UPDATED June 22/17
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William Thomas Masterwork Series
by
William Thomas
If ya'll are easily offended, stop here. Don't you read ‘nother word. All you politically prim critics forget, or more likely never bothered to reflect, that good ol' boys talk straight. No matter who takes exception.
The last Confederate flag was hauled down from a Southern courthouse in 2017. And yes, I seen them pictures of Bobby Lee's statue struck down and hauled off to God knows where. (And He's not sayin', 'least fer now.) But anyone who still thinks the War Between the States ended at Appomattox is a damn fool. In a whole lotta minds – more'n you might care to know – those grievances are not settled.
Now me and my friend Henry Grubs ain't sayin' that's right. Let bygones be bygones is what we say. But I can tell you from my own personal sight that the Stars and Bars still hangs proud in rec rooms and dorm rooms and back rooms all across the South. And whether you might care to agree or not, carved into near every desk in the segregated military school I attended in Chattanooga was the words:
The South shall rise again
