New Evidence Regarding Black Confederate Soldiers
May 19, 2009 7:48 AM Subscribe
Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers The Myth Of The Myth Of “Black Confederates”
adding more to an earlier discussion I had started earlier with much resistance, here is yet even more evidence of black confederate soldiers fighting willingly for the life of the South.
"It is now pretty well established, that there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers, but as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets, ready to shoot down loyal troops, and do all that soldiers may to destroy the Federal Government and build up that of the traitors and rebels.…That the Negroes are numerous in the rebel army, and do for that army its heaviest work, is beyond question."
That’s from an 1862 letter to Abraham Lincoln written by famed ex-slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who, as you may be remotely bright enough to guess, was a black man. Seeing as he was a black ex-slave who was alive during the Civil War, I have a tugging suspicion he’d know more about the topic than either you or me.
adding more to an earlier discussion I had started earlier with much resistance, here is yet even more evidence of black confederate soldiers fighting willingly for the life of the South.
"It is now pretty well established, that there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers, but as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets, ready to shoot down loyal troops, and do all that soldiers may to destroy the Federal Government and build up that of the traitors and rebels.…That the Negroes are numerous in the rebel army, and do for that army its heaviest work, is beyond question."
That’s from an 1862 letter to Abraham Lincoln written by famed ex-slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who, as you may be remotely bright enough to guess, was a black man. Seeing as he was a black ex-slave who was alive during the Civil War, I have a tugging suspicion he’d know more about the topic than either you or me.
This post was deleted for the following reason: What in the hell? The front page is not for your personal grudge matches. Don't do this here. -- cortex
But you won’t believe anything I say, because I’m an asshole white-male American who doesn’t feel bad about being an asshole white-male American ...
You know, as a superficially benign son of Marx, I've been trying for years to control public discourse among all English speaking peoples of the world, but to no avail. What a no-talent ass-clown.
posted by joe lisboa at 7:54 AM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
You know, as a superficially benign son of Marx, I've been trying for years to control public discourse among all English speaking peoples of the world, but to no avail. What a no-talent ass-clown.
posted by joe lisboa at 7:54 AM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
The text of the article didn't really compel me to read it, but what's with the picture of Lincoln at the bottom?
posted by delmoi at 7:55 AM on May 19, 2009
posted by delmoi at 7:55 AM on May 19, 2009
Blowing Noam Chomsky under his desk? Taking Mao's tiny, angry dick up the ass? Wow.
Is your username short for "unpopular"? This FPP seems rather angry and strident.
posted by dunkadunc at 7:55 AM on May 19, 2009
Is your username short for "unpopular"? This FPP seems rather angry and strident.
posted by dunkadunc at 7:55 AM on May 19, 2009
At this point you are scratching your cherry-pit-sized testicles uncomfortably...
Hmmm...a single-link FPP full of such classy invective? Not a good way to build a cogent argument.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:56 AM on May 19, 2009
Hmmm...a single-link FPP full of such classy invective? Not a good way to build a cogent argument.
posted by Thorzdad at 7:56 AM on May 19, 2009
This will Wendall.
The editorial nature of this post does little to lend credence to your argument, whatever its merits or lack thereof.
posted by misha at 7:56 AM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
The editorial nature of this post does little to lend credence to your argument, whatever its merits or lack thereof.
posted by misha at 7:56 AM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
Yeah, weak article and you're posting it just to win points in a year-old shitstorm? No thanks.
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:57 AM on May 19, 2009
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:57 AM on May 19, 2009
Frederick Douglass, who, as you may be remotely bright enough to guess, was a black man</em
It's still editorializing if you're stating your opinion about the readers instead of the subject.
posted by shakespeherian at 7:58 AM on May 19, 2009
It's still editorializing if you're stating your opinion about the readers instead of the subject.
posted by shakespeherian at 7:58 AM on May 19, 2009
Frederick Douglass was black?!
posted by box at 7:58 AM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 7:58 AM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
So shut that cock-receptacle you call a mouth
Someone could write a very interesting article on this but the author seems more interested in making homophobic insults at the reader.
posted by dunkadunc at 8:00 AM on May 19, 2009
Someone could write a very interesting article on this but the author seems more interested in making homophobic insults at the reader.
posted by dunkadunc at 8:00 AM on May 19, 2009
This is one of those screeds that tells us more about the author than about the topic.
posted by The Whelk at 8:01 AM on May 19, 2009 [3 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 8:01 AM on May 19, 2009 [3 favorites]
And in a way, it's almost FPP-worthy just because it's so fucking ridiculous, but I get the idea that unpoppy posted it without a hint of irony.
posted by dunkadunc at 8:01 AM on May 19, 2009
posted by dunkadunc at 8:01 AM on May 19, 2009
I have a tugging suspicion this has more to do Douglass' agenda of pushing Lincoln toward emancipation and allowing blacks to serve in the Federal army. I've yet to see any convincing, primary source evidence of large numbers of blacks serving in the Confederate Army as soldiers.
posted by marxchivist at 8:01 AM on May 19, 2009
posted by marxchivist at 8:01 AM on May 19, 2009
My IT department is blocking it for "Adult Content". But then it does that for MeFi "tagged with" pages too.
posted by Joe Beese at 8:05 AM on May 19, 2009
posted by Joe Beese at 8:05 AM on May 19, 2009
Jesus fuck
Surely you meant, 'burping, farting, Jesus fuck'
posted by JohnFredra at 8:05 AM on May 19, 2009
Surely you meant, 'burping, farting, Jesus fuck'
posted by JohnFredra at 8:05 AM on May 19, 2009
jim goad post
post your favorite stories of rape and wife-beating in honor of jim goad, patron saint of the limp-dick redneck
one time i was so angry because i am poor and uneducated even though this country was made for men like me to succeed effortlessly that i wrote a comic book for angry white man-children like me and then i wrote an issue about rape lmao
kill me please
posted by Optimus Chyme at 8:10 AM on May 19, 2009 [3 favorites]
post your favorite stories of rape and wife-beating in honor of jim goad, patron saint of the limp-dick redneck
one time i was so angry because i am poor and uneducated even though this country was made for men like me to succeed effortlessly that i wrote a comic book for angry white man-children like me and then i wrote an issue about rape lmao
kill me please
posted by Optimus Chyme at 8:10 AM on May 19, 2009 [3 favorites]
my friend show me limp dick rednecks, i show metafilter. why no?
posted by dunkadunc at 8:13 AM on May 19, 2009
posted by dunkadunc at 8:13 AM on May 19, 2009
Turns out the last line of the FPP is also from the link, though it's not in quotes. So I suppose not technically editorialized, but needs to be marked as such if it wants to be understood.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 8:13 AM on May 19, 2009
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 8:13 AM on May 19, 2009
post your favorite stories of rape and wife-beating in honor of jim goad, patron saint of the limp-dick redneck
This one guy beat his wife. Then he raped her. Then he posted a video of it on 4chan and was arrested by the FBI. The end.
lol.
posted by delmoi at 8:13 AM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
This one guy beat his wife. Then he raped her. Then he posted a video of it on 4chan and was arrested by the FBI. The end.
lol.
posted by delmoi at 8:13 AM on May 19, 2009 [1 favorite]
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