Dear editor,
Newton’s third law holds that for every action, there is an opposite reaction, albeit: the newspaper lead story on 11/18/2015, (“Battle readdress the issue of the courthouse Confederate flag”), and my fight to preserve my family heritage, (“Bryan’s, Andrews, and Wilcox”) in the sacrifice that we did for the Confederate States of America (CSA). It is a crucial lesson for anyone who lives and works in Dodge County that in a pluralistic democracy and society that John Battle and his group of jack booted thugs (The NAACP) is the human equivalent of a trigger warning in their attempt to highjack a southern heritage as the Confederate flag.
Mr. Battle’s appearance on behalf of the NAACP at the Dodge County Board of Commissioners meeting inciting a chain saw of ad-hominem slashing and talking points scolding commissioners for hiding behind heritage in keeping the confederate flag on the court house property, absence of black heritage, historical inaccuracies of black slaves who fought for the south, his (Mr. Battle’s hatred for Dodge County, posited that if he wanted to start a business, he would not come to Dodge County), and finally, asking the board to allot funds for an additional monument. Mr. Battle, on the historical inaccuracies of blacks fighting for the south. What part of the sigmoid colon did you pull that BS from?
In American history revisionism, it was accurately known and taught that the CSA had toyed the idea of black slaves fighting for them, but was quickly shelved and dispensed due to the fallout from slave holders fearing that if a black slave was issued a fire arm, the slave potentially could use that gun against them (the slave owner). On the absence of black heritage you opined about in the meeting, you conveniently have a severe case of amnesia Mr. Battle. Even though it was a blight of our American history in slavery, you race of people does not have clean hands in this matter either. It’s a historical fact that your black ancestors, the African chieftains facilitated the sell of their own people to the Dutch slave traders in the 19th century, and the chieftains personally shackled and bound countless of black humans for that journey across the Atlantic. Additionally, I don’t see you mounting protest over the stars and stripes as you do with the stars and bars. Did you not know that the American flag flew over slave ships? And yes, I know two wrongs don’t make a right, just be fair on both sides Mr. Battle.
On the monument the NAACP wants in Eastman, is another shake down and extortion that your organization is widely known for? It’s a well-known fact that the NAACP has done more for their bank account in shake down and extortion money than the people they represent.
And finally Mr. Battle, since you detest Dodge County as reported, their is something called a (“GPS”) please set that address for (I-75) north or south, and bounce man, and I do mean, “get the heck out of Dodge” pun very intended. You’ve become a carton caricature, a bitter man who is Dodge County’s flame-thrower in racial divisiveness in throwing rhetorical hand grenades. If this flag flap continues Mr. Battle, I will be like a Georgia gnat in annoyance fighting you in the system.
TSGT. Joseph Bryan, U.S.A.F. Ret