-Caveat Lector- Even more curious is the persistence with which the fact that Southerners regularly state they were fighting for independence and State's Rights is ignored. Only 3% were slave owners, hardly enough for such drastic measures. Southerners are not even thinking about race/slaves/blacks when they love Dixie. That was a pretext for waging war on the South. Maybe they just wanted to be in their own country where people do not tell you just what you think and also why you think it. AKE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marilyn Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 10:51 AM Subject: Re: [CTRL] How the Democrats made loving Dixie a hate crime > -Caveat Lector- > > Curiously, the number of wealthy, slave-owning plantation owners > in the Old South was relatively few--as with any "aristocracy.". > Many--if not most--of those who are now running around waving the > Confederate flag and pining for those Dear Old Days are not the > heirs of that wealthy few. They are folks who descend from > merchants and shopkeepers and on down the ladder to poor white > farmers and sharecroppers too poor to own slaves, struggling to > hold on to a mule and a piece of land. > > What those great-great-grandsons of poor whites and > sharecroppers really want is someone below them on the social > ladder so they don't have to feel that they're the bottom of the > barrel. That's where the Negro/African-American comes in. That's > where he has a function....a dog to kick, as it were. > > Humans seem to love hierarchy (is it hardwired into the system?) > Like a flock of chickens, all those great-great-grandchildren of poor > southern white folks just don't want to see themselves at the low > end of the pecking order. And now, at the very highest reaches of > our government, we have a pack of men who not only understand > but share their pain. > sno0wl > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER > ========== > CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic > screeds are unwelcomed. Substance-not soap-boxing-please! These are > sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'-with its many half-truths, mis- > directions and outright frauds-is used politically by different groups with > major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. > That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and > always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no > credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. > > Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. > ============================================================ ============ > Archives Available at: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html > <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archiv es of > [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A > > ============================================================ ============ > To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: > SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: > SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Om > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
