Our beloved board troll is running around the forums today, finding posts of mine, to which he is sprinkling little jabs at my being Southern, and a Son of the Confederacy. This has nothing to do with any topic I am discussing, or anyone else. It is merely his attempt to try and antagonize me by taking a steamy shit in my threads. He hopes I will be lured into responding to his idiocy, thus derailing the topic of my own thread, while he gets his jollies. I have chosen a different approach.
This thread is for the continuing discussion of me, where I am from, what I believe in, what I do or do not support. Any comment someone has, can be made here, and I will be happy to answer questions or clear up any misunderstandings. This way, we can get to the bottom of all the misconceptions and myths about my personality, in an honest bipartisan way, and preserve the integrity of other threads on the board. I don't want anyone here, especially new posters, thinking that my lack of response to these allegations in other threads, means acknowledgement or acceptance on my part because I simply chose not to respond.
Now.... I will give you a few preliminary FAQs:
Dixie is a racist! --Nothing could be further from the truth. I am 1/8 Native American, 1/8 Asian, and 1/16 black. My white European ancestry is even shady, I am part German, but as "Black Dutch" which is just a fancy name for "German Peasant Mutt" in my case. My lineage is made up of about a dozen or so, various races and cultures. I am like the 'ultimate' minority. It is difficult for me to imagine how I could ever be a true racist... what race am I going to favor, what race am I going to oppose? Furthermore, you can search these and other forums I've been on, high and low, you won't find racist comments from me.
Dixie is a KKK member! --Nope! Growing up in Alabama, I knew people who were members, I've seen the membership cards and all. I have never been to a rally, or cross burning, and have barely even had association with people who would be members of the Klan. You see, most of the people who are Klan members, are ignorant and trashy, and I just don't run in those circles. I'm not a judgmental person, but if I am friends with someone, and I find out they are involved in something like the Klan, it generally turns me off to the point we can't be friends.
Dixie wants to bring back slavery! --Nonsense. Slavery is one of the most despicable and deplorable chapters of our history. However, I don't ignorantly blame "The South" for slavery, because it existed in America for 85 years before the Civil War, while no one lifted a finger to change it. The US Supreme Court upheld it, northern politicians tolerated it as a necessary evil, and our Founding Fathers chose not to deal with it when they established our nation. It seems a bit disingenuous to cast all the blame for its existence on The South. It is patently ridiculous to conclude all southern people are pro-slavery now, or ever.
Dixie wishes the Confederates had won the war! --Not true. First and foremost, I wish the war had never been fought. I wish that Confederates losing the war hadn't meant that we abandon the concept of 'state's rights' and cede power and freedoms over to the central federal government, but slavery might have lasted into the next century if the war had not been lost by the Confederates. Therefore, if the war had to be fought and someone had to lose, I am happy it was lost by the Confederates. This doesn't change the fact that I am proud of my ancestors who fought and died in the war, under the Confederate flag. They never owned slaves, and weren't actually in much better shape, in many cases, the slave actually had a better life... they at least knew they would be fed and have a roof. During the Great Depression, my Grandmother picked cotton for a black sharecropper, and was grateful to him for giving her work. Those men fought the war because that was their homeland. They could have cared less about the issue of slavery, it was a matter of pride and honor, the homeland was being attacked.
Dixie's Rebel Flag and moniker means he is a racist! --Wrong. The moniker "Dixie" and the avatars are deliberately designed to reveal people who are bigoted and prejudiced in their views. If you will judge me by my nickname or avatar, what's to say you won't also judge me by my skin or how I look? Character is what is supposed to matter, and nicknames or avatars are superfluous. I am proud to be from the South, and proud of my ancestors who fought and died in the Civil War. I am a CW historian, and know a great deal about the history, both the written and unwritten history, regarding the circumstances of the day. It disturbs me that so many people are led to believe something totally inaccurate, due to false perceptions created. The 'victors' write the history books, so we have come to learn the CW was all about slavery, when that wasn't the whole story. Shockingly, some people even believe the CW was some sort of precursor to 1960's Civil Rights. We're supposed to accept that after the CW and the South was stripped of any and all political power, they somehow kept the abolitionists from establishing appropriate civil rights for black people. And for the next century, these same defeated people stood in the way of that progress.
Dixie hates brown people/gays! --Not true. I am a lover of people in general. I don't really 'hate' any particular kind of people, although I detest 'ignorant' people. Still, I do my best to try and educate them as much as I can. In the summertime, I generally get as brown as some of my black friends, we joke about it. Some of my dearest and closest friends are homosexual. I don't think we could maintain these life-long friendships if I hated gay people.
I hope these cleared up any misconceptions or myths about myself, and if anyone has any questions or wants me to elaborate on my personal beliefs, I will be happy to do so.
