Neo-Nazis, and our country

Disclaimers:
1) I am liberal northerner.
2) I now travel all over the country in an RV.
3) I believe that the second amendment to the constitution should say, 
"You can have as many MUSKETS as you want..."

That being said, over 150 years ago we had what some call, "the civil war" , and others actually call, "the war of northern aggression".

Here are a few factoids regarding that war...

1) the south declared war on the north.
2) the south LOST the war.
3) southerners did get killed in the war, as did northerners.
4) the real victims were not the south or Confederates, but the freed slaves.
5) political maneuvering has made the south seen to be the victim.

Outcomes of war.
Slaves freed.
Reconstruction was stymied in the south.
Introduction of Jim Crow laws.

HOUSTON, We have a problem.
The real victims of, that war are still being hurt, and today groups trying to erase 75 years of civil rights are beginning to become popular again.

Problem:  this happened in 1931 in Germany, and by 1937, the country was a dictatorship.

Shades of Nazi memories are beginning to crystallize again, including Nazi salutes.

Remember that the statues of the Confederate heroes, were mostly erected during the Jim Crow anti civil rights era.  Lots of visor has been documented that these statues were NOT really designed to celebrate the heroes, but the prevailing  pro slavery common views.

These statues were not erected to honor these "war heroes", but to enrage the newly freed slaves.

It's important to understand that no matter how we want to respect our ancestors, we now need to understand that no matter what happens the Confederate flag, statues, and all of these symbols  have now become racist symbols of slavery and intolerance.

They need to be removed, and these need to become learning moments to teach.

Car hits pedestrian in terrorist attack.

Oh. That's  not terrorism, thats "free speech?"
Bull shit...
It's hypocritical to call Spain terrorism and NOT Virginia's incident.

It's time to call a spade a spade.  If it smells like a rose, looks like a rose and has thorns like a rose, it might actually be a rose.
Dear president 45.  A Rose is rose. Call it honestly!

The Confederate flag is no longer a symbol of Southern pride and respectful of its heroes.  It is now as unacceptable as a Nazi flag.

Statutes of the heroes of the CSA's insurrection against the United States should no longer be considered a right.

They need to be re-considered.  They are now symbols of white supremacy, and the ideas that whites need to be in charge of everything, and the way it was 200 years ago.

Really...