People are focusing on Rep. Wilson because he epitomizes the conflict. Not only is he is a legislator needed to get the bill passed and program funded, he is a member of the SCV. When SCV members have refused to toe the party line in the past, they have been ejected from the group. Among ejectees is filmmaker Ken Burns, who neo-Confederates deride as much too affectionate toward Yankees and "the Negroes."
Ken Burns, Ex-compatriot
"Compatriot" Ken Burns has been stripped of membership, largely as a result of one man's courage and devotion to integrity in our ranks. Virginia's General Hank Morris, a camp commander and retired Army Brigadier, demanded that the little mop-headed anti-Southern snippet with a penchant for mentioning Robert E. Lee and Adolph Hitler in the same sentence be defrocked by the Virginia Division. Over the whining objections of J.E.B. Stuart Camp Commander Phil "Sheridan" O'Neill, who called for his own ouster should Burns be removed, the Division muckety-mucks voted to give the nasty little excuse for humanity the heave-ho.
It seems, however, that J.E.B. Stuart Camp officers tried to procure an 11th hour transfer of the miscreant to an obscure camp in New England. However, Burns' status as not being a member in good standing (i.e. facing charges), as well as the fact that the transfer papers were not signed, did not allow the cowardly shell-game tactic to go through.
When given notice of his hearing, to be held at a Shoney's, the effeminate New England phlegm-maker replied, "I don't eat at Shoney's!"
Score one for the good guys. Kudos to General Morris, Thirty Pieces of Silver to J.E.B. Stuart Camp (to be hereafter known as the Judas Iscariot Camp to avoid confusion with the J.E.B. Stuart Camp in Pennsylvania), and may Ken Burns realize the error of his ways and repent before he meets General Sherman and Abraham Lincoln in the hereafter.
One second thought, the hell with him!
If Wilson continues supporting the plans to memorialize Reconstruction, he will likely be denounced and rejected by the SCV.
Article comments
1 - nolan corder
your nonsense is just more liberal anti-southern bigotry that has been spewed at the south by virulant yankee radicals for along time and will not go away. you do more to divide us than anyone.
2 - Mac Diva
Really? And, I could have sworn that I am gal from North Carolina some of whose ancestors were here all along.
3 - Know Better Than You
And to think that all those goods, land, money that was stolen by the carpetbagging yankees during reconstruction was really for our own good. All the citizens who were murdered and beaten, was for our own good. All our churches and universities vandalized and burned, and it was really good for us. [personal attack deleted] Try reading "The Tragic Era" by Bowers, for a true look at what the horrible period called "reconstruction" was really like. [personal attack deleted]
4 - Mac Diva
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5 - Mac Diva
Saying I am descended from the 'property 'the commenter above claims was stolen from his ancestors by the Civil War, i.e, slaves, is not a personal attack on anyone. However, seeing it deleted is an excellent reminder of Right Wingers' desire to 'erase' slavery. Meanwhile, the commenter's screeching about being deprived of human chattel is left intact. But no-o-o, Right Wingers are not bigots.
6 - Mike Kole
Being of Slavic descent, and of immigrants who came to the US 25 years after the Civil War ended, I really don't have a dog in this fight, or any ancestral spat. I suppose I could hold some grudge towards people of Germanic and/or Russian descent, since the word Slavic has a literal root (Slav = slave) and their great-great-great-great-grandparents were owning mine, but I can't see any real point.
In the same way, I can't see much real point in those who continue this spat in the US today, on either side. The Civil War ended 139 years ago, folks, and none of you had anything to do with it. None of you were wronged in any way by the Civil War or by Reconstruction.
Of course, it is fun for me to go to Atlanta and wear my 'Sons of General Sherman' t-shirt.
7 - Mac Diva
Stop taking your life in your hands, Mike-:).
My years in Atlanta have got to have been among the most schizoid I've known. My friends were a diverse group of all races, both genders and some internationals. But, the neo-Confederate ethos was still very much present. Among other things, I learned there were still clubs and restaurants where people of color are not welcome. The hatred directed at the political establishment by some white people was amazing. Still, we were young and had a lot of fun. Sometimes, I miss the place.