After attacks, many Southerners fly different flag

The Charleston Post & Courier ^ | October 29, 2001 | ELLEN B. MEACHAM

[Dr. Pepper]

Uno problemo. Most Germans are not PROUD of their heritage. We are.

That only proves that Germans are more intelligent than Southerners who fly the Star & Bars.

[bluecollarman]

"If you have a confederate flag on your pickup truck as a "symbol of southern heritage" you might as well have a picture of shackles and chains"

Awwww....Why did you have to go and say that??? I was going to be good and stay out of this and you had to go and say something really stupid and sooooo liberal/yankee like. Oh and by the way, I fly both flags. I am not ashamed of either!

[ableChair]

I would agree with you that some of them are, but most of the ones I've met are not too bright. I can respect (though I may disagree) a philosophical argument in which one claims respect for the CSA based on states rights, but most of the affection I see for the confederate flag is mindless 'nationalism' (or regionalism). I do know *some* people who make eloquent and convincing arguments for more states rights, in defense of the southern cause. But my father was a B-52 pilot in Vietnam, my grandfather a G.I. at Normandy. I'm an American. Period.

[eloy]

My personal favorite, with Old Glory and the Battle Flag crossed in the background...

American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God."

[Dr. Pepper]

Do you support all the limits on our Freedom being dictated by John Ashcroft?

[JMJ333]

That only proves that Germans are more intelligent than Southerners who fly the Star & Bars.

DEO VINDICE

[FReepaholic]

September 11, 2001...FERGIT, HELL!

[JMJ333]

I'm not replying to you until you answer my questions regarding the causations of the WONA. What's the matter, don't know how?

[eloy]

A well worn topic, over the years here, newbie. You may want to seek higher ground. Perhaps ground with which you are more knowledgeable.

[kcvl]

That only proves that Germans are more intelligent than Southerners who fly the Star & Bars.

That only proves that you're an idiot.

[Belial]

Even Lincoln didn't want to free the slaves.

Really? My understanding was that preserving the union was the deciding factor for Lincoln.

Like so much, it's muddled. I've read quotes from Lincoln which sound blatantly racist to our sensibilities, and other quotes such as:
"Whenever I hear any one arguing for slavery I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally." --Speech to One Hundred Fortieth Indiana Regiment. March 17, 1865

[bluecollarman]

"That only proves that Germans are more intelligent than Southerners who fly the Star & Bars."

There are a lot of Germans here that fly the Confederate Flag, what would you call them? We call them neighbors and friends.

[Conservababe]

WONA

My word, I ah have nevah seen the "War of Northern Agression" abbreviated before...it seems somewhat disrespectful.

I too, fly both flags.

[bluecollarman]

" All southerners don't fly confederate flags; in deed, many of them think such demonstrations are quite silly. I was born and raised in Atlanta

Atlanta ain't really in the south anymore. It hasn't been the same since Sherman burned it, and Ted Turner moved in. Then... after Lewis Grizzard died, it just finished going to hell. Nope, they don't speak for me there.

[gcruse]

 Should it be in a state’s power to reject the
dictates of the National Government

Excuse the intrusion.  But it should and
must.  Unless the dictates of the NG are
outlined specifically in the Constitution, then
that power, per the same Constitution, is
reserved to the state.

[Dr. Pepper]

First of all calling the Civil War the "War on Northern Aggression is akin to the Nazis calling WWII the War of the Allies Aggression. It is sick and belittles Lincoln, Grant and every Union Soldier. Secondly, there were many causes of the Civil War such as Slavery, the 10th Amendment and the conflict between Industrial and Agrarian economies were among them. However, most Southerners with Stars & Bars on their pick-up truck mud flaps would not know the difference between the U.S Constitution and a Wal-Mart Receipt.

As a Southerner who accepts Lee’s surrender at Appomatox cannot tell the difference between a proud Stars & Bars waving Southerner and a Nazi Skinhead or a member of the KKK.

[F16Fighter]

"Garde la Foi, mes amies..."

That Charles De Gaulle's sure was a quotable SOB.

[JMJ333]

No need to apologize. He was trying to pin me as a racist, which is why I answered the question the way I did.

[Republic of Texas]

Ok, I give. I'm a southerner. Family roots go back to Tennessee and Indiana. I have relatives who are hick racists, there are only a couple left, and they'll be dead soon, and I have relatives who are black (by marriage).

I COULD NOT CARE LESS ABOUT THE CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG. Fly it, don't fly it, I don't care. It's offensive, FINE! It's my heratige, FINE! This is freakin' America for God's sake. This whole subject gives me tired head, so, I'm on to something else. Bye Y'all.