Prologue
People hate that which they fear. Fear what they do not understand. They never will understand an idea which differs from their world view, often reacting with hostility when confronted with a conflict to their sense of morality. Society has a way of brainwashing its participants to dutifully march in a single line behind the banner of accepted norms and values, right off the edge of a proverbial cliff if necessary. Anyone falling out of step with the beating of the social drum to find the way of life which suits them best is blindly labeled as an outcast, shunned by everyone else and forced to sit alone at the rickety lunch table with the rest of the "weirdoes."
This has in effect been humanity's fundamental flaw leading to repeated downfalls covered in grade school history textbooks, the lack of tolerance of that which is different. That many versus the few. A threat to strip the majority of their perceived superiority, their supremacy. After a point in time, one cannot survive while the other exists. The few will need to be purged, burned in the heat of flames of the mob. Just because it does not sound fair or just does not mean it will ever cease. It is history and it is the way in which the world works.
Contrary to popular modern opinion, The American Civil War was about states' rights and how much the federal government could intrude upon states business, the issue of slavery was very far from the main the issue of contention. Since the founding of the original colonies by the British, most colonists in the South tending to be very independently minded, even being the main issue of debate during the and after the American Revolution and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. To this day, it remains the bloodiest and most brutal war in American history. Hundreds of thousands died fighting for the defense of their families, their land, their way of life; others to "preserve the Union." History, however, is written by the victors. Children are taught now that it was fought to free slaves, not to subdue a people who had let their pride and dignity push them to the point of succession.
Today, the flag of the Confederate States of America has become a symbol of hate and bigotry. Various white supremacist groups hold it high as a banner to give their "movement" legitimacy, ignorant of its true meaning. "The South Will Rise Again," they proclaim, accepting and only furthering the modern view that the Confederacy deserved to be wiped out. That is the tragedy of history, victors turn into heroes while the fallen evolve into monsters. Abortion, gay marriage, incest, consensual polygamy between those of age, this is the new confederacy. Only this time, no bullets are being fired, no nations going to war, but society demonized its misfits and unaccepted.
Act One - Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Three
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Act Two - Chapter One
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Chapter Two
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Chapter Four
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Chapter Five
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Act Three - Chapter One
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Epilogue
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