[Polybius]

And the Confederate flag is a very poor symbol of Southern heritage. The Confedracy was a movement of a relatively small group of politicians and not a true popular revolution .......Colonel Kangaroo

The outrage over the Stars and Bars is totally contrived .......carrier-aviator

Why, in Germany today, is it a crime for Swastika to be displayed anywhere in public while the Iron Cross is still proudly used on German military aircraft and armor?

It is because the Swastika was the political symbol of Nazi Germany but the Iron Cross was the symbol of the valor of the German soldier.

If there is a gripe against the politicians of the Confederate States of America, then that gripe should be directed at the original political flag of the Confederacy, the "Stars and Bars", which is this flag:

The symbol of the valor of the Confederate soldier was the Confederate Battle Flag which was this flag:

If there is a symbol of the valor of the Southern common man who did his duty as he saw it to defend his homeland, that symbol is the Confederate Battle Flag.

It would be nice to get the Confederate Battle Flag out of the hands of political demagogues on both sides and restore it as the honored symbol of the Southern soldier.

However, the historical ignorance and/or hypocrisy is so great today that this "racist" Georgia flag:

was replaced by this "Politically Correct" flag:

So, the "racist" symbol of the Confederate common soldier was replaced by the "non-racist" symbol of the Confederate politician.

Go figure.

[stainlessbanner]

bttt

[rustbucket]

If there is a symbol of the valor of the Southern common man who did his duty as he saw it to defend his homeland, that symbol is the Confederate Battle Flag.

Here's another -- the flag of a Confederate unit now on display in the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.

[stand watie]

it's called the MASS of the GENERAL PUBLIC is UNeducated & IGNORANT of history.

free dixie,sw

[sam_paine]

Thanks for keeping that story out there. I'm waiting for some PC idiot to finally figure out that all SIX of the Six Flags Over Texas flew over slavery at one time or another. There's even a memorial to a black civil rights leader in Austin where the Six Flags (including the Stars and Bars) flies proudly adjacent.

[mad_as_he$$]

Right on!!! You nailed it - Thanks.