Radio commentator Rush Limbaugh theorized on his program that the push against the Confederate flag was part of "an effort to marginalize the Republican electoral strength in the South." He argued that the flag was not really the issue; rather, it was "really an attempt to segregate and isolate the entire South and to [quote Saul] Alinsky, you know, the [author of] Rules for Radicals — you seek the target, you isolate it, you attack it, you humiliate it." The reason the Left hates the South so much, he noted, is because it is "the last remaining Republican electoral stronghold in terms of presidential politics."
The next target, Limbaugh predicted, would be the U.S. flag, which he explained symbolized a country that those on the Left do not like. And he didn't hold out much hope that Republican politicians would fight for the American flag when that attack comes.
In fact, the attack on the country's flag has already begun. A group of university professors have circulated a letter in support of leftist students at the University of California-Irvine who want to ban the U.S. flag on their campus.
"U.S. nationalism often contributes to racism and xenophobia," claimed a letter obtained by the website Campus Reform. Hundreds of left-wing professors from across the country signed the letter, commending the students for their "courage." In a bow to cultural diversity, the U.C.-Irvine student government association recently voted 6-4 (with two abstentions) to remove the U.S. flag from a campus lobby. Breitbart quoted an unnamed student who said the student government association feared the flag might hurt the feelings of illegal aliens.
Democrats are not going to stop persecuting anyone who doesn’t walk in lockstep with the leftist agenda until there is some serious push back.
Many founding fathers in the Revolution owned slaves. Will we ban that battle flag?
I’ve given this a lot of thought - and from a political point, I think it’s time to furl the Battle Flag and replace it with the Bonnie Blue - that flag stands for States Rights, and from a political point of view - that’s what this is all about. You then change the arguement but keep a vital symbol of what Southern Rights are all about. Heck, it even has its own song.
Although I support everyone’s freedom of expression to fly whatever flag limited, I think it’s a smoke screen.
All the commotion about the battle flag has shouted down the courageous Christian witness of the bereaved families.
That’s a real loss to our society.
Amazon sells rising sun flag merchandise, I think the Big Hair bands wore these: http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Arising%20sun%20bandana
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/06/27/japan-has-a-flag-problem-too/
Washington Post article, it’s even on Asahi beer.