“Part of that “heritage” is racial segregation”
So has the US flag. Do you want that destroyed too??
They do!
There is a difference. The side flying the old glory fought a civil war to abolish slavery. The civil rights bill has no equal in any country in the world. That is why America is the greatest country in the world. It has done more to reduce divisions than any country I can think of.
The Union forces adopted as one of its objectives the ending of slavery. Pat Cleburne, one of the best of the Confederate commanders, openly argued that the best bet for the Confederacy to achieve its freedom was to end the institution. That would have done a lot to gain European support for the Confederacy and even increase it among southerners. Cleburne made his plea while Grant was stalled in Virginia and Sherman was having hard sledding in Northern George and Lincoln was in danger of losing the election. Imagine if Davis had announced that the South had decided on a plan of gradual emancipation of the blacks as a basis for a negotiated peace with the North, McClellan’s campaign would have been strengthened greatly.