The Stars and Bars

The confederate flag has passed from being a symbol of pride for the many sacrifices made by the South in the Civil War into being an avatar of Republican racism ... all because that evil murderer Dylann Roof used it in some of his racist posts on his website. Never mind that Senator Fritz Hollings (D) once caused the stars and bars initially to fly above the South Carolina capital or that Governor Bill Clinton (D) did the same in Arkansas. It seems that our current president and the South-hating liberal media has finally drummed into the minds of our forever distracted public that this symbol ... as well as the anthem of the Confederacy, Dixie .    are evil and need disposing of ... as well they probably will.

Now for some important (and apparently forgotten) historical context ... after General Ulysses S. Grant accepted General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia ending our bloody Civil War ... wherein he allowed the Confederate soldiers to keep their uniforms, side arms and flags and instructed them just to go back to their homes ... General Grant, in a gesture of reconciliation, had the Union band strike up Dixie as General Lee was leaving the courthouse and his soldiers were disbanding. Thus we see the stark contrast between political greatness and historically-blind puerile pandering.