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Steve Kierstead
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My friend Steve Anderson recommended this book. I thought I might find something other than open racism underneath the enthusiasm for Civil War reenactments, and there is some other, but the striking theme so far is simple white pride and cultural division . Oof!
— Dec 20, 2016 08:16AM
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Steve Kierstead
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I had to edit the Foote passage above. Here it is:
It was the honor-bound code of the Old South. One’s people before one’s principles. The straitjacket of scorn and stigma. “It’s a bunch of shit really,” Foote conceded. “But all Southerners subscribe to this code to some degree, at least male Southerners of my generation.”
Seems to me that putting loyalty before right and wrong opens the door to terrible things.
— Jan 10, 2017 09:04AM
It was the honor-bound code of the Old South. One’s people before one’s principles. The straitjacket of scorn and stigma. “It’s a bunch of shit really,” Foote conceded. “But all Southerners subscribe to this code to some degree, at least male Southerners of my generation.”
Seems to me that putting loyalty before right and wrong opens the door to terrible things.
Steve Kierstead
is 44% done
Shelby Foote said some interesting things:
His great-grandfather had opposed secession but fought without hesitation for the South. “Just as I would have,” Foote said. “I’d be with my people, right or wrong. If I was against slavery, I’d still be with the South.
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It was the honor-bound code of the Old South. One’s people before one’s principles....
I hear this from Tim Howell. I don't get it. Tribalism.
— Jan 10, 2017 09:01AM
His great-grandfather had opposed secession but fought without hesitation for the South. “Just as I would have,” Foote said. “I’d be with my people, right or wrong. If I was against slavery, I’d still be with the South.
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It was the honor-bound code of the Old South. One’s people before one’s principles....
I hear this from Tim Howell. I don't get it. Tribalism.
