Not weird if you know the history. William Porcher Miles’ first draft of the Confederate battle flag featured a blue St. George’s cross, populated by fifteen white stars, on a field of red. However, Charles Moise, a Jewish Confederate, asked Miles that “the symbol of a particular religion not be made the symbol of the nation.” and Miles replaced it with a saltire. Ironically, the saltire/St. Andrew’s cross ended up being of particular religious significance to the Scots and Scots-Irish, who generally weren’t keen on slavery but also weren’t keen on being invaded. They were great fighters in the war.
Not weird if you know the history. William Porcher Miles’ first draft of the Confederate battle flag featured a blue St. George’s cross, populated by fifteen white stars, on a field of red. However, Charles Moise, a Jewish Confederate, asked Miles that “the symbol of a particular religion not be made the symbol of the nation.” and Miles replaced it with a saltire. Ironically, the saltire/St. Andrew’s cross ended up being of particular religious significance to the Scots and Scots-Irish, who generally weren’t keen on slavery but also weren’t keen on being invaded. They were great fighters in the war.
Did people just suddenly forget who owned the ships and markets?
Need a Curb Your Enthusiasm ep with Larry David kvetching over confederate flag design proposals
@GraduatedBen This is a spicy meatball, but historically accurate...
@GraduatedBen About what percent of the ships and markets were owned by Jews? Some? Most? Vast majority?
@GraduatedBen Was in a religion class a few days ago & the professor was showing a map of Christian denominations at the time of the American Revolution. It also had dots showing the location of Jewish communities. Many were in the south at major ports…
@GraduatedBen Some have not forgot throwing off the yoke of the Jewish finance dominated British empire Then fighting a civil war to unite a country around a nationalist vision to create the most sophisticated industrial power in the world rather than bowing down to Jewish free trade
@GraduatedBen Do people forget about Judah Benjamin?