Stormwalker
One of the Evil Oppressors.
Of couse we're different.
We're good humans, and they're bad humans.
That sounds eerily familiar.
Of couse we're different.
We're good humans, and they're bad humans.
I get worried about the direction some parts of the church are heading, or rather aren't heading in. I really want the problems which plague the Southern Baptists to NOT occur in the RCC, but I'm also worried some parts see them as a guide rather than a "do not do this".
Keeping in mind i'm reffering to the really out there ones. The pursuit of political influence/general association with politics, hardline stances on many social issues and generally being schismatic like its 1515. Also the Prosperity Gospel.Can I ask what problems you are referring to?
British America likely would have been less developed indiaBritish America where the USA is stillborn doesn't automatically mean a better place for the Africans and the Native Americans.
People who seriously claim that seem to conveniently ignore the British Empire's own long and bloody history with colonialism and expansion, while magnifying every flaw the USA have.
Yeah, but those kind of people never mentions what happened in India, or Kenya, or the Canadian history with the First Nation.British America likely would have been less developed india
that is rather tellingYeah, but those kind of people never mentions what happened in India, or Kenya, or the Canadian history with the First Nation.
that is rather telling
Yeah, but those kind of people never mentions what happened in India, or Kenya, or the Canadian history with the First Nation.
that is rather telling
Haven't seen that one. Who actually flies the old version?And as for the Westerners who say "Why do you don't like the Rising Sun flag? It is all in the past!", I'd say this: Would you say the same thing to the people proudly flying the Confederate battle flag? In front of the African-Americans?
That was a hypothetical scenario. But I did saw someone openly displaying CSA battle flag on their window, twice, on Texas.Haven't seen that one. Who actually flies the old version?
And as for the Westerners who say "Why do you don't like the Rising Sun flag? It is all in the past!", I'd say this: Would you say the same thing to the people proudly flying the Confederate battle flag? In front of the African-Americans?
It's literally the one anyone remembers. You never see the "but muh heritage" folks flying either the actual national flag of the confederacy, or the state flags that would theoretically have more importance to an actual confederate citizen at the time, or even the battle flags of confederate military groups other than The Army of Northern Virginia. Somehow it's always the one flag that got repurposed by racists for generations when they want to show their "heritage"Depends on what it signifies in the mind of whoever was flying the flag. If it means "my vague cultural heritage" or "girls with big butts" to him. I don't care. I don't think most Americans care either way. It's not actually a big symbol.
I had actually completely forgotten that there was a Confederate battle flag.
It's literally the one anyone remembers. You never see the "but muh heritage" folks flying either the actual national flag of the confederacy, or the state flags that would theoretically have more importance to an actual confederate citizen at the time, or even the battle flags of confederate military groups other than The Army of Northern Virginia. Somehow it's always the one flag that got repurposed by racists for generations when they want to show their "heritage"
It always was. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_display_of_the_Confederate_battle_flagI don't believe that. I don't think the creators of the Dukes of Hazzard were spreading pro-racist propaganda.
I personally don't remember people rhetorically equating the Confederate Flag and racism until the mid-90s. The
Maybe this is one of those things where people in the media started equating the flag and racism, then racists saw them doing that and started using the symbol because they thought it was racist?
No, the show isn't. But it intentionally implies that all Southerners are. Remember, it's a comedy about how backwards and corrupt the South was. Even the "heroes" casually display symbols of "The Lost Cause"It would follow from this that the Dukes of Hazzard is racist.
When I was growing up, that flag had no popular connotation of racism. Like I said, my first exposure to the idea that it stands for white supremacy was I think the 1990s. In pop culture, previously it meant good ol' boy, yee-ha!, country music.
No, the show isn't. But it intentionally implies that all Southerners are. Remember, it's a comedy about how backwards and corrupt the South was. Even the "heroes" casually display symbols of "The Lost Cause"
Aren't you not from the US? I could be remembering wrong, but someone not from here would not have the same context.
Authoritarianism isn't inherently bad as long as it is use for progressive and enviromental causes.