But Breitbart has been roadtesting the statues arguments since at least 2015. They know how to confuse the issue ("Who's next—Washington?" is one of their classics) for simpletons who would never cozy up to swastika-flag-wavers. That's what Trump is counting on—the "debate" shifts.

"get the South to be so shamed that they don't want to have anything to do with being proud Confederates"

I'm bad with geography, so help me out. Is New Hampshire where the drug dens are? Or is it where the booboo baby Nazis are?

The Byrds? The Dead?

Wile E. had a voice from early on. "Wile E. Coyote, Genius" appeared on his business cards.

You have obviously never visited Lexington, VA. epicenter of Lost Cause idolatry. (When you go to Lee Chapel, remember to take a carrot to put on Traveler's grave!)

Well, now I want to write "cxnx" just to see if it will post. But I'm not in the mood.

"My homeland is Virginia" was a chapter in the Lost Cause myth they taught me when I was a kid (long ago) in SC.

Two of those guys were traitors who won. Two were traitors who lost.

I forget who wrote it and in what magazine (Crawdaddy. maybe?) but someone wrote that if Camus had watched cartoons on Saturday mornings instead of reading old Greek stories, he'd have written The Myth of Wile E. Coyote.

I.e., why we like Sylvester much more than that fucking bird.

If you meet Daffy first thing in the morning, you've met Daffy. If everyone you meet all day is Daffy, then you're Daffy.

"Duck Amuck" is one of the great works of art of the twentieth century: funny, smart, and ultimately terrifying. (My only quibble: The reveal of who is tormenting Daffy is too pat. Get rid of that scene—end with the pencil held by an unseen hand. Daffy in the hands of an angry God.)

Flagged.

GW Pabst Blue Ribbon.

"Excuse me …. Excuse me …. Excuse me …. Excuse me …."

Still waiting for the wave of Katnisses.

This is what historical dictionaries do. Cf. OED.

More like Steve Booboni.

Actually, I don't think many of them feel oppressed. They're sociopaths looking for a theory to rationalize violence.