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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: FLT-bird

Baltic also carried 4 months worth of food for the garrison at Sumter.

Again, Davis would have opened up fire on Sumter regardless of what ships were sent to resupply the fort. He had already made the decision, preventing the resupply of Sumter, even if it meant war, had to be done.


201 posted on 07/22/2020 5:12:54 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
Baltic also carried 4 months worth of food for the garrison at Sumter. Again, Davis would have opened up fire on Sumter regardless of what ships were sent to resupply the fort. He had already made the decision, preventing the resupply of Sumter, even if it meant war, had to be done.

Again, it was a heavily armed flotilla. Had Lincoln not gotten his war started in Charleston, he would have in Pensacola or some other Southern port. Had the Confederates not opened fire, Lincoln would have simply invaded all their ports without resistance.

202 posted on 07/22/2020 5:44:10 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

Your opinion.


203 posted on 07/22/2020 5:52:42 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: FLT-bird

Had the Confederates not opened fire.

They did open fire. Davis got Fort Sumter and a war.
which he managed to lose.


204 posted on 07/22/2020 6:01:05 AM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: Bull Snipe
Your opinion.

just as you are expressing yours.

205 posted on 07/22/2020 3:30:01 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: albie
That’s the part that bothers me. Trump has no problem with BLM flags?!

He is defending free speech.

Geez.

206 posted on 07/22/2020 3:33:32 PM PDT by M. Thatcher
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To: Bull Snipe
Had the Confederates not opened fire. They did open fire. Davis got Fort Sumter and a war. which he managed to lose.

They were forced to defend themselves against a much larger aggressor. It was not a war of their choosing. Lincoln chose it.

207 posted on 07/22/2020 3:34:50 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird
Does this sound like "provisions" to you????

Yes.

208 posted on 07/22/2020 4:56:05 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: FLT-bird

Davis fire first. He got Sumter, which was his objective all along.


209 posted on 07/22/2020 6:02:48 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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To: rockrr
Yes.

Then you're not honest.

210 posted on 07/23/2020 5:52:45 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: Bull Snipe
Davis fire first. He got Sumter, which was his objective all along.

Lincoln invaded first. War was his objective all along.

211 posted on 07/23/2020 5:54:31 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: FLT-bird

More honest than you’ll ever be.


212 posted on 07/23/2020 5:56:43 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: FLT-bird

You are a liar.


213 posted on 07/23/2020 5:57:06 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: rockrr
\More honest than you’ll ever be.

Not even close

214 posted on 07/23/2020 6:18:29 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: rockrr
More honest than you’ll ever be.

You're a POS.

215 posted on 07/23/2020 6:18:56 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: odawg

👍


216 posted on 01/23/2021 4:58:29 PM PST by wardaddy ( IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG)
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