[Vision2020] A Celebration of the Confederacy - No Thanks

Thu Jul 12 19:45:45 PDT 2012

The flag is part of a historical display and is in no way a "celebration" of the confederacy. If you are bound and determined to have a conniption every time the stars and bars pops up you're destined to spend way too much time in a hyper agitated state. Some folks like that I guess but, I would find it tiresome. What is hard to defend is the silly notion that every time this flag pops up that it has to be construed as a statement that all all things antebellum were wonderful and need to be brought back. Some things may have been and some definitely weren't with slavery being chief amongst the evils. It's gone now (thank goodness, good riddance) and it's not coming back no matter how may flags fly. From a practical stand point it would make more sense to develop a case of knicker kink over the flags of Mauritania, Sudan, Niger, Mali, Pakistan, and the UAE. Countries where slavery is actively practiced.

Thank you for your kind seasonal wishes ("stout" fellas like myself enjoy the heat like goldfish enjoy the Gobi) and my best to you and yours.

g

P.S. I was wrong in my earlier post in referring to the handgun in the display as a pistol. It is a revolver. A pal of mine pointed this out to me within about 40 seconds of my hitting the send key. I should (and do) know better. My head hangs in abject shame...

... and now I'm over it.

From: Rosemary Huskey 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:36 PM
To: 'Gary Crabtree' 
Cc: 'Moscow Vision 2020' 
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Celebration of the Confederacy - No Thanks

Gary, you are just plain wrong about this.  There is a ton of material available locally about the GAR, pictures of GAR parades down a very muddy Main St., and lots of local newspaper stories about candidates running for local office and bragging about their Union experience.  It would take less than three hours and a few bucks to get a mighty fine display put together. None of which has anything on earth to do with a confederate rag and the pointless display of an old pistol in our court house.  

Self righteous rant my ass, mindless defense of the indefensible ought to be your concern.

But, I do hope you are having a nice summer.

Rose

From: Gary Crabtree [mailto:moscowlocksmith at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:25 PM
To: Rosemary Huskey
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Celebration of the Confederacy - No Thanks

Talk about mole hill to mountain mutations, this display has been up in the courthouse lobby for months. Previously it contained a similarly educational display with WW II as the topic of interest. I take it that no one on this forum who is wailing and gnashing their teeth has actually looked at the display. There is nothing in it that is even remotely a "celebration" of the confederacy. Aside from the flag and a pistol, every thing else is union memorabilia and items with a connection between the GAR and various locals.

It sure doesn't take much to set the usual suspects off on a self righteous rant.

g

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Rosemary Huskey <donaldrose at cpcinternet.com> wrote:

Hi Tom,

I am sorry to be writing to you with a complaint but I must.  I know that you and the other county commissioners are not responsible for the display in the lobby of the courthouse.  Nonetheless, the fact that that display as been up for at least two days without (apparently) concern on your part is making my head explode. (Maybe you are out of town and don't know about this - if so, I apologize to you) I hate to use the expression WTF, but really Tom, WTF.  What would national news outlets think, given Idaho's connection with the Aryan Nations, Doug Wilson's Southern Slavery as It Was, and local freaky Tea Party morons who think State's Rights trump all?  If the Confederacy is going to celebrated front and center in the Courthouse it is my expectation that the following images (make sure the county contacts the appropriate parties for permission to show what the Confederacy really represented.  

            http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&hl=en&biw=1252&bih=553&tbm=isch&tbnid=1saW5ihZa0wCNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.nps.gov/liho/historyculture/slavery.htm&docid=eRJwpL7MsegHkM&imgurl=http://www.nps.gov/liho/historyculture/images/slavery.jpg&w=295&h=340&ei=0k3_T6ecDoeh2QWpms2dBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=391&vpy=173&dur=1&hovh=241&hovw=209&tx=97&ty=94&sig=108509628582744690057&page=1&tbnh=156&tbnw=135&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0,i:148

            http://abagond.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/current-arguments-about-slavery/

And, while I am exploding (but not at you) could you please let me and the rest of your Latah County constituency know who is responsible for this display.  I can't believe that Ms. Petersen has any interest in glorify the pestilent-ridden sink hole of the Ol' South.

Thanks, and I so hope I won't to be this crabby for at least the rest of the summer.  

Rose Huskey

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