down there in Dukes Of Hazzard country....

And as much you keep trying to say "the few white supremacists" it is shit you tell yourself to make you feel better -- there are enough white supremacists for the republican party to keep pandering to them

and there was not national unity on equal rights in the 60's you idiot.....

1. The Dukes of Hazzard was a fictional tv show. ONe which became a NATIONWIDE hit, despite the fact that the main characters were proud southern boys, with a Confederate Flag painted on the top of their car, which they named the General Lee.


The fact that this show was popular OUTSIDE of the South, proves my point that historically the flag has been seen as a harmless symbol of regional pride.


2. The Dukes of Hazzard was not a period piece. It was set in the 80s. "lynching" was a vanishing rarity by that time.

3. No sane person would claim that the GOP panders to white supremacists.

Them Duke boys yearned for the days they could keep negroes as slaves

If they caught Daisy dating a negro they would lynch him

If, at any point, anything the characters said or did, gave that impression, the show would never have been accepted by the America viewer.


That is the point I have made, and nothing in your moronic post addressed that.


Try to be less stupid.

Them Duke boys liked to put their white Hoods on and terrorize the local negroes

Just some good ole boys, never meaning no harm......

This is the plot of the pilot show.


You are an asshole smearing the good people that wrote and worked and starred in the show.



"The Duke family lives in Hazzard County, Georgia. Their patriarch is Jesse Duke, a farmer and former moonshiner who’s very wise, and probably the most trusted person in six counties; his nephews, Bo and Luke, and his niece, Daisy, live on the Duke farm with him. Jesse raised Bo, Luke, and Daisy after their parents died in an auto accident. The Duke family had been making moonshine for generations. A year ago, Bo and Luke got stopped on a moonshine run. Jesse swallowed a lifetime of pride and signed a treaty with the U.S. government to stop making moonshine if Bo and Luke could be released on 5 years probation. Since then, Jesse has kept his word and no longer runs moonshine. Even though Bo and Luke are on probation, that doesn’t stop them from having their share of fun. They help Jesse run the Duke farm, and they have a souped-up orange Dodge Charger called the General Lee. Daisy works as a waitress at The Boars Nest, the most popular bar/restaurant in the county. The Boars Nest is owned by the corrupt Hazzard County commissioner, Boss Jefferson Davis "J.D." Hogg. Boss Hogg owns just about everything in Hazzard County, including bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. Boss would do just about anything to make a dishonest dollar, but he does not condone violence. Boss is planning to have Rosco receive a delivery of slot machines, and Rosco is loyal enough to do whatever Boss tells him to. After about 20 years as one of the best lawmen in the state, most of Rosco’s pension got defeated in the last bond election in Hazzard County, and as a result, Rosco turned bitter and crooked. Now he's up for re-election, against an even more corrupt opponent. When the slot machines fall into their hands, Bo and Luke form a plan to distribute the machines to civic clubs and organizations in the area, and use their proceeds from the sales to help the local orphanage get renovated before the health department shuts it down."

 

[Correll]

Give it time

Those symbols of oppression will soon be gone

How can you argue that they are not symbols of self-defense ? If soldiers traveled hundreds of miles to you hometown and were shooting at you, blowing up your buildings, burning down your churches, what would you do ? Nothing ? Say thank you ?

It was a society formed to ensure the continuation of slavery

No, it was a government formed to ensure the continuation of slavery.


That government was defeated and is a long dead issue.


It is telling that you made such a mistake.

And the flag symbolizing that government lives on in the hearts of racists everywhere

No, it does not.


This flag was the first national flag of the Confederacy, and I never see it anywhere.

You are an ignorant moron.

 

[Correll]

The Confederate Flag, long ago morphed into a harmless symbol of regional pride.

No, it was resurrected as a symbol to battle school desegregation and civil rights.

That guy wanted what you want, to have the symbol co-opted by segregationists.


You are on his side in this issue. Think on that.

Hey Negro......Look at this!

Yes, got it. That is what that guy wanted, and you agree.

 

[Correll]

I recall at least one black character, very favorably presented.


My point stands. THe show was a nation wide hit, the Duke Boys were popular TV stars, "ust a couple of good ole boys never meaning no harm"


not seen as Evul Racists Traitors, out to bring down the government or re enslave their neighbors.


The Confederate Flag, long ago morphed into a harmless symbol of regional pride.

When and how?

Fairly quickly after the end of the Civil War a policy of Conciliation was adopted, focusing on the war as a battle between states and respecting the heroics of both sides.



I find it very telling the the "Confederate Flag" so often seen is actually NOT the flag of the Confederacy, but the Battle Flag of the Army of Virginia.


Certainly by the time of the 1913 Gettysburg Blue and Gray Reunion is was a done deal.