Fighting Terrorism Since 1861
Feb 17th, 2007 by Alex
Occassionally you see a bumper sticker that offends your sensibilities. “Fighting Terrorism Since 1861″ was emblazoned on the back of a white Chevy panel van, next to a confederate flag. The sticker wasn’t alone; a confederate flag was positioned between the two parts of the van’s license plate number, another in the back window. You seem them around from time to time, but not all that often in the eastern portions of the state.
The van, though… damn. Having just departed the Laurel Wal-mart, the van was stopped at a light and I got to have a good look at the rear of it. It was a Chevrolet extended panel van, much used/worn. The left door was off its top hingle completely and the bottom hinge was buckled out due to structural damage; the result being that the door was pointed in the 1 o’clock position. The right door was in a similar state, except it was closing over top of the left door in a 10 o’clock position. These doors folded over each other — in addition to keeping the driving pretty cold this week — afforded me a lovely view of the cargo area of the van. A toolbox, some assorted junk, but no missing children that I could see. Despite my thoughts of the confederate movement, I don’t associate it with child abduction; I am wary of busted panel vans with no windows, since I do associate those with abduction and abuse for some reason. After the light changed, it rumbled down the road a bit before turning into the a nearby trailer park community.
Maryland is south of the Mason-Dixon line, but its proximity to the Capital seem to override the stereotypical “southern” proclivities and idiocy. It would seem that some folks just can’t get with the program. Not that its new.
I’m not sure I even understand the reasoning behind that sticker. The North were terrorists? Wouldn’t that make the south terrible at fighting terrorists since the south lost? Idiocy.
The War Between the States was a War of Northern Aggression. The CSA killed three time as many US soldiers as US killed of the CSA. Yes, we were good at fighting terrorists. We just didn’t go around burning and sacking your cities and kidnapping your women and children as was done to us. Read ‘The Politically Incorrect History of the CivilWar’ and do a Google on the Roswell Textile Mill Raid. Have a Dixie Day. Jim
I’m from Massachusetts. Despite this fact, I still have the intellectual integrity to call things as I see them. History is written by the victors, even if it diverges from the truth. That sticker actually speaks volumes if you understand the subtext. Too many so called “intellectuals” in this region are pathetically ignorant of the facts. The civil war was an unconstitutional invasion of the confederate states after Lincoln unconstitutionally suspended Habeas Corpus. The Supreme Court later ruled as such. Emancipation of the slaves was never the primary goal at the outset, but became the galvanizing cause late in the war (after the Union suffered incredible attrition at the hands of the superior Confederate Army generals and tactics).
The Confederate flag is not a symbol of racism. In fact, many abolistionists fought in for the Confederacy. General Thomas Stonewall Jackson himself was opposed to slavery, but fought against the Union because he opposed Federal intrusion on States rights. That is the terrorism.
I’m from Massachusetts too. CR, thanks for the intellectual honesty. Despite the slant that is too often placed upon this war, the South and anyone who disagrees with the Liberals, your analysis is correct. It’s nice to see cogent thought on the Internet from time to time.