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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax County is not as bad as Arlington PS, but they still misrepresent the War of Northern Aggression.  At least they let you have Christmas, and there is great music in their Choral and Orchestral programs including plenty of liturgical.  It's balanced by other faiths of course, but it is there.  I'm pretty conservative, but I wasn't overly appalled by Fairfax. [/quote]

In Fairfax and Arlington there are schools named after Confederate generals, and the Arlington House, the national memorial to Robert E. Lee, in Arlington Cemetery has been a field trip for most Arlington middle school students for years. They may call it the "Civil War," but textbooks all over the US call it that. There is no APS policy against Christmas. It's all up to the school and some schools celebrate Christmas more than others. [/quote]

Sure, but when you go to Arlington they might mention it was Robert E Lee's house.  They may even mention that it was occupied by Union forces right after Lincoln illegally over threw the Constitution and invaded Virginia, starting with Alexandria.  The Union forces took Arlington because it was high ground, which from an artillery position, was key.  What they don't tell you is that Arlington was chosen by Yankees to bury their dead on just to make sure he would never live there again, or that the federal government illegally took the land (Mrs Lee tried to pay the $92 in back taxes through an agent, but was turned away).  Finally, years later it, after taking the case to the Supreme court, it was awarded back to Lee's heirs, who being thoroughly and understandably sick of a lovely estate that had been turned into a cemetery full of Yankee dead as a giant "FU" to the South, sold it at fire sale prices.

Schools certainly don't tell you that Virginia was pro-union up until the Union attack on Fort Sumter, or that from 1651 to 1660 there were more Irish slaves in America than the entire non-slave population of the colonies!  Certainly no one seeks to understand why it was ok for West Virginia to secede from Virginia (when VA was basically occupied and could hardly have a fair vote), but VA wasn't allowed to secede from the Union?

There is certainly Yankee bias to education nowdays....  the names that are on buildings are just there because we can't change them, not because we Honor them.  Just look at the statue of Appomattox, the Lone Confederate Soldier, and you can feel the pain of the South, and it hasn't gone away.[/quote]

Are you for real, or are you a troll?[/quote]

Humm.  Well, everything I wrote above is 100% true and factual, pick your favorite web site and look it up.  For instance, slaves were the primary export of Ireland for many years thanks to folks like Cromwell, and they were sent in larger number than African slaves for many years (Cheaper, and it got rid of the surplus population, see Swift).  So I guess that would make me for real.  Do I ever expect that any of my complaining will make a difference?  Nope.  So I guess that makes me a troll.[/quote]

1.  Are you referring to indentured servants emigrating from Ireland when you say "slaves were the primary export of Ireland"?
2.  If so, you realized indentured servants signed a contract of a term of years in return for their passage?
3.  You cite Swift -- you are aware "A Modest Proposal" is one of the greatest examples of satire in Western literature, in part because so many people took it seriously?
4.  Is your "favorite" website run by the Sons of Confederate Veterans, by any chance?  (just taking a flyer)[/quote]

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