Comments on: Visualizing the Lost Cause http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/ Where History, Heritage, and Education Intersect Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:35:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gregg Jones http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-12820 Gregg Jones Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:41:57 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-12820 Well, gee, we know how to throw a maltov cocktail in to a peaceful situation. Well, gee, we know how to throw a maltov cocktail in to a peaceful situation.

]]> By: Gregg Jones http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-11953 Gregg Jones Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:41:57 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-11953 Well, gee, we know how to throw a maltov cocktail in to a peaceful situation. Well, gee, we know how to throw a maltov cocktail in to a peaceful situation.

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-11918 Kevin Levin Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:38:06 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-11918 Yes, German skinheads have been known for using the symbol of the Confederate flag, but let's not reduce the symbol simply to any one group. It's meaning is much more complex and interesting than what you have chosen to acknowledge. Thanks for the comment. Yes, German skinheads have been known for using the symbol of the Confederate flag, but let's not reduce the symbol simply to any one group. It's meaning is much more complex and interesting than what you have chosen to acknowledge. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: toby http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-11917 toby Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:15:05 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-11917 Addendum to my previous post .. I should have added that the Confederate flag had equal billing with the Swastika.<br><br>Now, why would a bunch of brutal German neo-Nazis consider the Confederates as kindred spirits? Addendum to my previous post .. I should have added that the Confederate flag had equal billing with the Swastika.

Now, why would a bunch of brutal German neo-Nazis consider the Confederates as kindred spirits?

]]> By: toby http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-11919 toby Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:11:06 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-11919 I did see once a Confederate flag with the legend "The South Will Rise Again" .... on the wall of the hangout of some German skinheads ... the type that fire-bomb hostels of immigrants & laugh about it afterwards, or kick the living daylights of a poor Turkish man caught walking alone. <br><br>Yes, indeed, Robert E., the lost cause has come a long, long way. I did see once a Confederate flag with the legend “The South Will Rise Again” …. on the wall of the hangout of some German skinheads … the type that fire-bomb hostels of immigrants & laugh about it afterwards, or kick the living daylights of a poor Turkish man caught walking alone.

Yes, indeed, Robert E., the lost cause has come a long, long way.

]]> By: Kevin Levin http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-5758 Kevin Levin Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:02:06 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-5758 You are absolutely right. And once again, the point I was trying to make is that the people who find this stuff to be so alluring today more than likely would have been living in a very different economic/social class compared with what is depicted in these images. In that sense these images function as escapism. You are absolutely right. And once again, the point I was trying to make is that the people who find this stuff to be so alluring today more than likely would have been living in a very different economic/social class compared with what is depicted in these images. In that sense these images function as escapism.

]]> By: victoria bynum http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-5757 victoria bynum Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:52:08 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-5757 What a powerful video! The romantic Lost-Cause Images ignore both slavery and the ordinary whites who fought, died, or were impoverished by the "Cause." I'm going to share with my Civil War colleagues at Texas State U. Vikki Bynum http://www. renegadesouth.com What a powerful video! The romantic Lost-Cause Images ignore both slavery and the ordinary whites who fought, died, or were impoverished by the “Cause.” I’m going to share with my Civil War colleagues at Texas State U.

Vikki Bynum
http://www. renegadesouth.com

]]> By: Defining Southern Heritage in Civil War Remembrance « Cenantua’s Blog http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-5756 Defining Southern Heritage in Civil War Remembrance « Cenantua’s Blog Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:53:16 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-5756 [...] the meantime, hat-tip to Kevin at Civil War Memory for making us aware of a YouTube clip, and a “well-done” to Caitlin for putting that clip together with a [...] [...] the meantime, hat-tip to Kevin at Civil War Memory for making us aware of a YouTube clip, and a “well-done” to Caitlin for putting that clip together with a [...]

]]> By: Robert Moore http://cwmemory.com/2009/02/15/visualizing-the-lost-cause-through-really-bad-art/#comment-5755 Robert Moore Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:22:19 +0000 http://cwmemory.com/?p=2744#comment-5755 Thanks for the heads-up on this Kevin. An excellent clip, and it raises a number of questions about the act of "remembrance" of the Civil War in modern times. Thanks for the heads-up on this Kevin. An excellent clip, and it raises a number of questions about the act of “remembrance” of the Civil War in modern times.

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