“The flag is part of our history.”
So? Not a respectable part. Doesn’t mean we can break into the Capital and carry it around while being assholes. There are a lot of things that are ‘history’ that we shouldn’t parade around with for good reasons.
How about fiv good reasons?
Respectable? We had a Civil War that killed and wounded more Americans than any war in our history, including WWII. The confederate flag is not legally banned in this country.
You need to get better informed about the “War between the States” and why 11 states wanted to secede from the Union. It was not only about slavery. The vast majority of Southerners did not own slaves. States rights remain an issue today. The Democrats would like to ignore the 10th Amendment and relegate states to just administrative units. They want to get rid of the Electoral College and change the number of senators from each state from two each to a number based on population.
The States voluntarily joined the Union giving up some autonomy, but retaining control over their territory and population. The Federalist papers describe the thinking behind how the nation was formed and the basis of the Constitution, which was intended to limit the powers of the federal government by expressly providing what powers it had.
Healing the nation after the Civil War was a priority going forward. It seems like the people who actually fought the war were far more magnanimous and charitable to one another than those today who would like to demonize the confederate states. Tearing down statues and changing names serve no real purpose except to divide and incite violence.
FYI: Many of the people did not break into the Capitol, but rather, were let into the building by the Capitol police. The vast majority of them were peaceful unlike the Antifa/BLM rioters who killed, looted, and burned our cities for almost a year.
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