Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Just what we need.

Let's write a story about Mississippi and racism. Way to think "Outside the Lines".
Posted by Juco All-American at 4:40 PM
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Anonymous said...

I couldn't get past the first few paragraphs. Sigh, also.

February 24, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Anonymous said...

Wow.

February 24, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Bob said...

I actually found it to paint these people as human beings caught up in impossible to imagine circumstances. I didn't find it at all dishonest and I didn't find it at all offensive. It was not your typical condemnation of the South but rather a way of saying that time heals all wounds, however slowly that may be.

I think the last bit was quite representative of the whole piece when he talked about the (few) dipshits who say TSWRA at the end of "From Dixie With Love." He mentioned how they don't even know what they're doing and how it's affecting people.

It had a very "forgive them for they know not what they do" feel to it and I'd say that's pretty dead-on with a lot of these people.

February 24, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Anonymous said...

look at what kira wrote... she needs to stick a dick in her mouth and shut up... maybe educate herself before she speaks

February 24, 2009 at 7:21 PM
The One That Got Away said...

It's Wright Thompson...MS is what he knows...

February 24, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Bob said...

As per a suggestion from one of our readers, here is what "Kira" had to say:

"And hopefully sometime soon that disgusting flag of hatred and racism that represents Mississippi comes down. And future generations can move forward without having to constantly be reminded of the racist and intolerant past."

What is so wrong with that? Did that article not show you that many people are disgusted by the confederate flag? Sure, some people are proud of their Southern and Confederate ancestry, and why not. However, many terrible things have been done by people and organizations which have perverted that flag's significance.

Basically, the Klan ruined it.

So she doesn't like it. What's the big deal?

She also doesn't want our children and grandchildren to be constantly reminded of the past, which is something I'm sure we can all agree to.

February 24, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Anonymous said...

She's also... according to her profile picture.... really freakin hot.

February 25, 2009 at 7:06 AM
Anonymous said...

For those of you who want people to stop talking about Mississippi being a racist State, I can almost assure you that the public discourse will continue until the entire generation of the people who lived through it die. What reason would I or anyone else have to talk about something we only read about in books?

February 25, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Bob said...

@ Anon above,

I think that was more or less the point of the article. These things are like wounds and the most traumatic ones naturally take the longest amount of time to heal. I can only hope that the students attending Ole Miss today will raise their children to promote cooperation, reconciliation, and all of that other hippie shit.

February 25, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Anonymous said...

As long as there are websites/blogs/people that thrive on argument, the race debate will live on.

Debate = Traffic = $$$

February 25, 2009 at 10:09 AM
RebelBruiser said...

I thought the article was well-written, honest, and very informative. A lot of the details in the article are things that I hadn't heard before. It was very educational to me, and it helped me understand the origin of a lot of our symbols and tradition, some of which I hadn't known before.

It's part of our past whether we like it or not. I contend that a lot of the problems with Meredith at Ole Miss were exactly as they would've been at many other state universities in the Southeast. We were just one of the first, so it was worse.

And like someone said, the only way this stuff will ever be put behind us for good is when all of the people associated with that generation are dead and gone. That's also the only way that racism improves. Generations have to pass for things to improve.

My generation is better than my parents and my child's generation will be better than mine.

February 25, 2009 at 1:13 PM

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