Tag Archives: Civil War
American Civil War Part II
Kurt Schlichter has a very engaging piece up at Townhall.com in which he takes on the question of a second civil war between Democrats and normal Americans. Democrats lost the first one, and Schlichter contends that were there to be another, and he … Continue reading
The Democrats Are Fighting A Civil War
One of the best comments I’ve seen in a long time I found following the Powerline post about the Democrats waging a civil war that too many of us do not realize they are fighting. However more people are coming to realize … Continue reading
Civil War re-enactors and the complexity of the Confederate statue debate
Speaking this weekend in Hillsboro at the 19th century-themed Living History Event, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant refused to criticize the statue memorializing Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Yet the general also refused to tolerate racism during Reconstruction, when bigots tried … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Confederacy, Reenactors, Statues
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POLL: Most Millennials just fine with Confederate monuments
A survey of 1,125 American adults conducted this week by The Marist Poll, in conjunction with National Public Radio and PBS Newshour, found that 60 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 support maintaining Confederate monuments as historical symbols—roughly the same percentage reported … Continue reading
Snowflakes Triggering Snowflakes Triggering Snowflakes
A professional snowflake admits to having to self-censor her own speech to avoid triggering other snowflakes, among other things. A circumstance ripe with opportunity. I self-police what I say in activist spaces. I stopped commenting on social media with questions or pushback on … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Leftists, Snowflakes, Social Justice
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58% of Democrats Say Their Party Needs New Leadership
Some Democrats are saying it’s time for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to go, arguing that losses in this year’s special congressional elections show that their party needs new, younger leadership. Most Democrats agree. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone … Continue reading
Fractured Democratic Party Struggles to Find Footing
The Democratic National Committee took a brutal shot to its ribs when its 2016 nominee, Hillary Clinton, said it was bereft of ideas and data, and was near bankruptcy when she was nominated in July. Clinton’s surprising criticisms at the … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 