They being terrorists and confederate soldiers of long ago.
No. I'm not kidding:
Defenders of the Confederacy say that innocent people were killed in the Civil War; hasn't the same argument been presented by Muslim radicals in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places where the U.S. has tangled with terrorists?
We can't on the one hand justify the actions of Confederates as being their duty as valiant men of the South, and then condemn the Muslim extremists who want to see Americans die a brutal death. These men are held up as honorable by their brethren, so why do Americans see them as different from our homegrown terrorists?
The fundamental problem with extremism is that when you're on the side that is fanatical, all of your actions make sense to you, and you are fluent in trying to justify every action. Every position of those you oppose is a personal affront that calls for you to do what you think is necessary to protect yourself and your family.
Just as radical Muslims have a warped sense of religion, Confederate supporters have a delusional view of what is honorable. The terrorists are willing to kill their own to prove their point, and the Confederates were just as willing in the Civil War to take up arms against their fellow Americans to justify their point.
Even if you're a relative of one of the 9/11 hijackers, that man was an out-and-out terrorist, and nothing you can say will change that. And if your great-great-great-granddaddy was a Confederate who stood up for Southern ideals, he too was a terrorist.
They are the same.
As a matter of conscience, I will not justify, understand or accept the atrocious view of Muslim terrorists that their actions represent a just war. They are reprehensible, and their actions a sin against humanity.
And I will never, under any circumstances, cast Confederates as heroic figures who should be honored and revered. No -- they were, and forever will be, domestic terrorists.
Liberalism survives by redefining terms. This piece is no exception.
Something that isn't racist is defined as racism.
Something that is anti-semitic is defined as merely opposition to Israeli policies.
And something like The South of long ago is now defined to be filled with terrorist states.
We are at war ideologically.
It's time to choose sides.
H/T Confederate Yankee who takes Roland Martin's missive to the next logical level:
Implied Roland Martin's bizarre comparison is a direct parallel between Fort Sumter and the 9/11 terror attacks.
Crossposted at Brutally Honest.
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Comments (10)
Somebody who doesn't unders... (Below threshold)1. Posted by epador | April 12, 2010 8:51 PM | Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Somebody who doesn't understand what racism is or means also doesn't understand what terrorist means.
This is not news.
Just the ranting of another warped mind.
1. Posted by epador | April 12, 2010 8:51 PM |
Score: 11 (11 votes cast)
Posted on April 12, 2010 20:51
2. Posted by Rich | April 12, 2010 9:21 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
That guy make me seriously ill.
2. Posted by Rich | April 12, 2010 9:21 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on April 12, 2010 21:21
3. Posted by GarandFan | April 12, 2010 9:31 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Martin's head is so far up his fat liberal ass, he has difficulty breathing.
3. Posted by GarandFan | April 12, 2010 9:31 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on April 12, 2010 21:31
4. Posted by ODA315 | April 12, 2010 10:35 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
I was sentenced to watch CNN while on vacation in Mexico several months back. I'd never heard of or seen this guy before then and was struck how much he whined and focused on race. It was pathetic.
4. Posted by ODA315 | April 12, 2010 10:35 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on April 12, 2010 22:35
5. Posted by Sheik Yur Bouty | April 12, 2010 11:54 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Does that mean that nuking Mecca would be like Sherman burning Atlanta to the ground?
5. Posted by Sheik Yur Bouty | April 12, 2010 11:54 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on April 12, 2010 23:54
6. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | April 13, 2010 1:06 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
What really would have been rich is if the liberal Moonbat who authored that article had concluded with a missive that all Southerners should therefore be waterboarded.
6. Posted by Tsar Nicholas II | April 13, 2010 1:06 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on April 13, 2010 01:06
7. Posted by Jim Addison | April 13, 2010 1:39 AM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
That so many black people either believe this sort of crap or are willing to tolerate it and vote as if they believe it is quite dispiriting.
7. Posted by Jim Addison | April 13, 2010 1:39 AM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on April 13, 2010 01:39
8. Posted by McGehee | April 13, 2010 9:17 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
8. Posted by McGehee | April 13, 2010 9:17 AM |
Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Posted on April 13, 2010 09:17
9. Posted by Jeff | April 13, 2010 9:19 AM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
gee, Shermans march to the sea was a textbook example of a terror campaign against civilians ...
wait, he was a Union General ... opps, I forgot the talking point ...
9. Posted by Jeff | April 13, 2010 9:19 AM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on April 13, 2010 09:19
10. Posted by apb | April 14, 2010 2:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Roland Martin? Wasn't that the guy that created "Laugh-In?" Funny - he just sounds like a typical lib douchebag...
10. Posted by apb | April 14, 2010 2:30 PM |
Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Posted on April 14, 2010 14:30