This is an excerpt from the most recent SLRC monthly letter. (Also posted in our news link)
On March 22 2009, Dave Russell, Letters to the editor of the Asheville Citizen-Times, published a column entitled" Confederate flag battles just aren't worth the hassle anymore" a muddled, rambling discourse in which Russell repeatedly harped on his own Southern-ness while at the same time proclaiming that the Confederate Battle flag has been misappropriated by hate groups and has therefore become a symbol of hatred. Having expressed his opinion, Russell then admonished others not to "get all irate and preachy" on the subject and said his topic was one that editors" hate to see pop up on their opinions"
Interestingly enough there had not been no editorial-page debate about the flag and no recent news spotlighted on the subject. SLRC Executive director Rodger McCredie, himself an ex newspaperman, stated that the Confederate Flag issue has become "instant copy materiel"....a sure fire solution for every tinhorn pundit facing a deadline with nothing else to write about.
Roger McCredie’s response to Russell’s letter:
Dave Russell’s remarks of March 22, to the contrary, politically correct editors dearly love to talk about the Confederate flag, provided they can do so on their own terms. They get to be as "irate and preachy" as they want: people who disagree with them, we are told, do not. That’s because the so- called Confederate flag controversy is in fact a put-up job.--one of the broadest based and best executed negative PR campaigns in American history--spearheaded by an inherently hostile media establishment, a couple of greedy special interest groups, a cynical and avaricious Hollywood, and a gaggle of self serving politicians.
Because denouncing Confederate symbols now provides for instant liberal street credentials, legions of the ambitious, the malicious and the clueless have been leaping aboard this bandwagon, so it has morphed into a runaway train. Southerners have been fired from their jobs, expelled from schools, defamed, assaulted and even killed for displaying a flag that one former President has called "a legitimate American icon"
Sort of makes you wonder which direction all this alleged hate is actually coming from.
It's simple. Anyone who's ever watched a magician knows that it's all done by distraction. You "distract" the audience's attention. You have them focus on something else while you pull your sleight of hand. The old shell game is much the same thing. You run through the game slowly at first so that folks are easily able to follow the shell that has the pea. When you've suckered them in, you pull a fast one, move the shells very fast or in some way "lose" the pea. It's all in distracting the audience.
The battle flag is a distraction. When things become problematical, you look for an issue that takes folks' minds off whatever the problem is. You change the focus. You introduce another villain - and so forth. The worse it gets under Obama, the more attacks will be made on Southern history, heritage and symbols - and especially white men. Be prepared!
Not sure if it has been posted on this website, but it brings to mind the kid who was shot in Sarasota , Fl for wearing a cap or a t-shirt with the CBF on it. Needless to say the kid was not armed.
Yes, and the black "kid" was charged with "aggravated battery with a weapon". If the white kid had died, the charge probably would have been "aggravated battery with unfortunate consequences". Whitey is now a legitimate target in this society.
Frankly, it disappeared off the front page and into oblivion. It happened in Sarasota, Florida. The black guy (no kid) was in a military school and was "packing". He went looking for trouble and found the white kid wearing a shirt with the battle flag and carrying a small battle flag. An argument ensued and the black shot the unarmed white young man. The onlookers I believe asserted that the white made "racist remarks" but the argument was about race from the beginning and was started by the black.
I don't know what happened. The white guy was shot in the chest, but survived as far as I know. The charge was aggravated battery with a weapon or handgun I don't know which. There was no hate crime alleged.
It just does not stop: NAACP Branch Readies for Confederate Flag Fight Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:45:24 AM · Fox News ^ | 5-27-2009 | Fox News Members of the Miami-Dade branch of the NAACP want the Confederate flag banned from the Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway, and they will meet Thursday to decide whether to boycott a NASCAR race slated there for November.
