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A misguided cause. Fighting for the right to keep human beings enslaved is not noble by any stretch of the imagination. When we were in the deep south not long ago we saw those flags flying over the capitols. And how are black Americans in those cities supposed to feel about it? It was an oppresive feeling to us who were just passing through.

I get the feeling that the flag wasn't much of an issue in the 70's and early 80's. A few people who make their living on division, found it a juicy target, and the rest is history.

IMO, if the flag is the last of the civil rights complaints, then there must not be any more civil rights issues; however, that is what Jesse Jackson said in the 70's when he still had a little integrity.

And how are black Americans in those cities supposed to feel about it? It was an oppresive feeling to us who were just passing through

First off, why don't you ask the Black Confederates who support this cause. You know, those that have researched the history and found their relatives who fought for the South proudly? The ones you ignore. Oh, but I forgot. They haven't bought into your lame 'blame the flag' game. As for the 'oppresive feeling just passing through', I've got a good suggestion to avoid such feelings. Don't pass through. Matter of fact, don't even go to any of the old Confederate states. Avoid 'em all!!

You were looking for the bad in that flying of the flag. I understand how that is, and suspect how difficult it may be to get beyond.

Yet there is a beyond that view, and that beyond view is a more honest and fair one. The flag is flying as a reminder as the noble cause of State's Rights.

Look for the good.

MOST of our citizens, of every ethnic group and color, are smarter than the visitors!

southrons KNOW what the flag stands for!

for dixie,sw

When we were in the deep south not long ago we saw those flags flying over the capitols. And how are black Americans in those cities supposed to feel about it? It was an oppresive feeling to us who were just passing through.

My but you are quite the liberal, spoon fed, bed wetter aren't you? Tell me something, if that flag was an "adherance to slavery", how many of them flew over slave ships? And when, exactly, did the institution of perpetual African servitude end in the Union? Thanks in advance.

Really? Exactly how long ago was that? It must not have been in the last two years, as that is when the last one over a state capitol came down in South Carolina.

Granted, there are several confederate monuments at our state capitols including some with flags on them. Is this what you saw, and if so may I ask what you believe to be inappropriate about it?

As for your question, exactly how and in what way were you "oppressed" by a piece of cloth? Did it attack you or perhaps fall on your face, momentarily threatening suffocation? Did the wind blow it in such a manner as to give the illusion of a "mean face" appearing on it? Or is this just another case of hypersensitive fluff being promoted by a believer in some unnamed unwritten and completely absurd "right" to not be offended by anything he sees