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Originally posted by The1calledTKE
The most unusual candidate for S.C. Senate this year may be Ron Wilson, the national commander of the 30,000-plus-member Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Running as a Republican for an Anderson County seat in Tuesday’s primary, Wilson openly promotes the right of secession. He also wants to have “Confederate Southern Americans” designated a specific minority group, like Hispanics or African-Americans.
“Confederate Southern Americans are a separate and distinct people,” Wilson said in a statement posted on the Internet. “As a people, Confederate Southern Americans are tired of being the ‘whipping boy’ for the rest of the country’s racial problems.”
Wilson, an Easley resident, did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.
However, in his Internet posting, Wilson has qualified his remarks on secession. While he believes states have the right to secede from the Union, he said he is not “in any way an advocate of modern secession.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center, an Alabama-based group that monitors what it calls the “Radical Right,” has placed Wilson on a nationwide list of “40 to Watch.”
“Wilson has radicalized the Sons of Confederate Veterans,” said Law Center spokeswoman Heidi Beirich, who called Wilson a “neo-Confederate.” By that, she said she meant someone who wants to return to pre-1860 United States and is dismissive of slavery.
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/8844744.htm
If this guy is elected I will be amazed.
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I'm sure my brother would be interested in this as well as most of my family. They still use the levels of southernness:
1st level - "Civil War" - You're not from the South
2nd level - "War Between the States" - You're a Southern sympathizer.
3rd level - "War of Northern Aggression" - You're Southern!
Most of the neo-confederates that I've had the...umm...displeasure of dealing with have been low down folks. My brother, though he loves his history, doesn't even deal with these groups and most likely wouldn't fight for southern minorities.
I believe these people are mistaking the impetus behind classification of minorities. Of course there are different groups of people, in some sort of minority, who aren't "recognized" as minorities. For the confederate americans, those who are euro-american are still benefitting from being white in the South and, therefore, shouldn't be asking for extra privileges!!!!
Just my $.97.