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DISCLAIMER: Please no trolling if you don't have anything worthwhile to contribute, don't say it. In other words, no bashing simply because of the organization that publishes it or even its title. I put this disclaimer forth as this is a touchy subject in this day and age...
I got my latest copy of "Confederate Veteran" today, and yet again I about wore myself out rolling my eyes when looking at the contents. I'm a the point I have to ask:
Why is so much uneducated material allowed in this magazine?
That's an important question in my book, as I know many people who take every word in it as gospel. That's not to say there's nothing worthwhile that gets printed. There's plenty of news about current goings on with attacks on Confederate gravesites, and monuments, with CIC and other National SCV officers doing their best to let the membership what all is going on, and every now and then a great CW article gets published that hits the ball out of the park, (like "The Real Horse Soldiers" from awhile back, and a good one on Fielding Hurst a year or so back), but like today when I looked at the contents and saw titles like "Are Southerners Really Celtic" and "That is what the Flag Stands For!" I have to suppress the urge to chunk it.
What adds insult to injury, is the older issues. A close friend gifted me God knows how many issues from the 80's to early 90's and there's great material in them! Great reads, that hold value to this day. Like I said every few issues there'll be one with great well researched reads, but the quality is diminished from 30 years ago. Its almost if they'll allow anyone off the street to write a supposed scholarly article.
I could go on, and on, but I wat to hear y'alls thoughts. Lord knows this could be a long thread considering the subject....
(Also another disclaimer: I'm not bashing the SCV, or its leaders, I'm SCV myself. Just a complaint with the quality of the magazine when it comes to historical articles.)
I got my latest copy of "Confederate Veteran" today, and yet again I about wore myself out rolling my eyes when looking at the contents. I'm a the point I have to ask:
Why is so much uneducated material allowed in this magazine?
That's an important question in my book, as I know many people who take every word in it as gospel. That's not to say there's nothing worthwhile that gets printed. There's plenty of news about current goings on with attacks on Confederate gravesites, and monuments, with CIC and other National SCV officers doing their best to let the membership what all is going on, and every now and then a great CW article gets published that hits the ball out of the park, (like "The Real Horse Soldiers" from awhile back, and a good one on Fielding Hurst a year or so back), but like today when I looked at the contents and saw titles like "Are Southerners Really Celtic" and "That is what the Flag Stands For!" I have to suppress the urge to chunk it.
What adds insult to injury, is the older issues. A close friend gifted me God knows how many issues from the 80's to early 90's and there's great material in them! Great reads, that hold value to this day. Like I said every few issues there'll be one with great well researched reads, but the quality is diminished from 30 years ago. Its almost if they'll allow anyone off the street to write a supposed scholarly article.
I could go on, and on, but I wat to hear y'alls thoughts. Lord knows this could be a long thread considering the subject....
(Also another disclaimer: I'm not bashing the SCV, or its leaders, I'm SCV myself. Just a complaint with the quality of the magazine when it comes to historical articles.)