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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9530556" data-attributes="member: 6796468">Tradition.The immediate children of Civil War veterans and slavers did everything in their power to erase the negative connotations of what their traitorous parents had done. To present themselves as good, pure, honest folk descended from noble heroes who fought and died for a good cause. &quot;State's Rights&quot; and other obfuscations were invented to mollify sore losers and try to shield them from justified criticism of the evils they had embraced and betrayed and killed for.And they passed that tradition of obfuscation down to their kids. And their kids. Lie long enough, and loud enough, and even you'll come to believe it after a while.Columbus Georgia. Right where Ft. Moore (Formerly named Benning, after a Confederate General...) is. Population, there, is 36% white, 45% black, 9% hispanic, 2% asian.There was a -lot- of resentment and posturing for the white kids to feel &quot;Better&quot; about themselves in the 80s and 90s rather than &quot;Getting Blamed&quot; for things that happened a hundred years ago (like our parents and teachers didn't grow up in the Civil Rights era).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 9530556, member: 6796468"] Tradition. The immediate children of Civil War veterans and slavers did everything in their power to erase the negative connotations of what their traitorous parents had done. To present themselves as good, pure, honest folk descended from noble heroes who fought and died for a good cause. "State's Rights" and other obfuscations were invented to mollify sore losers and try to shield them from justified criticism of the evils they had embraced and betrayed and killed for. And they passed that tradition of obfuscation down to their kids. And their kids. Lie long enough, and loud enough, and even you'll come to believe it after a while. Columbus Georgia. Right where Ft. Moore (Formerly named Benning, after a Confederate General...) is. Population, there, is 36% white, 45% black, 9% hispanic, 2% asian. There was a -lot- of resentment and posturing for the white kids to feel "Better" about themselves in the 80s and 90s rather than "Getting Blamed" for things that happened a hundred years ago (like our parents and teachers didn't grow up in the Civil Rights era). [/QUOTE]

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