Southern Pride

Aug 01, 2010 18:48

Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery -- subordination to the superior race -- is his natural and normal condition. [Applause.] This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.
Alexander Stevens, Vice-President, Confederate States of America 1861

Remember this the next time you see someone waving a Rebel Flag, or who has one on their car. There is no way to be pro-Confederacy, and not racist.

politics, history, civil rights, republican capers

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