MLK Day

[Gary]

I would never call the southerners who fought in the civil war sissies. Matter of fact, I respect them as the great, noble fighters they were. In some ways, the civil war was not about racism. Many southerners actually changed sides during the war, not because they were losing, because many realized the wealthy plantation owners wouldn't even fight for the Confederate States. They bought their way out. Any one who has ever read up on the Civil War & Reconstruction understands men from both sides were heroes in their own way. The sheer level of death and destruction was and still is mystifying. That said, what exactly does the south is gonna rise up again mean? They are up. Everyone is moving there. What are they rising up from? The feds and control, the north???? Nuff already. You state, Arkansas, The greatest state in the union. At least you didn't say in the confederacy. The sissies are the ones who speak smack on here but you never hear it out there. I never hear this confederate talk in the prescence of African Americans. Our flag is the American flag, the Stars and Stripes, not the rebel flag. Let it go. You can honor your heritage and ancestors w/out all that mumbo jumbo. E. Pluribus Unum back at ya!