From another yankee who moved south,
Nobody mentions the fact that there was legalized slavery in the north before, during, and after the war. So the U.S. flag=hate???
the fact that there was legalized slavery in the north before, during, and after the war. Yeah the liberal elites seem to always forget that part. Probably makes them feel better about themselves.
They also try to over look the segregationist Democrats who were raising the confederate flag over the statehouses in the south as a symbol of segregation.
I find it curious that the Democrats of today race bait with the notion that Republicans were the segregation party. I suspect the real intent of this 'intellectual writer' is to further that notion.
I was doing a bit of research on this topic a few years ago and I accessed the Census Bureau web site. I found that in the mid 1800s the US began to focus Census Bureau attention on the number of slaves in their various age/gender categories. But what stunned me was to learn that Census Bureau records show that a large number of slaves in the mid 1800s were NOT owned by whites...they were owned by blacks.
I returned to the Census Bureau to try to get the URL to post here, but now I can't find any specifics on Census data. Its late, and I may not be awake enough to find what I'm looking before. However, I did find this old FR post that addresses the issue.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/654735/posts
Using the "logic" of the writer of the subject document of this thread, symbolism which reflects the history of slave ownership is apparently a societal evil. Inasmuch, we can extrapolate his thinking to bring a host of "evil symbols" into focus.
Use your imagination...