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Obviously the author of your
October 5 lead editorial, "Racist
Attitudes", harbors a need to prove
his progressive viewpoint and
thereby keep his liberal credentials
in good order. Therefore he sets out
bent upon fabricating a case that
love of the section of the country
one comes from is racism (if that
section happens to be the South).

Therefore, he makes the assertion
that displaying the confederate
flag or singing "Dixie" is equivalent
to displaying racism. It is possible
by bending over to associate whatever
one chooses with racism or any
other anathema. This posture
appears to have been assumed by
The Cavalier Daily editorialist.

As a southerner I must defend
the Stars and Bars and Dixie not as
symbols for racism, states rights, or
any other political or social school
of thought (for they are none of
these) but rather because I have a
large amount of sectional pride in
the South.

The Confederate flag and
"Dixie" today represents nothing
more than the part of the country
which many people are not
ashamed to come from. Those that
wave the Confederate flag and sing
"Dixie" are taking great satisfaction
in that their regional birthplace is
the same as that which produced,
among many others, Washington,
Jefferson, and Madison. But would
the CD editorial writer wish to
contend that they were little more
than racist slave owner (got to keep
those liberal credentials now)?

Passing mention was made of
the Viet Cong flag, so popular
about the grounds during last May's
Strike. I wonder if The Cavalier
Daily will ever find itself compelled
to note that this flag as a symbol
for Communism?