Acts of rebellion are founded on a refusal to accept authority. Such acts take a number of forms ranging from non-violent civil disobedience and bloodless coup d'etat to long term guerilla warfare and full scale civil war. In some cases, those on the losing side of a rebellion accept defeat and fully re-integrate into their country's society and politics. In others, assimilation is little more than a mask which hides a desire for further subversion.
141 years after the end of the American Civil War, the Deep South is a place resistant to change. The "Southern Cross" remains affixed to Mississippi's state flag and "Colonel Reb" remains the unofficial mascot of Ole Miss while random roadside monuments like the one pictured here stand as a reminder not only of victorious confederate battles but of the modern geopolitical grudge match carried on by the sons of the sons of those who faught and those who fell at Ellis Bridge and elsewhere.
141 years after the end of the American Civil War, the Deep South is a place resistant to change. The "Southern Cross" remains affixed to Mississippi's state flag and "Colonel Reb" remains the unofficial mascot of Ole Miss while random roadside monuments like the one pictured here stand as a reminder not only of victorious confederate battles but of the modern geopolitical grudge match carried on by the sons of the sons of those who faught and those who fell at Ellis Bridge and elsewhere.
2 comments:
reperations?
Who me? My parents are from Michigan, and I voted to change the state flag.
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