Civil War won by North, but South never emotionally conceded

By GottaLaff

Your Daily Dose of BuzzFlash, via my pal Mark Karlin:

The Town Hall mobs, the birthers, the teabaggers are all part of that long line of “coded” agitators for the notions of white entitlement and “conservative values.”

[...] It also – and this is its hot molten core – fundamentally believes that white people are born with a divine advantage over people of other skin colors, and are chosen by God to lead the heathen hordes.

[...] Lies that confirm an emotionally reinforcing worldview – however heinous – become truths for those in psychological need of feeling superior and chosen.

Of course, when you start stirring the pot of race -- in order to preserve the status quo of entrenched power and wealth – you emerge with a stew of hate boiling over and ready to explode into full-fledged violence.

[...] Racism and the Neo-Confederacy are like a thermometer. The big media companies and their GOP allies can turn it up or down.

Please go read the whole thing here.