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Dear samgrant,
Maybe. Regardless of his motives or possible nuttiness, his opinions are IMO idiotic. As Lyndon Johnson once said, "there is no final answer to the question, how stupid are people?"
Dear samgrant,
Maybe. Regardless of his motives or possible nuttiness, his opinions are IMO idiotic. As Lyndon Johnson once said, "there is no final answer to the question, how stupid are people?"
It's quite possible that your opinions would seem idiotic to Mr. Edgerton as well, but from what I know of him he's too much of a gentleman to use such insulting words.
Don't you think you should at least learn a little bit about the man before you slander him? That only makes good sense.
Rose
__________________ "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names".--J.F.K.
The War Between the States established... This principle that the Federal Government is, through its courts, this final judge of its own powers.
-- Woodrow Wilson
In my house, the jury is still out on Mr. Edgerton.
Judge not, least ye be judged. Or until you find the files.
Sincerely,
Unionblue
I agree. I don’t want to simply say that he represents a side or is used by a group that is of a neo-confederate agenda. I have also met several people who have met him. Everyone agrees just as the posters to this board that he is a gentleman, soft spoken and a pleasant person.
I’ve seen local newspapers articles about him over the past few years which were not outspoken against him but rather very open minded in their questions and assumptions.
I posted what I did on the start of this using a statement which is reported to have been said by him. I then read several other articles by others who have quotes from him that are the opposite of what I posted.
When I questioned this man on another message board, I was labeled as a neo-confederate and thrown off the board. I am just trying to see what the truth of this man really is. I realize what he says and stands for is seen by some as highly controversial but when we are dealing in “Hot Topics” such as this. There are two almost completely opposing sides.
I truly hope that he is a messenger who is a truth teller. I suspect this is one question that will take lots more research and perhaps the chance meeting with him to make up my mind.
__________________ A cat can have kittens in the oven...but dat don't make-um biskets
On a similar line- last week while channel surfing one evening, I clicked on Southern Rappers on MTV. Here were well tanned individuals wearing the St Andrews Cross, rapping to the crowds. I watched an interview where a rapper, I don't recall his handle, told his story: He was Southern, proud of it, and the flag was part of his heritage. Up Nawth they just don't understand.
Rap is like pepper to me, I don't need very much at the time. But like H.K. the rappers are making a statement. Southerners are viewed by those on the other side of the glass- in much the same way that we are viewed by a goldfish in his bowl.
__________________ Homer Gross Ellison L. Gross, 13th GA Cav, Daniel Boykin, 46th MS Inf, William C. Underwood, Co E, 6th MS Inf.
Southerners are viewed by those on the other side of the glass- in much the same way that we are viewed by a goldfish in his bowl.
"APART from mere surface politics, the ante-bellum South is largely an unknown country to American historians. The conditions, the life, the spirit of its people were so different from those which prevailed and still prevail in the North that it is difficult for northern investigators to interpret correctly the facts which they are able to find. From the South itself they have received little assistance; for before the war southerners were content, as a rule, to transmit traditions without writing books and since the war they have been too seriously engrossed in adapting themselves to new conditions to feel any strong impulse towards a scientific reconstruction of the former environment. When the South shall have been interpreted to the world by its own writers, it will be highly useful for students of other sections and other countries to criticise and correct, utilize and supplement the southern historical literature.2 At the present time, however, the great need seems to be that of interpretation of developments in the South by men who have inherited southern traditions."
Ulrich B. Phillips
"The Economic Cost of Slaveholding in the Cotton Belt"
Political Science Quarterly, June 1905
This is the first Northern man I've ever heard speak on the subject that didn't profess to know as much, if not more, about the South and the Southern people than they know about themselves.
Regards,
Rose
__________________ "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names".--J.F.K.
The War Between the States established... This principle that the Federal Government is, through its courts, this final judge of its own powers.
-- Woodrow Wilson
I found that if you go to www.southerncaucus.org you can find a link to Edgerton's activities.
Warning: This group can be a little nutty.
__________________ F. S. Powers
Union Ancersor: Pvt Arnuah Norton, 60th Ohio. (G-G-G Grandfather) Died at Salisbury NC, November 3, 1864
Confederate Ancestors: Captain Thomas A. Morrow, 29th Texas Cavalry (G-G-G- Uncle) and 2LT George W. Morrow, 31st Texas Cavalry (G-G-G Grandfather). Both survived the war
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