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The Confederate battle flag:a racist symbol or proud history?
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| 20-Jan-2005
| Bill Ward
Posted on 01/20/2005 7:37:49 AM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner
The Confederate battle flag: a racist symbol or proud history? Yes.
To: stainlessbanner
Accurate history is seldom a friend to liberals.
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:44:26 AM PST
by
L98Fiero
To: stainlessbanner
I sure did get tired of reading "Nazi's".
/grammar police
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:44:34 AM PST
by
jtminton
(<><)
To: stainlessbanner
Well stated article. The Confederate Bashers will be here soon!
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:44:34 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(When did I change my tagline? Is the tagline Gnome messing with me again?)
To: stainlessbanner
The continual redefinition of all things Dixie only as racist is intellectually dishonest.
I am not a southerner by birth but I want to fly this flag just to be in their face.
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:44:58 AM PST
by
Adder
(Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
To: Non-Sequitur
The Confederate flag has simply become more over-paid "work" for the ACLU (American Communist Losers Union).
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:45:43 AM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: jtminton
To: stainlessbanner
And to people who hate us, what does the American flag stand for?
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:46:10 AM PST
by
no more apples
(my give-a-damn's busted)
To: jtminton
Hey dude! When are we hitting the Campaign Trail?
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:46:15 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(When did I change my tagline? Is the tagline Gnome messing with me again?)
To: stainlessbanner
I saw a show about white supremacists and other such critters on TV a while ago, may have been on the History Channel but I am not sure. Most of these nutter groups seem to be in the Pacific Northwest now so they have no connection to the Confederacy. They are designing their own symbols, generally based on swastikas, because the CBF is someone else's flag not theirs.
BTW, you had to know that the Confederate-haters would show up here, didn't you?
Deo Vindice!
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:47:30 AM PST
by
RebelBanker
(To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!)
To: stainlessbanner
"Does that mean crosses everywhere, at places of worship or hanging from necklaces, should be eliminated?"
Only if it's on fire. What a stupid argument.
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:48:29 AM PST
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
To: Conspiracy Guy
I figure we should at least wait a day or two after the inauguration, just out of courtesy. I'll think of a few new campaign ideas this weekend. We'll coast our way right through this thing.
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:49:30 AM PST
by
jtminton
(<><)
To: stainlessbanner
Despite my southern roots I must defer to our former President Lincoln in his second inaugural address (emphasis mine):
One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union even by war, while the Government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.
The pride surrounding symbols of the Confederacy disappoints me. But as a greater fan of our First Amendment, I accept that others express it.
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:49:34 AM PST
by
mcg1969
To: Adder
You have my OK. By the power vested in me by the State of Alabama, you are hereby granted Full Southern Citizenship. I'll email you some cornbread and Sweet tea!
Yall come give Adder a Big Ol Howdy!
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:49:36 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(When did I change my tagline? Is the tagline Gnome messing with me again?)
To: Conspiracy Guy
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:50:00 AM PST
by
no more apples
(my give-a-damn's busted)
To: Adder
I want to fly this flag just to be in their face.Flag vendors saw a huge spike in sales when the lefties removed the SC Battleflag. It's been non-stop ever since. The largest CBF was hoisted in FL a few years ago.
Folks who never thought about the CBF found a new reason to love Dixie. Fly it high! Hurrah!
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To: stainlessbanner
What many people don't remember, or would rather not know is that many black slave owners believed in their rights to own slaves and fought under the Confederate flag.
We'll never be able to appease the black people who won't let the issue of slavery die, no matter what solution we come up with.
My ancestors fought this revolution. I am very intrigued and proud of my family history - it was the typical southern history. My ancestors were slave owners; they sired children by their black mistresses, and subsequently willed land to these women and their children, and adopted the children.
I've mulled this issue over and over for a few years now, and have done alot of research into my family's involvement in slavery. I have decided I it's not worth battling over this issue of keeping the Confederate flag.
IMHO>
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posted on
01/20/2005 7:51:41 AM PST
by
peacebaby
("...please refrain from impugning my integrity." Dr. Condolesa Rice, 1/18/05)
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