Off-Topic :
Fairfax Underground
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
Hillary'sDownfall
()
Date: June 24, 2015 04:55PM
Jim Webb Stands Up For People Who Memorialize The Confederacy
ALEX PAPPAS
Political Reporter
2:28 PM 06/24/2015
Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, a southern Democrat contemplating a run for president, encouraged people on Wednesday to understand the “complicated history of the Civil War” when calling for the removal of the Confederate flag across the country.
“This is an emotional time and we all need to think through these issues with a care that recognizes the need for change but also respects the complicated history of the Civil War,” Webb wrote in a post on Facebook.
Responding to the shooting in Charleston last week, the governors of South Carolina and Alabama have called for the removal of the flag off the capitol grounds.
Responding to the removal of the Confederate flag in states across the country, Webb said: “The Confederate Battle Flag has wrongly been used for racist and other purposes in recent decades. It should not be used in any way as a political symbol that divides us.”
Webb’s statement — which could appeal to southerners who view the flag not as a symbol of hate, but of history and regional pride — is at odds with the more liberal wing of his party. Hillary Clinton, for example, said Wednesday that she would like to see stores across the country stop selling Confederate flags.
Webb also said: “We should also remember that honorable Americans fought on both sides in the Civil War, including slave holders in the Union Army from states such as Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware, and that many non-slave holders fought for the South. It was in recognition of the character of soldiers on both sides that the federal government authorized the construction of the Confederate Memorial 100 years ago, on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.”
“This is a time for us to come together, and to recognize once more that our complex multicultural society is founded on the principle of mutual respect,” he said.
Follow Alex on Twitter
Tags: Elections 2016, Jim Webb
http://dailycaller.com/2015/06/24/jim-webb-stands-up-for-people-who-memorialize-the-confederacy/
ALEX PAPPAS
Political Reporter
2:28 PM 06/24/2015
Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, a southern Democrat contemplating a run for president, encouraged people on Wednesday to understand the “complicated history of the Civil War” when calling for the removal of the Confederate flag across the country.
“This is an emotional time and we all need to think through these issues with a care that recognizes the need for change but also respects the complicated history of the Civil War,” Webb wrote in a post on Facebook.
Responding to the shooting in Charleston last week, the governors of South Carolina and Alabama have called for the removal of the flag off the capitol grounds.
Responding to the removal of the Confederate flag in states across the country, Webb said: “The Confederate Battle Flag has wrongly been used for racist and other purposes in recent decades. It should not be used in any way as a political symbol that divides us.”
Webb’s statement — which could appeal to southerners who view the flag not as a symbol of hate, but of history and regional pride — is at odds with the more liberal wing of his party. Hillary Clinton, for example, said Wednesday that she would like to see stores across the country stop selling Confederate flags.
Webb also said: “We should also remember that honorable Americans fought on both sides in the Civil War, including slave holders in the Union Army from states such as Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware, and that many non-slave holders fought for the South. It was in recognition of the character of soldiers on both sides that the federal government authorized the construction of the Confederate Memorial 100 years ago, on the grounds of Arlington National Cemetery.”
“This is a time for us to come together, and to recognize once more that our complex multicultural society is founded on the principle of mutual respect,” he said.
Follow Alex on Twitter
Tags: Elections 2016, Jim Webb
http://dailycaller.com/2015/06/24/jim-webb-stands-up-for-people-who-memorialize-the-confederacy/
Re: Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
Pushback
()
Date: June 24, 2015 05:42PM
Finally common sense prevails.
Re: Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
DixieDays
()
Date: June 24, 2015 05:43PM
Southern Democrats= Republicans.
Re: Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
wau
()
Date: June 24, 2015 06:23PM
DixieDays Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Southern Democrats= Republicans.
Webb isn't running in the Republican primaries.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Southern Democrats= Republicans.
Webb isn't running in the Republican primaries.
Re: Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
dumbass libturdz
()
Date: June 24, 2015 06:56PM
Looks like Webb may leave the racist democrat party for the party of unity, the republicans.
Re: Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
FWm96
()
Date: June 24, 2015 07:01PM
In this PC hell we all live in now, nobody is going to make any headway trying to defend that flag.
This is just the beginning. Next will be statues of confederate generals and historical references to anything that upsets the nogs. Get ready for history to be re written. This is just the first step all because some nogs in SC got blasted by a psycho.
This is just the beginning. Next will be statues of confederate generals and historical references to anything that upsets the nogs. Get ready for history to be re written. This is just the first step all because some nogs in SC got blasted by a psycho.
Re: Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
dumbass libturdz
()
Date: June 24, 2015 07:11PM
Hey, fuck you. If you hate America, unity and progression, vote for a liberal. We'll ban, restrict and oppress anything we don't agree with. Fuck freedom and liberty! We are libs!
Re: Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
Red Neck Nation
()
Date: June 24, 2015 08:52PM
DixieDays Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Southern Democrats= Republicans.
Ya'll just keep repeating that line to yourselves over and over again like it's gonna help you sleep better at night.
It'll never be true but if'n it keeps you from beatin your wife and kids anymore, go for it.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Southern Democrats= Republicans.
Ya'll just keep repeating that line to yourselves over and over again like it's gonna help you sleep better at night.
It'll never be true but if'n it keeps you from beatin your wife and kids anymore, go for it.
Re: Senator Jim Webb Sticks Up For Confederacy
Posted by:
learn recent history
()
Date: June 24, 2015 08:57PM
dumbass libturdz Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Looks like Webb may leave the racist democrat
> party for the party of unity, the republicans.
Webb was a republican before holding any public office, but when he first ran for senate he declared that the republican party had changes from what he believed in and therefore was running as a democrat under the hope and change banner.
-------------------------------------------------------
> Looks like Webb may leave the racist democrat
> party for the party of unity, the republicans.
Webb was a republican before holding any public office, but when he first ran for senate he declared that the republican party had changes from what he believed in and therefore was running as a democrat under the hope and change banner.