The Confederate Flag, People of Color, and the World

bluedog · #**301** (**permalink**) 04-11-2007, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by jan

Well, I'm white...but I still view the confederate flag as a treasonous symbol. It has it's place for those who fought under it...that would be the graveyard at this point.

It will always be a part of America's history so it's not going anywhere but to wave it over state government buildings seems treasonous to me. The confederate government is a defunct one...it should not be flying proudly over current government buildings that are part of the union of the United States of America. It doesn't make any sense.

Put it in the graveyards of the confederate soldiers, in museums and at reenactments for the benefit of education. Beyond that it's useless and divisive at best.

That was the point of the entire post.....it is an antiquated piece of cloth...with no value other than historial rememberance...and to make a huge issue out it is simply unreasonable......and as for it flying on public property...again I have no dog in this hunt...that is up to the people of the state and the voters...one could protest but that would be the extent...unless a national ban comes from the legislation in the form of law. BD

noneof yourbusiness · #**302** (**permalink**) 04-11-2007, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jan

Well, I'm white...but I still view the confederate flag as a treasonous symbol. It has it's place for those who fought under it...that would be the graveyard at this point.

It will always be a part of America's history so it's not going anywhere but to wave it over state government buildings seems treasonous to me. The confederate government is a defunct one...it should not be flying proudly over current government buildings that are part of the union of the United States of America. It doesn't make any sense.

Put it in the graveyards of the confederate soldiers, in museums and at reenactments for the benefit of education. Beyond that it's useless and divisive at best.

Divisive? Like calling the south traitors for flying there history over there buildings? that kind of divisive....? unfuckingbeliveable

Mindcrew · #**303** (**permalink**) 04-13-2007, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by noneof yourbusiness

Divisive? Like calling the south traitors for flying there history over there buildings? that kind of divisive....? unfuckingbeliveable

So, you wouldn't have a problem with the black power flag being flown over the Georgia State capital along side the American and Confederate flag-seeing that the black power flag is a part of African American history?

Oedipus Rex · #**304** (**permalink**) 04-14-2007, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Mindcrew

So, you wouldn't have a problem with the black power flag being flown over the Georgia State capital along side the American and Confederate flag-seeing that the black power flag is a part of African American history?

African American history? Do they even know where the hell they were taken from? I don't think many could even find Africa on a map much less tell you about there ancestry.

Besides, blacks are about 13-14% of the American population. African Americans probably represent about 1/100 of 1 percent.