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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 04:20 PM
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And people wonder why we waste time on Confederate nostalgia.
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/03/traitor-in-defense-of-slavery-american-would-be-fine

“Traitor-in-Defense-of-Slavery-American” Would be Fine
March 26, 2010 | Robert Farley
And people wonder why we waste time on Confederate nostalgia. I bet that these folks are incensed that the United States is currently governed by a NOT EVEN REAL MURICAN!!!!

Happy Friday! With roughly one week until census forms are due, a group of Confederate rights activists is urging southerners with Confederate ancestors to declare themselves “Confederate Southern Americans” on census forms in order to qualify for national origin protection under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Federal law makes it illegal to discriminate because of a person’s birthplace, ancestry, culture or language. The South North Carolina-based Southern Legal Resource Center believes that people with ancestors who were citizens of the Confederate States of America should be entitled to ethnic identity and protection since the country no longer exists.
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 04:31 PM
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1. WTF?
Exactly what protections do they think they'd get that they don't already have? What a bunch of idiots.
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 05:22 PM
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3. Anti-Civil-Rights People
have always claimed that minorities were being awarded "special rights." I guess this is an attempt to get some of that mythical special treatment.
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 06:39 PM
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10. Actually my questions were rhetorical.
It was trying to make the point that you just made. I guess I didn't do it too well. Thanks for answering. :hi:
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 08:59 PM
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12. Sorry,
Didn't mean to answer a rhetorical question there.

:blush: :hi:
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drm604 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 10:50 PM
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15. No need to apologize. Not your fault.
My post probably appeared to be a sincere question.
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d_r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 04:39 PM
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2. at least the figured out they are a minority
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DearAbby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 05:24 PM
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5. Everytime I see that Bell Curve
It scares the scheeet outta me. Should have at the extreme left of the chart in red letters "Teabaggers"
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 05:24 PM
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4. There's a place called "South North Carolina?" Huh?
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d_r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 05:55 PM
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7. they have good bbq there
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awoke_in_2003 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 09:11 PM
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13. It's across the line
from North South Carolina :)
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 05:38 PM
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6. Maybe they should look up the Brazilian town of Americana
Settled mainly by Confederate expatriates shortly after the Civil War. Their modern descendents maintain some of the antebellum Confederate customs and dress as much as they're able, but they identify themselves as Brazilians, and the town is now made up largely of Italian immigrants. Only about 10% of Americana residents are Confederados, but there is still a small English-speaking enclave in the town.

FYI, the first Confederate immigrant to Americana was William Hutchison Norris, a former Senator from Alabama. He and other fellow expatriates moved to Brazil partially because slavery was still legal there, but times eventually changed down there as well.
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Bigmack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 06:08 PM
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8. "Traitor-Americans" would be more accurate..
Edited on Sun Mar-28-10 06:09 PM by Bigmack
They lost... the whackjobs seem to have a hard time understanding that.

Biggest mistake this country ever made... not letting them go.

Of course, we'd now be plagued by a wave of "lazy illegal aliens, not willing to work or learn English".
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 06:10 PM
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9. why does there seem to be such an abundance of ignorance these days?
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dixiegrrrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 07:02 PM
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11. Ahm, spring. When the nuts are in bloom down here.
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johnaries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-28-10 10:43 PM
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14. WTF is the Southern Legal Resource Center? I've heard of
the Southern Poverty Law Center. Google here I come!
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