[stupid Germans ..... was : RE: For the D&D crew]

[sfwilliams@comcast.net (Scott F. Williams)]

Okay, this is waaaaay off the topic of Sciroccos. However, it strikes such a
raw nerve that I feel compelled to comment. To me, the rebel flag is just
another reminder about the United States' tainted history and the
contradiction of our core national values. It symbolizes the Southern
gentry's struggle for autonomy and "freedom" to perpetuate a social system
that was dependent on the dehuminization of blacks and the wholesale
disenfranchisment of poor southern whites.

It might be Saint Andrew's cross to some, the proud banner of the
Confederacy to others, but when I see that flag... I instantly consider the
masses that would have me laboring on a hot cotton plantation, barefoot,
illiterate, and subservient, and groveling at the feet of some whip-cracking
master who was supposedly preordained to own my monkey ass.

I recall the KKK bastards who burned crosses on my grandmother's lawn while
I, a nine-year old, watched terrified from the kitchen window. They waved
and saluted that rebel flag as if it was channeling the power of some angry
god unknown to the likes of me and my kind.

And when I say "my kind" I mean any peoples of the world that want to live
together in harmony and peace rather than fear and discord. There's my two
cents, folks. Spread the word around, Dirk.
--
Scott F. Williams
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> SCIROCCO2@t-online.de (Dirk Schneider) wrote:
> Until I was told by some list members I wasn't aware either that the
> Rebel-flag is considered offensive and negative for most US people.
> I have to admit that it also was just a "cool american flag" for me too
> before I was told that in fact it is not.
>
> Most of us Germans are of the ( wrong ) opinion this flag symbolizes the
> "good old wildwest adventures" of the admired USA
> that we all know out of so many movies.
>
> Please don't be too angry with the people here who use this flag,
> it's just that they don't know the real historic background.
>
> Thanks !
> Dirk