More PC nuttiness. How stupid (very) can people be.
B http://www.ijreview.com/2015/08/390848-its-no-longer-just-confederate-flags-theres-a-new-expression-of-southern-pride-under-attack-now/?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=afternoon-newsletter&utm_medium=owned It’s No Longer Just Confederate Flags, There’s a New Expression of ‘Southern Pride’ Under Attack Now By Kyle Becker <http://www.ijreview.com/author/kyle/> What’s the first thing you think of when you see the word ‘Dixie’? Dixie Cups, Dixie Chicks, ‘I wish I was in Dixie…’? In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, an issue has been raised with the expression of antebellum Southern pride: It may be “divisive.” Racist, even. Why is that? Because the dictionary definition of “Dixie” has a strong overlap with the term “Confederacy”: “The States of the Southeast United States and especially those which constituted the Confederacy.” And because a maniacal shooter from Charleston had a confederate flag, and that is kinda sorta connected to the term “Dixie,” that means it is likely to be a symbol of “racism” and “hate.” Or so some people claim. In July, a CNN/ORC poll found <http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/02/politics/confederate-flag-poll-racism-southern-pride/> that 57% believed the Confederate flag was a symbol of “Southern pride,” while 33% found it to be a symbol of “racism.” WFMY reports <http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/news/local/2015/08/11/should-dixie--removed--winston-salems-dixie-classic-fair/31499541/> further on a question that has some North Carolinians and other Southerners bothered: Should the word “Dixie” be removed from the Dixie Classic Fair? That was the question raised Monday night, during a Winston-Salem committee meeting, the home of the annual fair. It’s the second largest fair in North Carolina. The finance committee was looking at ideas to bring more people to the fair and Councilman James Taylor Jr. brought up concerns some voters told him they had with the word “Dixie” in the fair’s title. There you have it. If some people think a word is “divisive,” it might be time to change it or ban it. And if the fair were to ever change its name from the “Dixie Classic Fair,” what will be the next “offensive” phrase or thing that “has to go”? __._,_.___ ------------------------------ Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> ------------------------------ Visit Your Group <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZHQ5N3A0BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0Mzk0MDM2Njk-> - New Members <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJnb2Y0MDFsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxNDM5NDAzNjY5> 1 [image: Yahoo! Groups] <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJldHFiNTVlBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTQzOTQwMzY2OQ--> • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> __,_._,___ -- -- 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/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
