“Jim Crow lies six feet under” may berntrue on the surface, but the reality is thatrn”Wliites Only” in sections of the countryrnhas been replaced by “Diversity Only”rnthroughout the country. And what arnmonotonous entity “diversity” is: a superrnflux that, like Clinton’s cabinet and postmodernrnart, generates constant sameness.rnThe real effect of having governmentrnin the business of determining intentionsrnand the boundaries of free association hasrnbeen to apply the exclusionary abuses ofrnJim Crow laws across the board. WlienrnMr. Murchison writes that “Dallas’s businessrncommunity, not the federal courts,rnended segregation,” he provides a modelrnof the way these things should go. histead,rnwe can see the real face of “liberalism”rnat work in the decrees of the therapeuticrnstate. Wlien we attempt to addressrncultural problems with political solutions,rnthe state becomes the highest authorityrnin every aspect of life. Thanks tornthe Department of Education, our collegesrnnow function as an arm of the bigrnbusiness/big government oligarchy,rnwhere, in Mussolini’s words, “only thernstate can know which liberties are to bernleft to the individual and which arc toornimportant to be entrusted to anything butrnthe state.” Mr. Murchison exhorts thernleaders of the NMCP to “get a life.” Arngood place for them to start would be tornhelp eradicate this new caste system.rnWliat does “fairness” mean when everyonernmust be placed in a racial/ethnic/rngender/sexual orientation caste before werncan even look at any other qualities hernmay have 7rn— Tom SheeleyrnFlagstaff, ArizonarnCULTURAL REVOLUTIONSrnT H E CONFEDERATE FLAG hasrnbecome a heated topic this election year.rnAs George W. Bush and John McCainrnbattled in South Carolina for the Republicanrnpresidential nomination, the NewrnYork Young Republican Club invitedrnRichard Lowry, the editor of: NationalrnReview, to discuss the Republican Party’srnprospects for November.rnhi the question-and-answcr sessionrnthat followed, Mr. Robert Hornak, thernclub’s president, asked Mr. Lowry whyrnthe Republican Party did not condemnrnthe Confederate Battle Flag. Allegingrnthe flag was a .symbol of treason, sedition,rnand slavery, Mr. Hornak maintained that,rnby not condemning it, the GOP alienatesrnblack voters, ensming that they voternDemocratic. Mr. Lowry agreed, addingrnthat Republicans don’t condemn thernConfederate flag because they want thern”redneck” vote.rnIn attacking the flag, both gcntiemenrnunintentionally aid their political opponents.rnFor a more compelling case canrnbe made against the “Stars and Stripes” asrna symbol of slavery, treason, and seditionrnthan against the Confederate Battle Flag.rnThere was no legal right under Britishrnlaw for a colony to secede from thernBritish Empire. The actions of the Americanrnrevolutionaries, therefore, were treasonousrnand seditious; their flag was a symbolrnof treason and sedition.rnThe Stars and Stripes also symbolizes arncountry established as a slavcholding republic.rnWhen the Declaration of Independencernwas signed, the institution ofrnslavery was legally sanctioned in all 13rncolonics. There were twice as manyrnslaves in New York as in Georgia. One ofrnthe grievances in the Declaration of Independencernwas London’s policy of freeingrnslaves — euphemistically phrased asrn”excit[ing] domestic insurrection.” Inrn1783, when the British army withdrewrnfrom an independent United States, atrnleast 18,000 slaves freed by the Crownrnjoined the British exodus.rnThe Stars and Stripes remained a symbolrnof sedition after the country achievedrnindependence. Six years later, the firstrnrepublic under the Articles of Confederationrnand Perpetual Union was overthrownrnby the Constitutional Convention.rnThe United States recognized thernright of secession even after 1789. Thernright of secession from flie second republicrnwas explicitly reserved by the states ofrnVirginia, New York, and Rhode Island inrntheir docimients ratifying the Constitution.rnIt was the Stars and Stripes, not thernConfederate Battle Flag, that became thernsymbol of sedition in 1861. Lincoln overthrewrnthe second republic established byrnthe U.S. Constitution when he launchedrnhis war against the South. As the U.S.rnSupreme Court ruled in the “Prize Ca.ses”rn(December 1862): “[Congress] cannotrndeclare war against a State or anyrnnumber of States by virtue of any clausernin the Constitution . . . [The President]rnhas no power to initiate or declare warrnagainst a foreign nation or a domesticrnState . . . “rnThe Stars and Strijjes became a symbolrnof total war against the innocent:rnFood and medicine were contraband;rnwomen, children, the sick, and the elderlyrnbecame legitimate targets. The EmancipationrnProclamation was a call not forrnliberty, but for a race war. As Lincolnrnstated: “I have a right to take any measurernwhich may best subdue the enemy; norrndo I urge objections of a moral nature, inrnview of possible consequences of insurrectionrnand massacre at the South.”rnIn addition, many ex-slaves werernforced to work on plantations loyal tornLincoln. They could suffer a loss of payrnor rations for acts of laziness, disobedience,rnor insolence. They were often requiredrnto obtain a pass if they wished tornleave the plantation. And they were subjectrnto provost marshals employed to ensurernthe “freed” slaves displayed “faithfulrnservice, respectful deportment, correctrndiscipline and perfect subordination.”rnNorthern whites should not dismissrnthe idea that the Stars and Stripes couldrnbe banned. The American flag was temporarilyrnremoved from two schoolroomsrn— one in California, the other inrnMichigan —in response to the demand ofrnThird World militants who claimed thatrnthe flag was a symbol of “racism” andrn”oppression.” As Third World immigrationrntransforms the United States from arnEuropean-American majority nation intorna European-American minority nation,rnthe demand to ban the Stars and Stripesrnwill only grow.rnIf the Stars and Stripes is banned.rnNorthern whites will have no one tornblame but themselves. For in attackingrnthe Confederate Battle Flag, they havernprovided the very arguments that most effectivelyrnundermine the legitimacy ofrnour national flag.rn—Joseph E. FallonrnBILL CLINTON, many conservativesrnbelieve, is a smooth political operator.rnShifty, unprincipled, and generally odiousrnhe may be, they say, but Clinton is arn”consummate politician” and a masterrnsalesman.rnMr. Clinton’s performance in Moscowrnduring the first weekend in June didrn6/CHRONICLESrnrnrn