Three Roads Blog

No, I will not respect your Confederate heritage, you treasonous bigot:

So slack is our grasp of history and principle that we seem unable to think of the Confederacy as other than “offensive” to blacks. But there are two Republican candidates in this election—[Mike Huckabee and] the absurd and sinister Ron Paul being the other—who choose this crucial moment in our time to exalt those who attempted to destroy the Union by force, and those who solicited the help of foreign powers in order to do so, and whose treason led to the violent deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. Should their patriotism be questioned? I would say most definitely yes, and questioned repeatedly, at that, perhaps especially if they are seeking the nomination of the party of Lincoln.

–Christopher Hitchens, “Why are the media ignoring Mike Huckabee’s remarks about the Confederate flag?”

I’d also like to second Hitchens’ characterization of Ron Paul as “absurd and sinister.” More absurd than sinister, but still.