[manc]

I hear all the time off the NAACP, liberals etc that the rebel flag offends and yet when they shout this they do not say about the stars and strips flying over the displacement of native Americans, killing maiming butchering taking land away etc, I do not hear them say about the black soldiers who fought for the confederacy or the native Americans who fought for the confederacy.
I do not hear about the stars and strips flying over over ports up in the north building all the slave ships and I do not hear about how the supposed reconstruction stopped white southerners from voting for 10 years, not allowed to fly their flag or sing their songs for years otherwise they would be killed.
Many seem to think it was just about slaves and yet ignore it had nothing to do with slavery and it was Lincoln who said so .Never a mention how the south was being taxed and that tax money was being sent up north and spent on the north

mmmmm
If this flag offends then a history lesson is needed .
I too am offended as an English man who is a historian that some do not know their history and when I hear someone say it is racist then I am offended that the person who says it is not very knowledgeable

[cowboyway]

Political correctness is destroying our culture and, unfortunately, many on FR are as politically correct on the Confederacy as the most left wing northeast yankee.

Thanks for your reply.