[ovrtaxt]

This is laughable. Do you really think every person displaying the Confederate flag is waging a thought-out protest against the power of the Federal Government?

While it's not advisable to try to speak for any large demographic group, I can tell you that for many southern people, this is exactly the case.

I can also make a good case that southerners understand American history more deeply than notherners. I've lived in Massachusetts, where I met a good deal of ignorant, racist and frankly, historically miseducated people. I've also spent time in Seattle, where the libs blather on about racism, and guess what, there aren't any black people there!

So think before you judge what we mean by displaying our history.

[MinnesotaLibertarian]

While it's not advisable to try to speak for any large demographic group, I can tell you that for many southern people, this is exactly the case.

How about to teenagers from suburban Minneapolis, like the ones in this article? I don't think anybody has numbers on this, but my guess is that a solid chunk if not a vast majority of Confederate flag wavers are not engaging in an educated protest.

I can also make a good case that southerners understand American history more deeply than notherners. I've lived in Massachusetts, where I met a good deal of ignorant, racist and frankly, historically miseducated people. I've also spent time in Seattle, where the libs blather on about racism, and guess what, there aren't any black people there!

I'm not from Massachusetts, I'm from Minnesota. I know to a lot Southerners, anybody from Midwest or Northeast is just a "Yankee", but believe it not there are quite a few differences. I met some very racist people when I lived in New York for a couple years, but never encountered anybody like that here.