Yes, They’re Pro-Confederacy. But They’re Just the Nicest Ladies.
Yes, They’re Pro-Confederacy. But They’re Just the Nicest Ladies.
You can call the United Daughters of the Confederacy a lot of things. But racist? Why, some of their best friends …
125I dont get this meme. wasn't their surrender a good thing? why mock it?
2It's a reminder to those who display the fake ones proudly that they lost. It's not mocking the surrender itself, it's mocking the idea of "lost cause" romanticism or the idea that flying that flag is anything other than celebrating loser traitors.
35It's a reference to the fact that the flag rednecks fly wasn't even the Confederate flag. It was the Confederate naval jack. One would think folks who claim "heritage, not hate" would know that.
7You're unaware the original Confederate flag was white
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The Daughters settled in the former Confederate capital after Governor William Tuck, who spent his governorship fighting civil rights laws, offered the land. Virginia’s General Assembly approved the offer in 1950 and tacked on $10,000 toward construction fees. The deed, however, included stipulations: If the UDC doesn’t use the property for five years, it reverts to the Commonwealth. The UDC cannot sell the building, because the state controls the land; the group cannot move it, because it’s marble. If they ever couldn’t pay for upkeep, they would have to abandon the memorial.
Their racist headquarters is eventually going to be seized by the state.
53And it will be crushed into a fine powder, and a statue of Sherman will be erected in its place.
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4Sherman is a good boy and all, but it's really Mr. Peabody that runs the show
When did a CGI version get made?.......
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They softly say "the n-word" in polite company.
46They look around first and then slightly giggle as they use racist slurs of all stripes.
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This article is amazing. If you are just hopping to the comments, as we all often do, I urge you to read it.
This kind of long-form, high-effort journalism is largely dead these days and you owe it to yourself to enjoy this read.
Not only a look at the UDC, but a sideways indictment of the entire Southern culture of faux-friendliness and conflict avoidance, and how it reinforces Lost Cause, while also shedding light on the ingrained cultural reasons why people believe these crazy things.
Really, really great writing.
30You might like long reads
5I will very much enjoy it. Thank you!
2Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !longreads@sh.itjust.works
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Going full Imgur.
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It would be interesting to look at the decline of the UDC in the context of the decline of fraternal (sororal?) organizations in general. How much worse is the UDC doing than similar but non-controversial civic organizations are?
13Why stop at non-controversial when there are groups like Mothers for Liberty that are guilty of quoting Hitler in their news letters, that seem to draw more attention in these modern times where civility and conduct are long gone.
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May all their descendants die young of painful causes.
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