And yet the cross of the Confederate flag emblazons the Cross of St. Andrew, on which a true Christian martyr was crucified. It also emblazons the nation flag of Scotland to this day....
This argument is an appeal to force, fully formed. War => Victory = Righteousness.
The Abolitionists just said they were right, and as against their adversaries, they couldn't make their argument from exegesis, so they just said they were right, and pounded their interlocutors first with abuse and obloquy, and then with appeals to the sword.
William Wilberforce persuaded the British Parliament to pass a bill abolishing slavery, in a country where it wasn't that common. As a manufacturing practice, slavery is distinctly unhelpful to people trying to earn a wage and a move-up job; but the United States didn't abolish slavery for that reason, but because the war was the thing, not just to abolish slavery but to rewrite the Constitution and remove so many obstacles to the achievement of wealth beyond the dreams of avarice.
It's also worth noticing that many other countries followed England's example without a civil war.
I'm glad slavery is no longer current (but watch out for imports from countries that are again practicing slavery and debt bondage), since pay for work is fairer and more beneficial to the society at large; it would be hard to persuade young people in a society where slavery is common, that hard work is virtuous in and of itself and will be rewarded in the end. Slavery in the end, like "welfare", is a drag on the drive and virtuousness of young working people.
People claim its heritage, but the simple fact is that these flags that show or incorporate the Confederate battle flag have only been formally accepted quite recently. Certainly post the civil war anyway. The surprising thing is that, in spite of all the talk of state sovereignty, only two States had their own flag in 1861. The others had to scramble to design flags. Some (like North Carolina) did an excellent job and issued many examples to their troops. Others (like Tennessee) didnt bother. Some (like Florida) produced totally impractical designs that were almost certainly never used; and some (like Georgia) were never able to settle on one design.
In any case, the famous saltire style Confederate battle flag was actually the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. It was rarely used outside of the Eastern Theater of operations during the war.
IOW if the author has a problem with the current mississippi flag, and yet still wants to honor his heritage, I would suggest he uses the State Flag(s) that mississippi DID use during the war (which are very nice designs incidentally). Job done!
So the flag has a lot of bad connotations because of associations with white supremacists and segregationist.
The Democrats PARTY has a lot of bad connotations because of associations with the KKK, Jim Crow laws, segregationists, etc.
The DNC still has not made amends. Robert Sheets Byrd (D-KKK) was highly regarded and celebrated at the time of his passing. He was a man who was unapologetic about using the N-word proclaiming that it was okay because there are white niggers too. He was a recruiter for the KKK, how many of his recruits engaged in hate crimes for that organization?
This is really pathetic. Nine people are dead in a vicious attack committed by a vile racist and all people are talking about is will the South Carolina legislature vote a to remove a stupid flag. As if the flag was the whole motivation for the massacre.
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
The Alinskynites appear intent on igniting a race war.
Wake up America.
The real question has nothing to do with a flag. The real question is just what is it that the progressives CAN’T make the rest of us do? Let’s start with the easy stuff. Pay income taxes? Check. Accept perversion as “normal”? Check. Accept bigger and bigger, more intrusive gummint? Check. Accept universal snooping? Check. Accept ridiculous behavior against our persons in order to travel? Check. Am I missing some?
How about accepting civilian disarmament? Just what is it they could propose that we would respond with, “Alright, now you have just gone and done it!”
Now let me ask you this: when do you think the Black "co-religionists" of Mr. (Dr.?) Moore will re-think their decades long alliance and love affair with the political Left--with abortion, homosexuality, atheism, evolution, and higher criticism?
My prediction is never. And the institutional Black church has chosen to ignore all moral issues in favor of all social justice all the time and is totally invested in the complete nihilist revolution of the Gramscians. This is unfortunate, but it is true.
There is something I don't understand and which I wish someone would explain to me: all the Blacks I encounter personally appear to be Biblical fundamentalists, yet they vote Democrat and produce only leftist Democrat politicians and resolutely refuse to get involved on the issue of traditional morality.