I was at a luncheon the other day where the group was mixed. Mostly conservative with a few libs mixed in. There was near unanimous agreement that the confederate flag needed to go. I got a bit pissed.My reasoning is below.
I was born in Miami which means I'm neither Northern or Southern but born in a grey area. Aplce where few are ever born but just migrate to either from the North or the South. I was not raised with a perspectve either way as far as being a southerner goes.I have always made up my own mind.
I travel a lot.
Coincidentally 60-70,000 miles per year exclusively throughout the south.
Truth is you won't find any nicer people in the entire contiguous 48 than those in the south. They are respectful of every person that walks in their door, seldom exhibit any prejudice and treat everyone with respect. Of course there are always those few who don't. But today they are a very small minority and to declare the entire body of southerners as racist is just ignorant or stupid.
The confederate flag means many things to many different people. Little of which was intertwined with racism but more a symbol of where they live and not past grievances. For that reason it's insane to blame a flag for the historic problems of a very few and anyone should have the right to fly the confederate flag wherever they choose. I had few arguments when I was through.
It’s not about the flag it is about hating freedom loving, Christian, patriotic southerners who love America. That is what the Marxists truly want to defeat and that flag represents rebel freedom from an overbearing Federal gummit. Fly the Stars and Bars proudly.