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Confederate flag a national issue?
WND ^ | February 3, 2004 | Les Kinsolving

Posted on 02/03/2004 9:54:29 AM PST by stainlessbanner

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To: Colt .45
Good point. Also, not everyone supports removing the flag. When put to a vote (as in Mississippi), the vote was overwhelmingly in support of the state flag. These policitians are playing games.
61 posted on 02/06/2004 11:07:24 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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I BELEIVE THAT BY TAKING AWAY THIS STANDARD, AMERICA IS SETTING ITSELF UP FOR FAILURE. PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS OBJECT WHEN THEY HAVE SOMTHING TO OBJECT TO. SO I SAY FIGHT BACK. FORM AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL STAND AGAINST THE NAACP. GET THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE. PUSH FOR THE BAN OF RACISM SUCH AS FUBU OR TOMMYHILL FIGURE.I THINK (FOR US BY US) IS MUCH MORE CLEAR IN ITS TRANSLATION THAN THE FALSE INTERPRATAION OF THE SOTHERN CROSS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D BE WILLING TO WAGER THAT IN THE TWO HUNDRED YEARS PAST, THE TRUE MEANING OF THE CONFEDERACY HAS BEEN LOST. IN NONE OF THE SEPERATIONS POSTED BY THE STATE DID IT SAY "BECAUSE YOU WON'T LET ME HAVE SLAVES." IT CLEARLY STATES BECAUSE OF THE ACTS OF THE GOVERMENT. IN TWO HUNDRED YEARS HOWEVER THERE WILL BE NO MISTAKE IN A SINGLE RACE OF PEOPLE QUOTING "FOR US BY US." IM A CONFEDERATE SUPPORTOR AND HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO DON'T CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. MOST PEOPLE OVER LOOK THE MAIN SIMMULARITY BETWEEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA...AMERICA... WITH THAT SAID I SAY LET THEM STOP TAKING THEIR AGRESSION OUT ON THE SOUTH, STOP TAKING THEIR AGRESSIONS OUT ON EACH OTHER, AND START TAKING THEM OUT ON THE INDIVUALS, YES THE INDIVIDUALS WHO OPRESS THEM. GOD BLESS THE SOUTH


62 posted on 07/08/2004 9:53:33 PM PDT by DAVID-JONLAWRENCE
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I BELEIVE THAT BY TAKING AWAY THIS STANDARD, AMERICA IS SETTING ITSELF UP FOR FAILURE. PEOPLE WILL ALWAYS OBJECT WHEN THEY HAVE SOMTHING TO OBJECT TO. SO I SAY FIGHT BACK. FORM AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL STAND AGAINST THE NAACP. GET THE SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE. PUSH FOR THE BAN OF RACISM SUCH AS FUBU OR TOMMYHILL FIGURE.I THINK (FOR US BY US) IS MUCH MORE CLEAR IN ITS TRANSLATION THAN THE FALSE INTERPRATAION OF THE SOTHERN CROSS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D BE WILLING TO WAGER THAT IN THE TWO HUNDRED YEARS PAST, THE TRUE MEANING OF THE CONFEDERACY HAS BEEN LOST. IN NONE OF THE SEPERATIONS POSTED BY THE STATE DID IT SAY "BECAUSE YOU WON'T LET ME HAVE SLAVES." IT CLEARLY STATES BECAUSE OF THE ACTS OF THE GOVERMENT. IN TWO HUNDRED YEARS HOWEVER THERE WILL BE NO MISTAKE IN A SINGLE RACE OF PEOPLE QUOTING "FOR US BY US." IM A CONFEDERATE SUPPORTOR AND HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO DON'T CARE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. MOST PEOPLE OVER LOOK THE MAIN SIMMULARITY BETWEEN AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA...AMERICA... WITH THAT SAID I SAY LET THEM STOP TAKING THEIR AGRESSION OUT ON THE SOUTH, STOP TAKING THEIR AGRESSIONS OUT ON EACH OTHER, AND START TAKING THEM OUT ON THE INDIVUALS, YES THE INDIVIDUALS WHO OPRESS THEM. GOD BLESS THE SOUTH


63 posted on 07/08/2004 9:58:17 PM PDT by DAVID-JONLAWRENCE
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