You know....I have vague memories of the Dukes having black friends and acquaintances, and of them being all buddy buddy, whilst boss hog was a bit more controversial in his dealings. But, I could be on crack and making that shit up.
On 7/14/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:10 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Cooter no likey > > > > Just because the racism as represented by the flag was not salient to > > to the non-southern public, did not mean it did not exist. > > > > I've protested against Klan and neo-Nazi demonstrations and parades. > > There was never one that did not sport the southern battle flag.It a > > symbol of slavery, of Jim Crow and of the lynching. > > > But... but... Just some good ol' boys? Never meanin' no harm? > > I agree that the symbol was never meant to be racist on the show AND that it > is generally a racist symbol. > > I also think that some people really do consider it a proud symbol of > southern heritage and, perhaps, a reminder of southern shame. In this light > it's a good symbol. > > But it's not the first time (and it won't be the last) that a potentially > good symbol has been sullied by extremists. > > Of course that's what you get when you produce a show about the south in > California. > > "We want to name the car." > > "Yeah, somebody famous from the South!" > > "How about 'James K Polk'?" > > "No - it has to be somebody famous!" > > "He WAS famous. He was one of our most successful presidents!" > > "Yeah, but he's not famous." > > "Well then, who would you pick?" > > "How about Robert E Lee?" > > "Yeah... but didn't he fight to keep slavery?" > > "NO! 'General Lee'! 'The General Lee'! Huh, huuuuuh?" > > "Yeah... it _sounds_ good but maybe somebody a little less contro--" > > "That settles it." > > "You know James K Polk reestablished an independent treasury." > > "And we'll put a big confederate flag on the roof!" > > "Now wait a minute--" > > "It was General Lee's flag. It'll look great!" > > "Maybe, but--" > > "And it'll fit on the roof perfectly." > > "Yes, but there may be some connotations there that you're not--" > > "That settles it. The car will be called 'The General Lee' and have a big > confederate flag on the roof." > > They really should have asked Cooter first. He would have given'em the > straight talk. > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164762 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
