No disrespect on my end either.

To each his own…

I’m still headin’ for “higher ground”, so to speak, cause’ the flood waters of muticulturalism keep a comin’…..

At the same time, TJ here makes a good point, that there were those of non-white descent who also helped make our Confederacy great (granted, their numbers weren’t as large as the PC-Confederates like to pretend, but we cannot discount the reality of these people) and I think that is is possible to acknowledge that they, too, are Southern. Stand Watie, as mentioned before, is a prime example of a non-White who wore the Grey during the WSI, and H.K. Edgerton is a prime example in my eyes of a modern day non-white Southerner.

The South of the 1850s and 1860s reminds me in many ways of Lakedaimon, that great country of the Spartans. Like the South, Lakedaimon was a martial country, and one with multiple peoples living under its banner and calling it home, though it had been built by only one.
The Spartans themselves had built the country, it was their nation, and therefore as Spartiate Peers they held the position of highest honour and power, and only they could participate in government and hold the titles of “Equal” and “Citizen.” But they were not the only Lakedaimonians.
Those called “Gentleman Rankers” and “Perioikoi” made up the middle strata of Lakedaimonian society. They were not Spartans, and they were not Citizens or Equals, but they were still freemen, and still Lakedaimonians, and when war came, they fought with pride and valour for their country.
And at the bottom of the rung were the Messenian Helots, slaves. And though not Spartan, they still were Lakedaimonian. Though they chafed under the yoke of slavery, and often sought freedom, still they knew their country was their country, and when Lakedaimon was threatened, they, too, fought to defend her.

Indeed, Patrick Cleburne likened the South’s black slaves to the Helots, and said that if we armed them as the Spartans did and offered them freedom, they would fight. And though very few blacks did end up bearing arms for Dixie, many served in other ways. For though they desired freedom, they knew that the South was their country, and they would defend her against the invader in whatever way they could.

And while it is true that blacks, hispanics, and Amerindians are not white Southrons, I do not think this means that all of them are by definition excluded. But just as we would say that not all white men are or can be Southron, neither are all blacks, hispanics, or Amerindians Southerners, nor can they all become such.

It is my opinion that a man such as H.K. Edgerton is indeed a Southern man, and has a place in a free Southern country. And I will say again, I am not a universalist, nor a multiculturalist. I agree that we ought to be narrow in our definition of who is and can be a Southron. I just want to make sure we aren’t too narrow. I hope I am making sense. If not, I shall try to clarify where it is I stand.

again i mean no disrespect to anyone…..long live dixie

That’s why, in a few years, I’m personally “seceding” from where I live now to a much more rural, “white”, conservative area. It may not be perfect, but it’ll beat where I live now all to heck…..

I hear exactly what you’re saying. Again, until someone comes up with a “reasonable” alternative, I’m leaving “for the hills”, so to speak…..

i know my typeing and spelling sux sry……..long live dixie