Southern (Dis)Comfort (Thank No-Neck for the links)

Today, if one woman is offended, the offensive image must be blurred:

The letter writer, Lorian Miles, said in a June 29 letter she was offended by the ads, which show a Confederate battle flag in scenes from a music video by country artist Mark Wills. "While some view the Confederate flag as a symbol of Southern pride, the vast majority of people view it as a symbol of the South's racist past," she wrote.

In the video, Wills climbs out of the car driven by the Dukes of Hazard, which has the flag painted on its roof. Eager to avoid the perennial controversy that surrounds the Southern Cross, organizers blurred it from view in commercials that aired after Wednesday.

"We thought it was the easiest way to solve the situation and move forward," said Celebrate America executive director Billy Holder, who said the letter was the only complaint he'd heard. "I think everybody will be happy with the event overall," he said.

Or, if a single photograph shows a confederate flag and a rifle, they run screaming like scared children:

"Village of Pewaukee - Tyler Schultz was only following Pewaukee High School's directions to let his personality shine through in his senior yearbook photo when he brought a rifle and Confederate flag along to his picture session, his mother says.

Pewaukee High School senior Tyler Schultz let his personality shine through this photo for the senior yearbook, his mother says.

Now the school has decided Schultz's image is inappropriate for a school publication and asked for another photo, and his mother is crying censorship.

"I want them to admit they did something wrong," said Schultz's mother, Tammy Ankomeus. "They shouldn't have censored a picture and not told us anything about it."

Of course, when getting something back, you have to scream about it too:

"More than a century after Confederate Gen. Thomas R.R. Cobb died fighting in the Civil War, his pro-slavery writings and architectural ideas are being hotly debated in a squabble over the homecoming of his old home.

Preservationists contend the Greek Revival house, which was moved from Athens to the Atlanta suburb of Stone Mountain in 1985 and will move back this summer, is an architectural gem. Some call it the Monticello of Georgia, referring to Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia home. Some future neighbors of the house say it’s a symbol of slavery."

But then again, decrying dead white men, always seems to be one of the perennial rages by politically correct bastards and wussies.

"Thomas Jefferson’s legacy in Berkeley may rest on the vote of school children born after William Jefferson Clinton took office.

But not if Jefferson Elementary School Principal Betty Delaney can stop it.

According to Jefferson PTA President Linda Safarik-Tong, Delaney told the PTA that concerns from parents and teachers have led her to seek permission from the Berkeley Unified School District to waive a requirement that students as young as five vote on the controversial drive to strike the name of the author of the Declaration of Independence from the school."

Someone please tell me again, what was yesterday?

--WP