Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for July 03, 2015
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"Tom the Dancing Bug" by Ruben Bolling THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE FLAG 1861 Woman: Hey, what are you doing? Man: Why, I'm creating a flag that represents the culture and heritage of our beloved South. Man: It stands for hospitality, for cool lemonade on a warm evening, for finding that perfect fishin' hole, for fried chicken and gravy. Soldier: IT'S WAR! We must fight for our right to subjugate the inferior African race!! Quick - a colorful cloth so our troops must rally! Colonel: You! May we use that unique red and blue flag there? Man: I suppose. But it should never stand for the cause of slavery. Just Southern heritage! Colonel: Agreed, sir. 1962 Man #1: Hmm...We need some way to show our defiance against Federal attempts to allow negroes to vote and have civil rights and such. Man #2: Think, think! Man #1: Land sakes! It's too durn HOT to think! Man #2: Why don't we raise this flag that represents Southern culture and heritage: skimmin' stones, hootenannies, a grove of sweet-scented magnolia trees shrouded in Spanish moss. Man #1: That's a capital idea. Now we can stand in its shade and think about states' rights. 1970 Earl: Let's do this. I'll bring this flagpole. Man: Okay, Earl, but on your way out, don't catch it on this benign flag that inclusively represents all Southern traditions and customs. Man: Oh, Earl. Earl: Whoops.
ploubere over 9 years ago
Exactly.
Randy B Premium Member over 9 years ago
It’s really too bad that such an innocent and benign symbol keeps getting caught up in all this unpleasantness.
knoahu over 9 years ago
But seriously, they carried the good ol’ stars and stripes at KKK rallies, too.
BadVlad over 9 years ago
Nobody understands that the Swastika really represents bratwurst, biergartens, sauerbraten, Tyrolian hats, lederhosen, and oompa bands. The Nazis just hijacked it.
Cozmik Cowboy over 9 years ago
Every cracker state that celebrates Jefferson Davis’s birthday should also, logically speaking, have an Osama bin Laden holiday. But then, logic does get scarce south of the Mason-Dixon line………..
ickymungmung over 9 years ago
Flags are so romantic, in that they themselves are just made of cloth, yet serve to give hard-ons to those who shall remain deprived of reason.
braindead Premium Member over 9 years ago
Are there black people in the South that are proud of the Conferderate flag and the heritage it represents?
pam Miner over 9 years ago
If only it’s meaning were that innocent, but it isn’t it’s a war flag still representing racism and a rebellion against the norther states, and I know there are many who would love to rally around it still.It’s a disgrace and needs to be in a museum.
BiggerJ over 9 years ago
Don’t worry, guys! When scientists find the Reas-on, the as-yet undiscovered particle that carries meaning, we’ll be able to physically excract the racism from every Confederate flag!
BRI-NO-MITE!! Premium Member over 9 years ago
In 1861 the Confederacy had a different flag, the “stars and bars”. Two horizontal red bars top and bottom and a white bar in the middle. In the upper corner there was a blue square with seven stars arranged in a circle. More stars were added as other stated seceded. The battle flag with the “X” cross came later.
geometeer over 9 years ago
Nobody [except a few billion Asians] understands that the Swastika ‘really’ represents nothing German at all: the Nazis very temporarily hijacked it from Asia, where their efforts were barely noticed.
In today’s Korean maps, it marks Buddhist temples. In India, you often find it next to another Hindu holy sign, the 6-pointed star (which King David never got monopoly rights on).
Western culture is more peripheral than it thinks.
Cozmik Cowboy over 9 years ago
I’ll explain really slowly: They both attacked the United States. Of course bin Laden killed a bit under 3000 Americans, while Davis killed over 600,000, so the comparison does fall apart there.
Grover Premium Member over 9 years ago
Wait, is this ironic?