[puroresu]

I agree with you that most kids today are ignorant of history, but I don't really see that as an issue in this case. People identify with the Rebel Flag because they see it as representing the South, not any particular county. I've never heard anyone say, “I put a Confederate Flag decal on my truck to represent Anderson County and its history.” No one ever says anything like that. They do it to represent the South.

Now, if someone wore a Rebel Flag to represent the North, that would be a sign of historical ignorance. But I don't see it as being a sign of historical stupidity if a kid wears the flag to represent the South, just because he happens to do it in a county in the South where most people didn't want to secede. Some people there did want to secede, and lots of people have moved around. Not to mention that even the direct descendants of Unionists might feel some sympathy for the Confederacy after seeing the damage the federal government has done to our culture over the past few decades.

Heck, we're on the verge of having same-sex “marriage” foisted on us by the courts, using the Union-imposed 14th Amendment and the same “sociological” reasoning used in the Brown decision. It might be reasonable for a lot of people nationwide to start thinking more positively about the Rebel Flag.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I agree that the fed government is wildly out of control. But I just do not put any of guilt for that situation on the Union or their victory in the Civil War. The permanent damage to the republic happened in 20th century. The only ill effect I can see from the suppression of the rebellion put the young Woodrow Wilson back into the Union!