I merely stated ... just because you can ... doesn’t mean you should.
To me ... the issue was resolved years ago when the Southern States lost their battle to secede from the Union. Again, IMO saying the Confederate flag is an important part of your heritage implies wishing the south had successfully seceded from the Union and not wanting to be a US citizen. Further ... harking to bygone days ... does that also include slavery? Women as chattel to men?
I am not saying I’m for purging anything ... but this whole southern way of life argument ... as it relates to the Confederate era ... seems archaic.
but this whole southern way of life argument ... as it relates to the Confederate era ... seems archaic.
I didn't say the flag is an important part of our heritage; I said that what the flag STANDS FOR to us is our heritage. Perhaps that is a difficult distinction to grasp, especially to those who don't share an appreciation for our heritage. To say that equates to "not wanting to be a US citizen" implies that you consider the antebellum south as something less than legitimate USA status. It is not a desire that the South had won, or that the US had become split into two countries. Instead, it's more of an agrucultural/rural vs industrial/urban attitude and a preference for local/state sovereignty vs command and direction from DC and the northeastern political bosses
It is not a yearning to return to an era of stage coaches and muzzle-loading single shot firearms or slavery and chattel, but it is a desire for a return to a Constitutional Republic. Perhaps that seems archaic to you, but Washington DC - largely at the behest of the democrats and to some extent northeastern establishment republicans - has abused the states way beyond the offenses of the crown as outlined by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.