THE SOUTH HAS RISEN AGAIN!!

Hope everyone had a happy holiday, and sorry for the absence (or you're welcome, depending on your enjoyment of my posts) -- anyway, this story from CNN.com has compelled me to return to the blog -- this is real, NOT a joke . . . a non-joke that I will now break down paragraph by paragraph (my comments in blue italics) . . .

TEEN SUES OVER CONFEDERATE FLAG PROM DRESS



LEXINGTON, Kentucky (AP) -- A teenager is suing her school district for barring her from the prom last spring because she was wearing a dress styled as a large Confederate battle flag.
Off the bat, you can already see that the liberal media is against this girl -- a "large" Confederate flag dress -- are they calling her fat (check out the story on CNN.com and you will see that she is rather plump)?

The lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court claims the Greenup County district and administrators violated Jacqueline Duty's First Amendment right to free speech and her right to celebrate her heritage at predominantly white Russell High School's prom May 1. She also is suing for defamation, false imprisonment and assault.
Dear Jackie was "celebrating her heritage" at Russell High's prom -- what a heritage to celebrate -- drinking homemade liquor out of a clay jug while playing a banjo and keeping slaves -- personally, I'd be wishing for "heritage amnesia" -- this just in, an Aryan kid is trying to go to a polka party in Germany dressed as Hitler.

"Her only dance for her senior prom was on the sidewalk to a song playing on the radio," said her lawyer, Earl-Ray Neal.
Too…many…jokes…Hey Earl-Ray, maybe you would be taken more seriously as an attorney if you went by E. Ray Neal, Esq., or Earl R. Neal, Attorney at Law – “Earl-Ray” doesn’t really give me confidence that you’re capable of anything other than assassinating a Civil Rights leader.

Duty, 19, is seeking actual and punitive damages in excess of $50,000. She said she worked on the design for the dress for four years, though she acknowledged that some might find the Confederate flag offensive.
Four years!?!?! It took her four years to come up with the concept of putting a flag on a piece of cloth – sadly, those four years of “thought” are the closest Duty will ever come to completing college.

“Everyone has their own opinion. But that's not mine," she told reporters outside the courthouse. "I'm proud of where I came from and my background."
Yes, that is true – many people don’t agree with a flag that symbolizes the enslavement of other human beings based solely on the color of their skin – you have to say one thing for Duty, she’s an independent thinker.

Duty, now a college student, said school officials told her before the prom not to wear the dress, but she didn't have another one and decided to see if administrators would change their minds.
She didn’t have another dress – this is too fuckin’ good – the only dress this girl owns is a confederate flag dress! Funeral? Wear the flag! Cocktail party? You got it, wear the flag! It’s the new “little black dress”!

According to her lawsuit, she was met outside by two police officers and principal Sean Howard. She said the principal intimidated her by striking the vehicle she was in.
Maybe the South IS coming around – finally, Southern cops and principals are trying to keep out racism instead of African-Americans.

School offices were closed Wednesday. Superintendent Ronnie Back did not immediately respond to a call to his home seeking comment. The Sons of Confederate Veterans has promised to help pay some of her legal expenses.
School offices were closed Wednesday – they must be on the progressive Tu-Th schedule – saves on heating costs. Thankfully the Sons of Confederate Veterans have ridden to her aid (literally, they were on horses) – I reckon they’ll have a special Civil War Battle Reenactment and use the admission receipts to fund this case that is surely headed to the US Supreme Court – or maybe, they’ll just buy some moonshine. THANK GOD FOR FEDERALISM.