GDG- NCAAP - Hook

[Dennis Lawrence]

At 09:46 AM 1/22/2012, you wrote:
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>
>Strange thing to say if one is dedicated to "just the facts."
>
>The CBF was also used as a symbol of opposition to racial 
>integration in the 1960s as well as the symbol of the Dixiecrat 
>Party dedicated to maintaining segregation.  The KKK has adopted the 
>CBF because it has had no other political use than as a symbol of 
>protest against racial equality and as a symbol for the soldiers 
>whose victory would result in the perpetuation of slavery.  The 
>Bible and the Cross have no such distinction.  The victory of the 
>troops that fought under the US Flag meant the destruction of 
>slavery.  The National Guard troops who enforced integration were 
>under the US Flag.
>
>Seems the NAACP may have it about right.
>
>Best Regards,
>Al Mackey
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CWMHTours <CWMHTours at aol.com>
>To: gettysburg <gettysburg at arthes.com>
>Sent: Sun, Jan 22, 2012 10:37 am
>Subject: Re: GDG- Shelby's Foote in His Mouth
>
>
>Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
>E:  The Conf battle flag.
>
>he NAACP is insane and out of touch with  reality.
>
>pparently their big bug is that the flag was used as a symbol  of white
>upremacy - particularly by the Ku Klux Klan.
>
>ut the Klan also used the Bible as the same symbol.   They used the cross
>or the same also.  They also used the American  flag.  They also used bed
>heets.
>
>o why don't they regard the Bible the ssame way?
>
>r the cross?
>
>r the
>
>Just  the facts, ma'am."
>Your Most Obediant Servant
>eter
>
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