I started to call this “The Murder of Truth”, but then after rethinking the issue, can truth actually be murdered? As long as there are those of us who know the truth, and are willing to communicate it, the truth will continue to live. Even with all of the attacks upon all things Confederate and Southern in the attempt to completely wipe out our culture, history, and symbols, those attacks only serve to strengthen the resolve in many of us, and, hopefully, awakens a need in many to determine just what actually is the truth.
In recent weeks we have seen wave after wave of attacks on the Confederate Battle Flag, Confederate monuments, even graves of our Confederate heroes. Even here in Tulsa, we have a new historical plaque that refers to “The War of Southern Aggression”. Joining in on these attacks have been “Southern” (and I use that term loosely) politicians eager to show that they are “not racist” and disapprove of “racist” and “hurtful” symbols of our past. What they are actually doing is revealing the Judas in their souls by betraying a people whose ancestors fought and died to repel an ...
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