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Donald Trump says the Confederate flag is a proud symbol of US south
Reuters via South China Morning Post ^ | 07/19/2020

Posted on 07/19/2020 1:36:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

US President Donald Trump declined to say the Confederate flag was an offensive symbol in an interview broadcast on Sunday, saying it is a source of pride for people who love the South.

The Republican president was asked on Fox News Sunday if the flag, a symbol of US slavery and white supremacy for many Americans, was offensive.

“It depends on who you’re talking about, when you’re talking about,” Trump responded. “When people proudly had their Confederate flags they’re not talking about racism. They love their flag, it represents the South. They like the South … I say it’s freedom of many things, but it’s freedom of speech.”

Trump has in the past appeared sympathetic to the flag and symbols of the Confederacy of the 1861-65 Civil War.

In 2017, he criticised the removal of monuments to the Confederacy and said there were “very fine people on both sides” of a deadly clash in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee.

Earlier this month, he criticised NASCAR’s ban of the Confederate flag from its events.

Breaking with several of his fellow Republicans in Congress, Trump has promised to veto the annual National Defense Authorisation Act over an amendment to remove the names of Confederate generals from military bases within a year.

(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: confederateflag; defeatedarmy; seekandfind; symbol; trump
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To: DoodleDawg

” A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still”

The idea that bureaucrats in Washington D.C. should dictate your life is repugnant to many.


121 posted on 07/20/2020 5:35:29 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: cowboyusa

They did remain loyal - to their states. Most people at the time considered their state to be their country. Most had never been far from home.


122 posted on 07/20/2020 5:44:44 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: DoodleDawg

It’s not.


123 posted on 07/20/2020 5:46:16 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: hoosierham
The idea that bureaucrats in Washington D.C. should dictate your life is repugnant to many.

The bureaucrats in Washington are not making you personally drop the rebel flag or cease honoring your rebel ancestors. You are free to continue doing so if that's your choice. They are saying that the government itself should not be publicly honoring those who waged war against it. What is so hard to understand about that?

124 posted on 07/20/2020 5:57:29 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

No
We keep fighting this same battle because of condescending attitudes from certain people!

Your definition of ‘publicly honoring’.....?
.....allowing time honored, historically old and revered statues to remain intact and in place!


125 posted on 07/20/2020 6:04:45 AM PDT by Guenevere (Press On!)
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To: DoodleDawg

So I guess we shouldn’t honor native Americans either since they too fought against the government.


126 posted on 07/20/2020 6:04:45 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird
So I guess we shouldn’t honor native Americans either since they too fought against the government.

Is the government building statues for them?

127 posted on 07/20/2020 6:23:02 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Guenevere
We keep fighting this same battle because of condescending attitudes from certain people!

One person's "condescending attitude" is another person's "legitimate question".

128 posted on 07/20/2020 6:24:13 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

It has. It has also named weapons systems and lots of other things after them.


129 posted on 07/20/2020 7:09:00 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: SeekAndFind

Thank you DJT.


130 posted on 07/20/2020 7:38:44 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: cowboyusa

And in 1775 you’d have been wearing a Red Coat.


131 posted on 07/20/2020 8:03:47 AM PDT by Pelham ( Mary McCord, Sally Yates and Michael Atkinson all belong in prison.)
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To: Pelham

Massachuttes is still a Loyalist state. All the Americans moved on


132 posted on 07/20/2020 8:05:50 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: DoodleDawg

The U.S Congress long ago voted to equally honor memorials and veterans of BOTH @armies.

What’s so hard to understand?


133 posted on 07/20/2020 8:33:55 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: DoodleDawg

The statue of Lenin and the Che symbols are tributes to mass murderers.Who wanted to enslave all mankind.

Why do they remain on display?


134 posted on 07/20/2020 8:38:20 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: hoosierham
What’s so hard to understand?

You honor men who waged armed rebellion against their country. By the definition of treason in the Constitution they committed treason, and the generosity of the post-rebellion president doesn't change that. If you want to honor them then I'm fine with that. If Southern states want to honor them then I'm fine with that. and if the federal government chooses not to honor them anymore then I'm fine with that as well. Why are you so upset about it?

135 posted on 07/20/2020 8:42:01 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Pelham

Nope, I would always stand by the US


136 posted on 07/20/2020 8:44:40 AM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy Up)
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To: hoosierham
Why do they remain on display?

Is the federal government displaying them?

137 posted on 07/20/2020 9:18:49 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: sauropod

“So?”

SO ... I was trying to help.

Have you ever clicked on a thread title only to see that it has been “pulled”?

The reason the Administrator gives for pulling it is, “Already posted”.

I figured that since the thread was brand new with no comments, I was helping the poster to have it pulled before an Administrator did.

So!


138 posted on 07/20/2020 9:26:18 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (If 100% of us contracted this Covid Virus only 99.997% would be left to tell our story.)
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To: SeekAndFind

headline is a lie. he said some people see it as a proud symbol, which is true


139 posted on 07/20/2020 9:37:05 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: DoodleDawg

The sanctimonious people who sit back and applaud the physical destruction of American history as well as the Orwellian rewriting upset me.

The “rainbow” White House and the ineligible Kenyan occupier did as much or more damage to the United States.


140 posted on 07/20/2020 9:47:46 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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