you're welcome! On Friday, December 20, 2013 3:42:07 PM UTC-6, Bill wrote: > > This is a great article and should be read by all Americans, North and > South. > thank you for a thoughtful well reasoned piece and explanation as to the > liberal's mind set against the South. > > In a message dated 12/20/2013 1:14:48 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] <javascript:> writes: > > revisionists are mulling over a decision to remove Lee's and Jackson's > portraits from the walls of the War College, lest that august institution > be sullied by the memory of generals who fought on the wrong side. > --- > we've seen what's happened to America since the union won. they've > conceded our government to foreign investors/lobbyists. > > oh how soon the yankees forgot where the slave trade center in America was > located. > > On Friday, December 20, 2013 3:07:38 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> [[[ I'm Southern born and Southern bred and when I die I will be >> Southern dead. ]] >> >> December 20, 2013 >> >> *Erasing Southern History: The Bonfire of the Portraits* >> >> *By* *Fay Voshell* <http://www.americanthinker.com/fay_voshell/> >> >> When traveling recently to Virginia Beach, I couldn't help but notice >> that I was no longer in Yankee land. I was in an entirely different world, >> one still significantly defined by the Civil War. >> >> I passed street after street named after famous southern generals -- >> General Jackson Drive, General Lee Drive, General Beauregard Drive, and >> General Hill Drive. Though he was a "general" of a different sort, even >> General Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, has a boulevard named after >> him. >> >> It was clear to me that Southerners revere their generals. >> >> And for good reason. >> >> The South's generals have long been a part of the proud history of the >> region. Robert E. Lee's and Stonewall Jackson's military strategies are >> considered some of the most brilliant in the history of warfare, and this >> is to say nothing of their exemplary characters. They are honored to this >> day for their bravery and brilliance. That is why their portraits are on >> the walls of the U.S. Army War College, which is dedicated to the training >> of future generals, some of whom may one day show that they, too, have >> absorbed a code of honor and chivalry. >> >> But according to the *Washington Times >> <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/dec/17/robert-e-lee-and-stonewall-jackson-tributes-face-a/#disqus_thread>*, >> >> revisionists are mulling over a decision to remove Lee's and Jackson's >> portraits from the walls of the War College, lest that august institution >> be sullied by the memory of generals who fought on the wrong side. >> >> The article reports that the College's spokeswoman, Carol Kerr, stated >> there was someone who complained about the portraits. "This person was >> struck by the fact we have quite a few Confederate images," she said, >> adding that the portraits were re-hung on a third-floor hallway. >> "[Lee<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/robert-e-lee/>] >> was certainly not good for the nation. This is the guy we faced on the >> battlefield whose entire purpose in life was to destroy the nation as it >> was then conceived[.] ... This is all part of an informed discussion." >> >> How "informed" the discussion will be is anyone's guess. Historians of >> the Civil War will be mightily interested in the outcome of >> "Portrait-gate," as expunging of the South's greatest generals from the >> historical narrative might change the overall story a smidgen. >> >> The portraits may or may not be in the third-floor hallway now. They >> will probably progress to the basement later, and then at the last be >> thrown into a bonfire. >> >> I am reminded of the actions of Thutmose III and Akhnaten of Egypt, both >> of whom assiduously devoted themselves to having Queen Hatshepsut's images >> chiseled off monuments dedicated to her so no one would remember her. The >> pharaohs are a reminder that historical revisionism is nothing >> new. Certainly, if similar "off the wall" action is applied to the >> Southern generals, it will appear to future cadets that the only worthy >> military heroes of the Civil War have been from the victorious Northern >> States. Other "losers" like Hannibal, Hector, Napoleon, Rommel, and Von >> Manstein -- all of whom fought well but ultimately lost -- may also be >> nixed from the list of study-worthy generals, their place consigned to the >> dustbin of history. >> >> While the fate of the portraits is still under discussion, one can draw a >> few conclusions and hazard some predictions should the offending visages be >> permanently obliterated from the walls of the War College and other >> military institutions such as West Point. >> >> First, the left's smoldering animus toward the South will once again be >> revealed. For many progressives, the South is still a bastion of >> racism. The institution of slavery and the guilt associated with it never >> have been and never will be expunged as far as progressives are >> concerned. Attaching the guilt of slavery to the South still provides a >> handy and frequently used political tool. Progressives are loath to have >> that tool taken out of their hands, as it reinforces their punitive >> attitude toward the region and conservatives in general. Removal of the >> portraits doubtless is seen as just retribution for the sins of the past. >> >> Second, progressives love divisiveness and conflict, as it splinters the >> opposition and provides political capital. Stoking the fires of the old >> Civil War and lighting a match to a new civil war probably is seen as a >> positive development. After all, turning Americans against one another >> provides a chance for progressives to divide and conquer, as well as to >> effect "fundamental transformation." >> >> Third, the question of just what happens to the history of the Civil War >> if a revisionist trend becomes established protocol for writing history >> must be asked. Are we soon to see Matthew Brady's and other great Civil >> War >> photographers<http://listverse.com/2008/11/18/top-20-great-us-civil-war-photographs/>' >> >> work PhotoShopped, the faces of the offending Southern generals >> erased? Will revisionist history take on the flavor of the Stalinist >> regime, which forbade any portraits or photos other than those of the >> victorious? Will Southern history go down a memory hole? >> >> God forbid. >> >> But perhaps there is a bright side to Portrait-gate. Poking the South in >> the eye may backfire. The insult to the South's military leaders may be >> one of many ways to stimulate a Southern stampede to the right. >> >> Many Southerners are sick to death of the left's condescending >> stereotypes. They are tired of being despised for their devotion to >> religion; tired of contemptuous dismissal of their view of the history of >> the Confederacy; tired of being categorized as still being in the >> backwoods, both culturally and socially; tired of being thought of as >> ignorant rednecks descended from regressive stock. >> >> The seemingly insignificant but hubristic takedown of Lee's and Jackson's >> portraits may be a symbolic indication that Democrats in Virginia could >> themselves be in danger of a takedown. >> >> Certainly it would be pleasant to think of the prospect that Virginia, >> which has been slowly turning purple due to strangulation by progressives, >> might once again become bright red with rage. >> >> The conservative South may yet rise again. >> >> *Fay Voshell is a frequent contributor to **American Thinker. She may >> be reached at [email protected].* >> >> >> *Page Printed from: >> http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2013/12/erasing_southern_history_the_bonfire_of_the_portraits.html >> >> <http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/12/erasing_southern_history_the_bonfire_of_the_portraits.html>*at >> December 20, 2013 - 09:43:32 AM CST >> >> >> __._,_.___ >> >> >> >> >> >> __,_._,___ >> >> >> -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at > http://www.PoliticalForum.com/<http://www.politicalforum.com/> > * It's active and moderated. 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