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"The only sweet part of this is that Republicans -- whose "Southern Strategy," disenfranchisement of black voters in Florida, economic policies and much else are nothing but racism incarnate -- are going to have the Confederate flag wrapped around their necks in the 2004 elections. Live with it, boys."

It takes to the end of this article for the "writer" to get to the heart of the matter HATE for Republicans.

"Heritage is Hate"....

Kiss my A$$!! My family has been in Georgia since Olgethorpe. My Great Great Great Grandfather Houston freed his slaves in 1857 and still gave 4 sons and countless other family in the Civil War. Do I believe that our flag should have been changed last year? Yes. Because of what the flag was...NO!! It should have been changed because it was flown in 1956 to say F$$$ off to the Civil Rights movement. Should we have this carnival flag we have now imposed on us....NO!!! Does the legislature here have more important things to do than this....the legislature is here to do the peoples buisness, some of the people here want this issue resolved, so yes they should be dealing with this. The flag issue has nothing to do with the legislature not "solving" the rest of the problems here.....the legislature is nothing but a bunch of inept good ol boys...they never "solve" anything anyway. This writer is nothing but a no talent, working for a FREE rag, living in Decatur leftist who will like I said shade their HATE for Republicans in whatever issue suits the purpose.

By the way, everyone in GA does not have tatoos and no teeth and live in trailer parks. Thank you very much you elitist $h1T for brains yankee trash.

It should have been changed because it was flown in 1956 to say F$$$ off to the Civil Rights movement

The Atlanta Journal did an investigation on this and could find no proof that this is the case. One reason they found was President Eisenhower's call for States to prepare for the Civil War Centennial. The designer of the flag consistently said that the design was not related to the Civil Rights movement.

Based on the fact that the year was 1956 you can figure that the motivations of some legislators for voting for the change did include the Civil Rights issue, but that does not necessarily mean that the change was brought up for that reason. That Atlanta Journal-Constitution is not one to make up pro-Flag arguments.

In judging the reaction to the Civil Rights movement you should remember that the motivations are perhaps not as clear cut as the conventional wisdom says.

The flag on the Statehouse in South Carolina was also put up for the Civil War Centennial. The problem there was that it was supposed to be taken down after the Centennial was over. It wasn't. In that case, putting it up was not inappropriate. Not taking it down on schedule probably was by taking it out of its historical context.

By the way, everyone in GA does not have tatoos and no teeth and live in trailer parks. Thank you very much you elitist $h1T for brains yankee trash.

But you fit the above description?

I live in Atlanta; born in Chattanooga.

Walt

Ask WhiskeyPapa who he voted for in the 1992 Presidential Election. Bill Clinton.

Ask him who he voted for in the 2000 Presidential Election. Al Gore.

He openly admits both and defends each action while simultaneously calling President Bush an "idiot" and "clown" while also blaming his father for 9/11. WhiskeyPapa, aka Walt, is arguably the most liberal poster on Free Republic, yet for some unknown reason they let him post here and post antics such as this PC-mongering, Republican-bashing nonsense.