EDIT: People seem to be confused. I support everyone’s right to fly the Confederate flag. You are just a racist if you actually do it.
If you find yourself talking to a conservative (there are many debating the “issues”, but some are smart enough to leave it alone) who is trying to tell you that the Charleston white supremacy murders and the racist Confederate flag flying over the South Carolina courthouse issue are “nuanced” and that people have a “right to their beliefs” and they should be “discussed in a larger context” just call them a racist and stop talking to them.
Why? Because liberals have this Achilles heel where they try to legitimately debate issues that are not up for debate. They offer respect to people and arguments who deserve none, and they seem to forget that conservatives who are suddenly so thoughtful and willing to “dig deeper” to get at root problems have no issue shutting discussions down when it is something they want.
- Don’t think we should go to war in Afghanistan and Iraq? You hate America.
- Should we debate fixing Obamacare? No, the whole thing has to be removed because Obama is a Communist.
- Should we maybe talk about doing something about guns considering how many people get killed by them? No. If you don’t want more guns then you hate the Constitution.
- We need to look at what happened in Ferguson and try to find out why Michael Brown got into that situation. No we don’t. He was a thug and there are plenty of other people who have hard backgrounds who don’t rob stores and charge cops so he got what he deserved and if you think otherwise you are a racist against whites.
See? They pride themselves on snap judgements and not “flip flopping” and “standing up for their beliefs” when it is something they want but if it is the Confederate flag they go all Socrates. Over the past 24 hours I have heard the following:
- The flag only has power if you give it power.
- The American flag flew over slaves as well.
- The North profited more from slavery than the South did.
- The flag honors the brave soldiers who fought for the Confederacy and is part of our heritage.
What? Look at those statements. People who say those things go in one of three boxes: 1: Racist 2: Idiot 3: Racist idiot. But liberals keep trying to debate. They keep trying to be respectful. And when someone does finally call someone a racist then the racist then declares that they have won the debate. “Anyone who resorts to name calling has no valid arguments.” Unless you are calling someone a Muslim or a traitor or a Communist.
Calling racists racists is the argument. Shut the discussion down. Gang up on them. Bully them. Shut them up. And before someone starts telling me I am a hypocrite because I am telling people to do the same thing I am complaining about, check yourself. I am not complaining about what conservatives do. What they do works. They managed to secede from the Union, keep black people segregated and oppressed for another 100 years, then get to keep their racist banner flying above the seat of state government for another 50 while making liberals think they have “made progress”.
Stop respecting people who don’t deserve respect. You will not change a racist’s mind. They cannot be won over with love. You can only beat them into submission. If you want something, take it. I cannot for the life of me understand why the people of South Carolina have not yet gone to the capitol and cut the flag pole down. Petitions won’t do anything. If you want to beat a bully, punch him in the mouth.
Liberals need to stop being pussies. Put your balls on and tell all the hillbilly philosophers to shut up and get out of your way while you are on your way to get the Rebel flag off the capitol of one of the UNITED states. Seriously. Enough is enough.
I say again, fuck their hillbilly flag. Might as well burn crosses on the Statehouse lawn. Any variation of the Confederate flag says: black folks not welcome.
OH MY GOD I CAN’T EMOJIS IN THE COMMENTS? Fix it. Anyway, I was applauding you. Yes. This. Forever.
Well said! You hit the nail right on the head.
I’ve heard the flag over the state capitol in South Carolina is padlocked to the pole. I have a pair of bolt cutters if anyone wants to borrow them.
Awesome article, well said.
The flag stands for being a enemy of the Union. It has no true U.S. history other than the north seen through their dishonest ways of voting rights. Taking up the flag showed they wanted to succeed from the sovereignty of the U.S. Racist use this as their heritage but reap benefits from being part of the U.S. THE SUPREME COURT should evoke freedom of speech at a individual level not the state. It shows we support white supremist ideals at a government level and show division. Black people pays taxes too but could not vote because the representation in political jobs is set up so they can’t witness conservative and Republican despite their differences, can’t see how their white privileged lifestyle hurt people of color. They make these decisions without inclusion and either defend or later apologize but don’t change and continue to code their ideals. That the racism that is blind by the priveliges these leaders have.
What have I learned from this experience?
Schools in the south still teach an entirely different story about the Civil War. And white folk in the south believe it as though they lived it. Their ancestors are heroes, they constantly relive some misguided glory from that era. It’s part of their heritage and anyone who wants them to get over it is (insert traitor, race traitor, socialist, communist, etc. etc. ad nauseum.) They had kin die in that war, ffs!
Blacks kill because it’s their nature to be thugs. Not because they’re suppressed, abused, medicated, or because their kin were brought over here in shackles and treated worse than the massa’s hunting dogs. Jesus, do you know how long ago that was? They need to get over it, they never personally owned a slave and that shit’s ancient history. (BTW, see paragraph two – hmm).
Whites commit genocide because – well, the latest is drugs. Doesn’t matter what atrocities they commit, there is always someone or something else responsible. It isn’t because there’s something wrong in their DNA that turns out sociopathic, genocidal warts on the ass of humanity.
Oh, and thank you Jesus.
You could say it in a way they might understand better down south. Maybe something like, “You don’t think flying the confederate flag is racist? Well, bless your heart”?