Scott David Gray 🌸

You're right, of course. A relatively weak word in our defense; those Northerners who do care about history and culture are fighting assaults by their own governments on their own grounds. I made a special arrangements for a room in Albany, so I could visit a permanent collection of Shaker art. I entered, and the entire collection had been moved out, in favor of a series of insults by a local 'artist of color' titled 'There Were No Black Shakers.'" Which is, of course, a lie. There were many. And Rebecca Jackson, a free black woman, founded the Shaker community in Philadelphia 1859. "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."

Wouldn't it be nice if Heritage Northerners would rally in defense of their South brothers under attack instead of staying quiet and looking the other way? Where did the Heritage Northerners object to this travesty?

Where? I'm not seeing the Heritage Northerners who are defending Confederate heritage. Where are the posts from Heritage Northerners saying Confederate memorials need to be restored, Southern schools can have the names they choose, and New York was wrong to ban the battle flag?

Code IS free Speech. The man never even fired the guns. #FreeDextorTaylor.

@WanjiruNjoya is right. I have expressed agreement and support for restoring Southern monuments in comments and debates on Twitter, but not in original posts. A life in the North, and I have never not seen the bulk of Northerners in most places mock Southern accents, history, intellectual ability, culture, and honor. All while, out of the other side of their mouths, claiming to be tolerant. The Union has been ungracious in victory to the extent that 160 years later large numbers of Northerners continue treat Southerners as animals. My neighbors would do well to try and read and understand Thomas Jefferson, John Calhoun, Jefferson Davis, and Robert E Lee, in between reading the same recycled diatribes against the South. Stop demanding the continued destruction of memory and culture. Leave them them to reconstruct monuments and history in peace.

@jeremykauffman The amount of taxes I just paid sure feels like oppression.

@jeremykauffman That is, to some extent, the "boy named Sue" effect, in which people who are tough can be made made tougher, not weaker, by adversity.

I do not walk around seeing myself as oppressed. It is antithetical to my psychology and worldview, which asserts as much as possible is within my control. At the same time, whites are discriminated against by: - every elite college - most if not all large corporations - doctors and the medical establishment - banks - the SBA and in government-issued loans - government agencies that ration medicine - many government courts - most of the corporate media Even in writing this out, I hate to use the word oppression. It feels like weakness. It feels gross to say. But it probably is true.

@CoreyJenki86359 @AVGirl4Life Lord Palmerston, the British Prime Minister, in his private correspondence, wrote passionately against the Union’s attacks on civilians, including the burning of homes and food stores, and the rape, murder, and conscription of slaves by Sherman’s army. It’s worth a read.

@ScottDavidGray @AVGirl4Life This is dope Always interesting to get a completely unbiased outside perspective

Have you ever seen anyone with this flag in their yard?

@ImColbyLyons Also, I am comparing 1850 (when Massachusetts adopted Truancy legislation) to 1948 (30 yeas Mississippi did; the last state to join the propaganda bandwagon). So almost 100 years.

@ScottDavidGray Wow. That's a quick drop!

We're told that prior to mass schooling, Americans were "uneducated." The fact people were able to accomplish these things shows that people were generally very knowledgeable and capable in the 1800s.

@ImColbyLyons To be fair to the other side of the debate: They might correctly point out that truancy legislation was adopted quickest in states that were experiencing massive immigration from Ireland's tired, poor, huddled masses; starving to the point that books were not a high priority.

@SandyofCthulhu Or, the Ring weakens minds and makes men less fit for marriage. Perhaps in the same manner that drug, alcohol, or porn addiction does.

We don’t really have many examples. There’s pretty much only Lobelia Sacksville-Baggins and Rose Cotton and I think it’s clear that Rose is exceptional, NOT the norm. The fact that Bilbo, Frodo, and Gollum never married also indicates the general low regard held for hobbit girls

@miles_commodore Not fondly.

Do you remember this 1981 film?

@miles_commodore I have the complete boxed set. Though I think we tired after two seasons. The movie sucked.

Do you know this movie?

@Lorelei1861 @ZitoSalena General Grant was a Soviet General. When out-maneuvered he marched forward and threw more bodies to the grinder. His armies looted and killed civilians, including those they claimed to be saving. He drank and fought for empire.

@ZitoSalena Why do you celebrate tyranny? Grant should lauded for nothing save his magnanimity towards General Lee. Grant threatened to resign if Lee were to be convicted of treason. Despite his terrible presidency and all his flaws, Grant’s act of honor puts him in a special class.

He chose wisely

@miles_commodore All good. But Bullwinkle wins it easily. Watching at when 4-7 years old, we knew there was something special. That 'special' became clear over decades, finally seeing jokes where we had seen none. And not dirty jokes, but subtle jokes about culture, history, and the cold war.

Name the best TV show that began in the 1950’s. Here’s your menu. 1. Honeymooners 2. Gunsmoke 3. Twilight Zone 4. Leave it to Beaver 5. I Love Lucy 6. Perry Mason 7. Bullwinkle 8. Superman 9. Bonanza 10. Lassie

But are you floppy disk old..

In honor of President's Day 2025, here's Captain Ancapistan's updated official tier list of the worst presidents in US history:

TR may look relatively harmless, but 1: The Forestry service was the first venture into the alphabet agencies having legislative power. 2: The "Stewardship Theory" that he promoted was a defense of Presidential action without Legislative approval. 3: 1081 Executive orders; 10 times as many as any predecessor, and just a little less than all prior Presidents combined had issued. 4: Setting up for Korea, claiming the right to act as an International police power. 5: Trust-busting against his enemies.

@ScottDavidGray @Saganismm He can be in a 3-way tie with Lincoln and Wilson.

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

@CptAncapistan @Saganismm It’s hard to compare, since they were at different starting points, but major leaps towards central planning had also been made by Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.

@Saganismm That piece of shit did more to centralize power than any other president