The Confederate battle flag:a racist symbol or proud history?

arbiter ^ | 20-Jan-2005 | Bill Ward

[stainlessbanner]

d-i-x-i-e-p-i-n-g

[Non-Sequitur]

The Confederate battle flag: a racist symbol or proud history?

Yes.

[L98Fiero]

Accurate history is seldom a friend to liberals.

[jtminton]

I sure did get tired of reading "Nazi's".

/grammar police

[Conspiracy Guy]

Well stated article. The Confederate Bashers will be here soon!

[Adder]

The continual redefinition of all things Dixie only as racist is intellectually dishonest.
I am not a southerner by birth but I want to fly this flag just to be in their face.

[EagleUSA]

The Confederate flag has simply become more over-paid "work" for the ACLU (American Communist Losers Union).

[stainlessbanner]

"I hate Illinois Nazis."

[no more apples]

And to people who hate us, what does the American flag stand for?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Hey dude! When are we hitting the Campaign Trail?

[RebelBanker]

I saw a show about white supremacists and other such critters on TV a while ago, may have been on the History Channel but I am not sure. Most of these nutter groups seem to be in the Pacific Northwest now so they have no connection to the Confederacy. They are designing their own symbols, generally based on swastikas, because the CBF is someone else's flag not theirs.

BTW, you had to know that the Confederate-haters would show up here, didn't you?

Deo Vindice!

[nuconvert]

"Does that mean crosses everywhere, at places of worship or hanging from necklaces, should be eliminated?"

Only if it's on fire. What a stupid argument.

[jtminton]

I figure we should at least wait a day or two after the inauguration, just out of courtesy. I'll think of a few new campaign ideas this weekend. We'll coast our way right through this thing.

[mcg1969]

Despite my southern roots I must defer to our former President Lincoln in his second inaugural address (emphasis mine):

One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.

The pride surrounding symbols of the Confederacy disappoints me. But as a greater fan of our First Amendment, I accept that others express it.

[Conspiracy Guy]

You have my OK. By the power vested in me by the State of Alabama, you are hereby granted Full Southern Citizenship. I'll email you some cornbread and Sweet tea!

Yall come give Adder a Big Ol Howdy!

[no more apples]

GO FOR IT!

[stainlessbanner]

I want to fly this flag just to be in their face.

Flag vendors saw a huge spike in sales when the lefties removed the SC Battleflag. It's been non-stop ever since. The largest CBF was hoisted in FL a few years ago.

Folks who never thought about the CBF found a new reason to love Dixie. Fly it high! Hurrah!

[peacebaby]

What many people don't remember, or would rather not know is that many black slave owners believed in their rights to own slaves and fought under the Confederate flag.

We'll never be able to appease the black people who won't let the issue of slavery die, no matter what solution we come up with.

My ancestors fought this revolution. I am very intrigued and proud of my family history - it was the typical southern history. My ancestors were slave owners; they sired children by their black mistresses, and subsequently willed land to these women and their children, and adopted the children.

I've mulled this issue over and over for a few years now, and have done alot of research into my family's involvement in slavery. I have decided I it's not worth battling over this issue of keeping the Confederate flag.

IMHO>