Heard County, Georgia--Georgia Power Removes Confederate Flags From Graves

I'm just one of many that are standing up to Georgia Power and letting them know that what they are doing is not only wrong moral wise but also when it comes to law. I kinda give the background story on how this whole situation came up and then share the laws in the video to show how Georgia Power will not be able to keep doing what they are doing. Deo Vindice

This video is in the Memory of William C Smith. He is my 4th Cousin--He fought for 6th Texas Calvary and died in Battle at the age of 21 years old in 1862.

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[fastpat1]

Not only are the actual perpetrators guilty of a misdemeanor, those planning and ordering the crimes are guilty of conspiracy to commit criminal acts, which is a felony.

Go after them, boys.

[OneWayRawk]

@fastpat1----We are all going after 'em---REBEL YELL!! :0)---Deo Vindice!!

[nelsondw]

They wouldn't remove the flag from any of my dead relatives graves'.

[OneWayRawk]

@nelsondw---I agree man...it would only happen once with mine...there would be no second time.

[Fenianboyo]

OWR...first off, Great choice of music. The Southern/Confederate community needs to make Jonathan's music their video standard, like you and Michael with SNN have been. 2nd....thanks for all your vids with info and all the works you are doing for the continued "Cause". 3rd.....God Bless Texas. I am a 4th and 5th Gen. Texan on either side of my family. My Confed. ancestors were in Tennessee, Virginia, and my GGGg-dad who was Corp. of L Co, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry; Morgan's Raiders.

[OneWayRawk]

@Fenianboyo---Ahh, you know your stuff! You know Celtic Confederate and Michael!! Thank you for taking the stand with us and I agree with you---God Bless Texas and your Ancestors that fought for the South!!!

[Buzzkut37]

So rediculous...taking History away like that...that is so so not right !!!!!

[sonotarockstar]

@vapido You're right about some of the 20th centry groups Klan or Nazi's or whoever. They've also used the U.S flag and Nazi flag (well, I guess that kinda makes since if they call themselves Neo-Nazi's). Lol, I'm not trying to defend any of the 20th century groups at all.

[vapido]

@sonotarockstar i was more referencing the 20th century through the 60's. the race violence of the south then is what set the tone of most peoples attitudes towards the flag. there was a lot of violence brought on both white and black people during that time. some pretty horrible things happened. i dont argue that the north was bad about it also during the war, ive read accounts of slaves who made it north only to receive the same treatment there.

[sonotarockstar]

@vapido One thing is though, the raceist were up North, too. See my other post about Lincoln. Furthormore, certain northern states maid laws makeing it difficalt for freed blacks to move in their states. When Vicksburg, Miss. was captured, he decided to make the city a "model of Reconstruction" and moved alot of freed blacks there himslef. I think with the same motivation in mind, i.e. the North didn't want them. Nor did the North want any extra competition in it's work force. Some heroes=/

[sonotarockstar]

@sonotarockstar Not as much as they carry on about in the history books.

[sonotarockstar]

@vapido oh, I brought up black ppl owning slave. Lincoln himself at one time mentioned the idea of sending freed slaves to Central or South America. He said the was a biological differance between whites and blacks we'd never get past. Furthormore, he never thought blacks should vote or have equal status as whites. Point is, there's a lot of crap (in my opinion) about Lincoln being a great guy, him and MLK Jr. would never have been freinds. Thus, also, the war wasn't so much about raceism.

[sonotarockstar]

@vapido If nothing else, we both have Southern pride and agree on raceism being a bad thing and ppl in more recent history giveing the flag a bad name. Lol, I'm in Austin right now. Don't get me started on Texas, I'm from Alabama by the way. My mom has been here in Austin since 2001, I just showed up. There year we beat you in the championship, one of her neighbors had said earlier in the season "Texas and Alabama don't even play each other, Alabama would never win anyways." Lol, we did. =)

[vapido]

@sonotarockstar I'm from the south (Texas), and i believe in southern pride, but not racism and hate. maybe its different for me since i am from texas, a state that won its independence with the help of blacks and whites alike.

its too bad that so much hate is associated with the rebel flag, but its those who crusaded for it in the recent past that have tarnished its reputation and left a bad taste in peoples mouths.

[vapido]

@sonotarockstar and I think that most people dont understand how bad it was for blacks in the south post-war. i often here people talk about it like it was a 100 years ago, but it was barely 50. if you want to get info on both sides of the coin and make a fair comparison i would suggest looking up some of the "Slave Narratives" (a work put together by the wpa) it really puts slavery and post war for blacks into perspective.

[vapido]

@sonotarockstar but yes, you cant rule out slavery as one of the causes. race played a large factor in the thought processes of the people in the south, as you would find stated in some states declarations of secession (other states simply had ordinances of secession) The general feeling that if slaves were freed, the poor whites would be on the same social scale as them, and that would be unacceptable. hence the jim crow era following the war.