As black members of the US Congress forced the majority to outlaw the display of Confederate flags on graves, a new round of Confederaphobia has swept America. The inordinate fear of the Confederacy will soon force the banning of checkers.
If you notice the checker board, it is made up of squares, usually of either black and red and red and blue--the same basic pattern of the Confederate flag. Someone looking at a checker board over a friendly game of checkers might be reminded of the awful symbol of racism and rate. That would be terrible. So, expect a Congressional ban on checker boards. Even if the board could be redesigned into something less offensive, such as an Isis or Al-Queda flag, just the act of playing checkers might bring back suppressed memories of a Confederate flag. So, it would be best to outlaw checkers, altogether. We suppose Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, Nancy Pelosi and other leaders of the US House will stand with the minority members of Congress to legislate this ban.
There is already a call for removal of statues of Confederate heroes from parks, courthouses and roadsides. Even Republicans in the Senate on Thursday called for a look at removing all Civil War artifacts from public display (we suppose only Southern artifacts).
We are not sure just how far this rabid Confederaphobia will carry. I recently joked about the North shooting its prisoners. I meant that to be a metaphor but today, I may have been too optimistic. I would not be surprised if some of the Democrats in the House called for digging up Confederate soldiers in federal cemeteries, shooting them, and reburying them. Really, they are on a roll, they smell blood and taste blood--and there is just no telling if there will ever be a rational end of this thing.
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