I’ve heard of the band Shenandoah but Confederate Railroad was new to me. The bolded part of this brief article on the AP is what really got my ire going:
How about you stop being racist, you fucking piece of shit asshole? Because I ain’t gonna stop hating on racists.
I heard they got replaced in the lineup with “Swastika Train Cars”
They profess a fondness for the musical stylings of Elvis Presley and for the Andy Griffith show, so I am okay with them.
“The band’s logo features a steam locomotive flying Confederate flags. The flag has been criticized as a racist emblem of slavery and segregation, but supporters say it represents history.”
You can say the ISIS flag represents history too. Can I tour with them if I start a band called “Musicaliphate” and my logo has a child soldier with the flag of ISIS in one hand and a bloody guitar in the other?
I suspect they’d object slightly to the imagery.
It DOES represent history.
A shameful history of slavery and oppression. And those who dispute what it stands for need to go back and read what those who were proudly marching under it, claimed it represented, at the time. You’ll find their words almost always amount to ‘Our dominion over Blacks has God’s blessing!
What’s next. Defending the swastika as a cultural symbol distinct from it’s Nazi connection?
Swastikas had been around for some 2400 years before the Nazis latched on to 'em.
NO WAY! Tell us more!
They could use the Betsy Ross Colonial Flag.
Now, let’s get Lady Antebellum.
Edited typo.
Absolutely true. And yet, it doesn’t mean shit today. If somebody has a prominent swastika tattoo I’m going to automatically think “neo nazi scumbag”, not “bodhisattva”. Wouldn’t you ?
By itself? Sure. Alongside stuff like ducks and concentric circles? Not so much.
Wait, are you saying the Nazis changed what certain symbols and words mean? That’s strange.
That’s how culture works.
Someone should create a new flag that represents southern pride that does not include any confederate symbols- southern pride not as in “we miss slavery”, southern pride as in country vs city, slow vs rushed, barns vs skyscrapers, RC and moonpie vs escargot, etc.- something southerners of all races could get behind. Then if you have the new flag and still use the confederate one, your intentions would be unmistakable.
Southern Pride is racism regardless of the specific symbols.
Crap!
My bad!
I meant to say ‘German cultural symbol’. As a Buddhist I am fully aware of the other meaning. And in a lot of places in Asia the original, slightly different, design is still used. And it wouldn’t make me raise an eyebrow.
But if it was being defended as a German cultural symbol, yeah, that’d be more in line with celebrating the confederate flag.
Apologies for the confusion!
My post was two sentences long and you couldn’t be bothered to read one- figuring out a way to celebrate pride in southern culture, not southern history, is not an idea I just invented. There are southerners of all races who wouldn’t trade 2019 Nashville or Atlanta for 2019 New York City or Los Angeles.
Southern Culture is racist.
go read the definition of culture- for example blues music would be considered part of a culture, genius.
Blues music is racist (and misogynistic).
