Friday, June 19, 2015

Americans Confused about Confederate History

As a proud blood relative of a Signatory to the Declaration of Independence, Samuel Huntington, who hailed from Scotland, Connecticut, I must say there is but a great deal of confusion surrounding the Confederate Flag and what it has historically stood for. Today, we are hearing that it is a symbol of "racism and hatred" following the events of Charleston, South Carolina. This is so far disconnected from reality, one must remind oneself that the people of the United States are ranked among the worst educated of developed nations in the world. That said, I do not completely fault Americans for their complete and utter stupidity, especially when it comes to their nation's history at highly emotional times.

The Confederate Flag has always stood for "State rights." The U.S. Constitution took away State rights when it was created to form a more "perfect Union" (Union v. Confederates = American Civil War) in 1789. Huntington, the President of the Continental Congress a decade prior to the creation of what we know today as the United States, held anti-Federalist sentiments, therefore; while he signed the Articles of Confederation and never did sign the U.S. Constitution, he firmly believed the States should have the rights only the Federal government enjoys today. The Federal powers so commonly despised today are because of the U.S. Constitution. Does the vague Tenth Amendment ring any bells?

More recently, we hear advocates promoting "State secession." This is what the Confederates pursued during the Civil War and what the Colonies desired during the American Revolutionary War. Colonists pursued secession from Britain and Confederates pursued secession from the Union. That simple, but somehow it has been construed as "racist" and "hatred" against the Black community? We are so bored nowadays, instead of conducting our own research to validate political talking points heard over the boob tube or Facebook's most "trendy" news topics, we have become accustomed to the convenience of vegetating on what syndicated political talking heads have to say about the nations most sensitive topics. When the hell did we become so lazy and such idiots?

If you want the Confederate Flag prohibited, then you have absolutely no room henceforth to bitch and complain the next time the Federal government does something that pisses you off because when that happens, you will remember President Huntington and myself smirking over your hypocrisy.


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