>Yes, we all have the same heritage - history. America has one history, one >way things happened over the centuries, one "truth" - however close we can >come to that. Seems we disagree on what that truth is. Whether we were here to greet the influx of Europeans in >Massachusetts and Virginia, or arrived in an immigrant ship in 1846, or flew >in during modern times, if we are citizens of America and love our Country, >we have the same heritage, the same history, the same America. That's a mighty big "if". The country I love is the South, in particular my native state of Alabama. I have no affection for the Federal union, any more than did my great-grandfather (who fought against it), or my grandfather, or my father. >I had ancestors in antebellum Virginia. That is MY southern heritage. Note >the lower case. I had ancestors of the Lenni Lenape tribe of Indians; >that's my Indian heritage. I had ancestors from Germany, Holland, England, >Scotland, Ireland, Spain, France, Wales, and probably many other places. >Does any of that trump my American heritage? Nope, not for me. Well, that's *you*. I've got no problem with y'all feeling the way you do. A person should love their country, and if you consider the U.S.A. to be your country, go on and love it. But I never will. Georgia in Alabama (a Paleo-Confederate)

Fleming writes: " if you consider the U.S.A. to be your country, go on and love it. But I never will." How sad. You are a scary person. I hope you never get political power so that you can express your hatred in any significant way. Sharon