By Jeff Paulk for Identity Dixie
I have been asked this question, and here is what Merriam-Webster says:
“not reconciled to some political, economic, or social change
an unreconstructed rebel
also: holding stubbornly to a particular belief, view, place, or style
an unreconstructed hard-liner”
In the SCV, to be Unreconstructed is to live “The Charge,” as stated by Lt. General Stephen Dill Lee, and to not conform to Yankee ideology and terminology. Did you call your noon meal today “lunch,” and your evening meal “dinner”? Then, you are reconstructed. Do you say the Pledge of Allegiance (written by a socialist) at every opportunity? Then, you are reconstructed.
As descendants of fine Confederate stock, we should resist with every fiber of our being the Yankee indoctrination which has “reconstructed” the vast majority of the South. If our Confederate ancestors could come back today and see how we act and what we say, would they be proud, or ashamed? They fought to prevent the very mess we are living in today, and where did that mess come from? Yankee invaders. Remember, the Yankees sought to remake us in their image. They called the Southerner “backward, uneducated rubes.” They brought their factories and industry into our South and did away with much of the agrarian life which was the way of life of so many of our ancestors. They changed the way Southerners talk, act, and think. They have taught generations of Southern children that their ancestors were traitors who “fought to preserve slavery.” The carpetbaggers came in and fleeced the South, stealing homes, farms, and land with their massive tax increases, causing many families to lose all they had at county auctions.
Why would you want to emulate such a detestable class of people? Don’t do it. Think about the sacrifices our Confederate ancestors made in defending their homes and families from the invading Empire of barbarian murderers. We should “hold stubbornly” to the beliefs and ways of our Confederate ancestors, our heritage, and our history, because they were right. Some of the resistance will come easily. Some of it will take some work. We all have to shuck off the indoctrination which has polluted our beautiful South for many decades. We need to put Unreconstructed people into our city councils and onto our school boards. Then, we will start to see things change for the better.
It won’t happen overnight, but if you make a conscious effort not to conform to the Yankee indoctrination, you can do it. Let us strive to be someone our Confederate ancestors would be proud of.
Now, it’s time for supper.
– By Jeff Paulk
Oklahoma Division Commander
Sons of Confederate Veterans