Confederate Rally to Restore Honor

As we all know Glenn Beck had his "Restoring Honor" rally in DC this weekend, but what you should realize is that "honor" is a Southern term thats mostly about white privilege:

.http://www.balloon-juice.com/2010/08/28/the-confederate-party-has-a...

“Honor” is a wingnut code word that defines the term in the same way that the old Confederacy defined the term. And when paired with the word “restoration” it is a call for a return to an American rooted in the White Supremacy of the Confederacy. This Neo-Confederate movement has—ironically—captured the political party that was formed over a 150 years ago to destroy Confederate thinking and slavery. History is filled with funny twists of fate

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Permalink Reply by GodHatesTrash on August 29, 2010 at 10:34am

I wish they had kept the sheets. Most of them look damn disgusting in their shorts and t-shirts.

And the masks.

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Permalink Reply by Fang1944 on August 29, 2010 at 1:29pm

How times have changed.

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Permalink Reply by Fang1944 on August 29, 2010 at 7:39pm

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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on August 30, 2010 at 12:27pm

The crowd itself included veterans, parents, disabled Americans, people of all ages and – contrary to some criticism leveled against the rally – attendees of many races and ethnicities.

Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-Life Union based in Washington, D.C., for example, stood on the platform with Alveda King as she recalled her uncle Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech.
Before the multitudes assembled Alveda King proclaimed, "If Uncle Martin could be here today … he would surely remind us that as brothers and sisters, united by one blood in one single race, the human race, we are called to honor God and to love each other."

Praising the entire rally, Gardner exclaimed, "It was phenomenal!

"It felt great to be up there with all these wonderful leaders, the black pro-life leaders from all over the country," Gardner said. "I was extremely proud of my sister in Christ and my dear friend, Dr. Alveda King. … Seeing her walk out where her uncle and her father were 47 years ago – my eyes welled up, and I had a lump in my throat, because we have come a really long way."

Ron Miller enjoyed the rally with friends from his home state of Maryland.

"I've attended and spoken at several tea party rallies, but Glenn Beck's rally exceeded my expectations," observed Miller. "The others were like pep rallies to fire up the team before it takes the field. Restoring Honor was a revival, calling us to honor those men and women who gave everything they had, including their lives, to defend us. Beck got it right when he asked us to get down on our knees and repent to God for the salvation of our nation."

Miller, a black Christian and author of "Sellout: Musings from Uncle Tom's Porch," said he's been outraged by claims reported in the media that the tea parties are racist and that Beck's rally was somehow a slap against Martin Luther King Jr.

"Those naysayers who compare us to the Ku Klux Klan are despicable," Miller said. "By making such a ludicrous comparison, they have revealed themselves to be morally bankrupt, so they no longer warrant a hearing from Americans of good will.

How does it feel to be morally bankrupt Fang?

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Permalink Reply by Fang1944 on August 30, 2010 at 9:43am

Check these clowns.

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Permalink Reply by Action Jeans on August 30, 2010 at 10:30am

"Glenn Beck urged attendees at his Restoring Honor rally this weekend not to bring signs and posters."

That's hilarious. Anybody wondering why Glenn Beck doesn't want his followers making signs?

Well, there's a few clues for you...

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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly on August 30, 2010 at 11:48am

Whoa!!! Those people are stupid. Dumber than a bag of hammers. Thank goodness we have such a dear leader to rule them.

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Permalink Reply by glen max davis on August 30, 2010 at 12:14pm

Are you saying Beck Palin 012. I'd vote for the bag of hammers.

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Permalink Reply by Action Jeans on August 30, 2010 at 12:27pm

Yeah, we covered that. Their leader Glenn Beck knows how stupid his followers are so he urges them not to carry signs that make it very, very obvious.

If you think that's all of them, it's not even the tiniest fraction.

Do you want more? I could keep posting these for days and never run out.

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Permalink Reply by Hillbilly on August 30, 2010 at 7:35pm

More? Of course I want more! Dumber than a bag of hammers is an insult to hammers.

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Permalink Reply by Action Jeans on August 31, 2010 at 12:40am

Glenn Beck certainly seems to agree with you. He can't even trust his own fans to make signs without worrying that they will embarrass him by outing the whole movement he helped to popularize as racist and ignorant.