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Last edited Wed Jun 10, 2020, 09:20 PM - Edit history (1)
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Cirque du So-What
(25,965 posts)that doesnt get repeated nearly often enough. Thanks, Bette.
Its part of your cherished heritage, neoconfederates. Own it.
ck4829
(35,084 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 10, 2020, 08:05 PM - Edit history (1)
Where are the statues of the fleeing Jefferson Davis?
They don't want to FORGET this part of their history, right?
Cirque du So-What
(25,965 posts)If I ever win the lottery, Ill commission a series of statuary commemorating delicate subjects that deplorables of all stripes would rather forget.
ck4829
(35,084 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,965 posts)Ku Klux Klan ceases activity in area.
Cowardly bastids.
essme
(1,207 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 10, 2020, 08:13 PM - Edit history (1)
it was widely reported in the news, but he was just wearing an overcoat and hood.
However, it is an interesting piece of early propaganda.
keithbvadu2
(36,878 posts)Looks like a mix of stories.
More like he was wearing his wife's raincoat and shawl.
unblock
(52,306 posts)rgbecker
(4,834 posts)Or maybe they have?
Bradshaw3
(7,527 posts)Southerners did about as much as Northerners to propogate the false tale because they made Davis a scapegoat for the disaster.
essme
(1,207 posts)hoodie type wrap.
It is interesting how propaganda takes on a life, and is perpetuated.
Bradshaw3
(7,527 posts)But you are right, propaganda often becomes "factual" history, like Lee only calling Northern troops "those people" not more derisive terms. That was a myth that made it into Burns' Civil War doc.
essme
(1,207 posts)and absolutely running away-- no doubt about it.
But, the press tried to play it off as if he were wearing a hoop skirt, a la Scarlett at the BBQ-
Bradshaw3
(7,527 posts)So why not portray him cross dressing.
essme
(1,207 posts)?
I am a Southerner-- can't stand the guy. Have been to his grave (I have a relative buried in Hollywood Cemetery-- trust me, I wasn't there to see Jefferson Davis), and it is weird. People drive up and put little confederate flags all over. Bizarre. Whatever.
The cross dressing aspect of his attempt to escape needs to be told for what it really was, and the propaganda cited for historical purposes.
Shermann
(7,428 posts)It's the Southern version of Mount Rushmore. It will be MUCH more difficult to take down.
It's notable for having Jefferson Davis on it. There aren't many statues made of politicians who lost wars.