"We all have a heritage and for real Americans it is the same heritage" So Sharon, Those out west have the same heritage as those in the south? Those native americans have the same heritage as newly immigrated americans? I don't quite understand? This is the politically correct way of erasing everyone's heritage and personal history. Actually, not everyone, just southern heritage. Why is it so offensive for someone to be proud of their own history? And what exactly is a "real" american? Was it not the same then as it is now? Various groups of people from various parts of the world in the melting pot called america? It's not a bad thing for a particular region to have pride and that doesn't make them anti-american. At least not for me. LJ Brown Proud to be in NC -----Original Message----- From: Sharon Workman [mailto:workman@dreamscape.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 1:07 PM To: CIVIL-WAR-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [CIVIL-WAR] Neo-Confederates Carolyn writes: " If you don't want to incite Southern people who take great pride in their Southern Heritage" That's exactly the point. Your "Southern Heritage" - capitalized just that way - is nothing but fiction, neo-Confederate fiction. We all have a heritage and for real Americans it is the same heritage - the history of America just as it happened, not as you might wish it happened or endeavor to convince others it happened. Okay. I'm done with this subject. You may have the last word. I've had mine. Sharon ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name
I would hold back using "neo-Confederate" so much. Anti-Southern bigots frequently use that word, and I don't think you want to be associated with their censorship of Confederate history. You might want to reserve that word for those wanting to politically restore a new Confederacy in the future. That is maybe 5% at best of people interested in preserving the Confederate viewpoint. Someone simply proud of their Confederate heritage would not be a "neo-Confederate" in my book. Scott K. Williams