VA Gov 2017: Corey Stewart Openly Embraces the Confederacy

[Frodo]

Corey Stewart appears to be openly embracing the neo-Confederates within the Republican Party:

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This is what happens when southern whites become the base of your party.

[Maxwell]

I don't discount the possibility of a Stewart upset in the primary.

[Tartarus Sauce]

“I’m proud to be next to the Confederate flag,” said Stewart, a Minnesota native and chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. “That flag is not about racism, folks. It’s not about hatred. It’s not about slavery. It’s about our heritage. … It’s time that we stop running away from our heritage. It’s time that we embrace it.”

Neo-Confederate icon worship is a textbook example of a failure to acknowledge the entirety of one's heritage in favor of a white washed and romanticized myth that's completely tone deaf to the seedier underbelly of our national history. If Southerners really want to lay claim to their "heritage," they need to embrace every part of it, warts and all. I do the same for the the U.S. as a whole, I love this country and its history, but this country has a dark side to its past that must be recognized. Southerners must do the same if they wish to come to terms with the mistakes of their ancestors, which many have so far failed to do.

[White Trash]

“I’m proud to be next to the Confederate flag,” said Stewart, a Minnesota native and chairman of the Prince William Board of County Supervisors. “That flag is not about racism, folks. It’s not about hatred. It’s not about slavery. It’s about our heritage. … It’s time that we stop running away from our heritage. It’s time that we embrace it.”

Neo-Confederate icon worship is a textbook example of a failure to acknowledge the entirety of one's heritage in favor of a white washed and romanticized myth that's completely tone deaf to the seedier underbelly of our national history. If Southerners really want to lay claim to their "heritage," they need to embrace every part of it, warts and all. I do the same for the the U.S. as a whole, I love this country and its history, but this country has a dark side to its past that must be recognized. Southerners must do the same if they wish to come to terms with the mistakes of their ancestors, which many have so far failed to do.

It's hard to generalize Southerners as doing this, I feel that only the neo-Confederate, "Gone With the Wind" types don't recognize the darkness of Southern history. Most Southerners, myself included, love and appreciate Southern history in all of its facets .

[SoLongAtlas]

Naturally, he would do that. To add to that, this is done every cycle at the Shad planking event, more so in the past http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/why-virginias-decades-old-shad-planking-is-getting-a-political-reboot/Content?oid=2323071

I really think that people outside of VA really think that it's just one big NoVA. Once you go south of PW County or east of Richmond/Midlothian you're basically in Dixie-lite.

[SoLongAtlas]

Reminds me of George Allen and Ted Turner having a grand old time in Gods and Generals to the BBF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVeSKwM--1M

Stewart would fit right in.

[MAINEiac4434]

I don't discount the possibility of a Stewart upset in the primary.

If that's the case we can expect a double-digit Perriello victory.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

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lmbo

[LabourJersey]

Naturally, he would do that. To add to that, this is done every cycle at the Shad planking event, more so in the past http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/why-virginias-decades-old-shad-planking-is-getting-a-political-reboot/Content?oid=2323071

I really think that people outside of VA really think that it's just one big NoVA. Once you go south of PW County or east of Richmond/Midlothian you're basically in Dixie-lite.

I actually find the perceptions of VA to the be the reverse, actually. I have heard people in DC say Virginia as a whole is "too southern." Also when I mention my trips to Richmond, people seem quite surprised that Virginia has a capital with culture, major business, etc. Corey Stewart's racist antics are actually somewhat in line with what northeasterners imagine Virginia to be like, sadly.

[KingSweden]

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lmbo

I get actual Southerners who had family fight for the CSA honoring their past (despicablr as it was) but northerners fetishizing the Confederacy drives me up a wall

[Deblano]

Corey Stewart is an embarrassment to Virginians, and he's also a carpetbagger.

[MAINEiac4434]

I feel like this is a carpetbagger trying to prove he's a "real Virginian" and failing miserably. Like a carpetbagger to Maine trying to down Moxie in front of people.

[Virginiá]

Pretty ironic how Corey Stewart, the guy who called one of his opponents a "cuckservative," is a Northerner idolizing the Confederacy. Little projection, maybe?

[Attorney General, Senator-Elect, & Former PPT Dwarven Dragon]

If Stewart somehow wins the primary, the General is Safe D. It's only a competitive GE if Gillespie wins the primary.

[MAINEiac4434]

If Stewart somehow wins the primary, the General is Safe D. It's only a competitive GE if Gillespie wins the primary.

Agreed. It won't even be close if Stewart is the nominee.

[Deblano]

I feel like this is a carpetbagger trying to prove he's a "real Virginian" and failing miserably. Like a carpetbagger to Maine trying to down Moxie in front of people.

He really badly wants to be like his """""cool""""" big brother Donald Trump. He is quite the poser.

[Suburbia]

Both parties have tribal racial bases. I don't like it. See some sections of southern Democratic parties today, it's nearly all-black. The Virginia Republicans will rue the day if Stewart is the GOP gubernatorial nominee, but would suburban white Virginia voters vote for Perriello, who may be too liberal for Virginia?

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Naturally, he would do that. To add to that, this is done every cycle at the Shad planking event, more so in the past http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/why-virginias-decades-old-shad-planking-is-getting-a-political-reboot/Content?oid=2323071

I really think that people outside of VA really think that it's just one big NoVA. Once you go south of PW County or east of Richmond/Midlothian you're basically in Dixie-lite.

I actually find the perceptions of VA to the be the reverse, actually. I have heard people in DC say Virginia as a whole is "too southern." Also when I mention my trips to Richmond, people seem quite surprised that Virginia has a capital with culture, major business, etc. Corey Stewart's racist antics are actually somewhat in line with what northeasterners imagine Virginia to be like, sadly.

A lot of Virginians would find the idea that NoVA or NJ have culture to be surprising as well.

[SoLongAtlas]

Naturally, he would do that. To add to that, this is done every cycle at the Shad planking event, more so in the past http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/why-virginias-decades-old-shad-planking-is-getting-a-political-reboot/Content?oid=2323071

I really think that people outside of VA really think that it's just one big NoVA. Once you go south of PW County or east of Richmond/Midlothian you're basically in Dixie-lite.

I actually find the perceptions of VA to the be the reverse, actually. I have heard people in DC say Virginia as a whole is "too southern." Also when I mention my trips to Richmond, people seem quite surprised that Virginia has a capital with culture, major business, etc. Corey Stewart's racist antics are actually somewhat in line with what northeasterners imagine Virginia to be like, sadly.

A lot of Virginians would find the idea that NoVA or NJ have culture to be surprising as well.

^ this. NoVA vs. ReVA continues.

[Kingpoleon]

The least controversial thing is promising not to take down the statues of FF Robert E. Lee.