NAACP Branch Readies for Confederate Flag Fight Wednesday, May 27, 2009 11:11:52 AM · FoxNews ^ | 05/27/09 | Joshua Rhett Miller A flag fight is brewing in southern Florida. Members of the Miami-Dade branch of the NAACP want the Confederate flag banned from the Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway, and they will meet Thursday to decide whether to boycott a NASCAR race slated there for November. Debra Toomer, the branch's chairwoman of press and publicity, said a planning session has been scheduled to decide on a course of action regarding the display of the flag at the Nov. 20-22 event, as well as its presence at city-sponsored events like last year's Veterans Day parade. "The concern is there," Toomer said of Confederate flags.... NAACP wants NASCAR to ban Confederate flag Monday, May 25, 2009 ThatsRacin.com ^ | Saturday, May. 23, 2009 | ThatsRacin.com Report Officials of a South Florida branch of the NAACP say the organization could stage protests during NASCAR races in an effort to have the Confederate flag banned from events. The Miami-Dade branch's leaders said they would first ask for help from NASCAR officials in banning the flag, but are prepared to begin contacting sponsors. Also under consideration are a boycott and a march during the season-ending race weekend at Homestead-Miami Motor Speedway, according to the South Florida Times. The Times article, quoting NAACP officials, said correspondence was being prepared to Brian France, NASCAR's chairman and CEO. France has spoken out.
Hey folks I have been to many NASCAR races, and I could count the number of blacks in the audience with my fingers, toes not included....and so they are going to boycott NASCAR...TOO FUNNY! http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/confederate/index ...FOR FULL STORIES ON ALL
I have no love for NASCAR or Bill French, I haven't watched a race in years.French has banned all efforts by the SCV to run a car with the CBF on it. Heck I thought the SCV was boycotting NASCAR anyway.
Unless I am mistaken, NASCAR is a "for profit" organization.
If that's true, then "the bottom line" of great interest. If Southrons want the B.F. back in NASCAR, you have it in your own hands to make that happen. BOYCOTT the organization. Stay away from the track! Do not buy the merchandise. Inform advertisers that you will not support them as long as NASCAR continues to be anti-Southron! Hit NASCAR where it hurts - in the pocketbook! Soon enough, those who make a living driving the circuit will step in and tell the p.c. authorities to get lost or get real. When that happens, NASCAR will represent you again. But as long as you're willing to pay good money and get spit on, well..... y'all are gonna get spit on.
Well it is like anything else , can't get enough people together to have a 1 on 1 basketball game. Just recently NASCAR refused the SCV a place on the CART or some other circuit, I cannot remember which one it was.
Well, maybe the good folks of the SCV should PICKET someplace. As noted, write to advertisers. Make a stink! Don't wait for a crowd! Remember, it wasn't more than 3% who started this nation! the other 97% were either agin' it or disinterested. If you are going to wait for a big group you're going to wait forever. The squeaky wheel, as they say. Besides that, a lot of folks will "join" something already started, but it takes just a few folks to get the ball rolling.
Once NASCAR began allowing Uncle to sponsor cars...Army/Navy, National Guard, well the standards went to hell in a hand basket, in this case Uncle demanded PC rules for all if they were going to get invloved (FACT). Unlce also pays 2-3 times more for the cars they sponsor, but nothing new there with waste and abuse. Its all about money and sadly southern folks are not going to stop paying to watch it, oddly enough the sport that started in the deep south, is now an multi billon dollar international PC organization.
I know that in Georgia and one of the Carolina states the SCV had been doing some protesting at the track and handing out litature. Not sure if they will be doing it this year or not.
Same thing at Ole Miss, they take away the mascot, the flags and and darn near ban the song Dixie, but the seats are filled on gameday. Go figure.
It's simple, really. As Christ said, "Where your heart is, there your treasure is." People's hearts are with useless, pointless nonsense like a bunch of cars riding around in a circle - so that is where they put their treasure. When the "dealin' is done", they're going to find out that they have no treasure and their hearts were barren and wasted.
