I think John Sims art work is great! As a matter of fact, it is the confederate flag that is "irrelevant". The confederate lost the Civil war. And, the winning army usually flies the enemy's flag as a symbol of their own victory over the enemy-at least they did in ancient times. And, when I see the confederate flag flying over the state house in Georgia, I am only reminded of how much of a pathetic, racist losers these confederates are-not how much of a winner they are. They lost the Civil War, and every time they try to make a fuss over this b.s., they only bring light to the fact that they are losers, and their ignorances and racism only serve to cushion their own insecurities-not to mention making the law makers at Georgia's state capital building and everywhere else the confederate flag is flown, look like the complete losers and insecure racists that they are acting like. I bet if you looked deeper into the erroneous reasons why the confederate flag just has to fly high above the Georgia state capital or anywhere else in America, you would probably come to know that this b.s. is really about these racists nursing their low self esteems, which were created after their loss way back during the civil war-not to mention their fear of black progress in the south and everywhere else in America-and the world. So, they fly this confederate flag high over Georgia's state capital building and other places in America as a false defense mechanism, and to portray to the entire world their weak vulnerability as a confederate fighting force. Today, all the world's armies can see this confederate flag as a symbol of America's present weakness to stablize Iraq, and her declining influence as a world power, and as a politically credible power. The confederate flag tells the entire world that America is divided as a nation not only by racial makeup, but right down to her national flag. The confederate flag flying along with the American flag blatantly lets foreign nations know that America has divisions and can be attacked and defeated on her own soil, because the confederates lost the Civil war and there were divisions and betrayals within the confederate ranks during the Civil War which helped in defeating the confederates. Only a foolish, militarily vulnerable government is going to insist that a flag that represents "loss" be flown over their state capital building-like the state politicians in Georgia. And, only a weak, low self-esteemed, loser is going to be ignorant enough to defend a flag that represents a lost battle, as being something "strong" and "worthy to be proud of, and used as a tool to instigate racial strife-regardless of their past ancestral history. Hell, the black African slave has a hundred times more things to be proud of than these loser confederates do-so how come the black power flag isn't flown over Georgias state capital building, too? Could it be because it represents black power and progress-which is something that the Georgia state capital politicians are not trying to convey. Instead, the confederate flag also represents white supremacy and hatred against blacks specially and other peoples of color. Blacks were forced at gun point, and with whips by whites to build America without pay or any type of descent living for nearly four hundred years! Present day African Americans can be proud of what our black slave ancestors were forced to endure, what they did for America-and what we continue to do for America today. I'm not going to get into this, because it would take up too much time. However, confederate whites couldn't even build their own America-they had to violently force another race of people to build their so called American empire-just like today, they are trying to force their weak @ss, loser flag on the American populace, along with trying to pass it off as something "superior and honorable" for all Americans to look up to. Today's confederate losers fail to mention how all those black slaves that they kept from reading, writing, and living free under their confederate flag before the Civil War, helped the north bust them down on the battlefield, and stow on their b.s. racist philosophies and criminal mindset. Yeah, the black slave was singin' "getta way, Jordan", while they was helping the north break down the meaning of what the definition of "democracy" really meant, to the confederates on the battlefield. So, when any of today's loser confederates try to get @ you with all that confederate flag supremacy, b.s.-their so called "visual terrorism", just tell them that their sorry flag flies over the Georgia state capital building as a "trophy" symbol to you of how our black slave ancestors, and our northern white brothers and sisters broke down the definition of what "democracy" meant to them on the battlefield of the Civil War, so that they could truly understand it. Tell the confederates their flag flies as a symbol of their deserving loss during the Civil War, and represents the blatant racial and political divisions within our American nation, and America's present worldwide political and military "weaknesses" due to her unabiding racism and ingnorances towards black Africans/African Americans specifically, and other people's of color in America, and all over planet earth. Our God created and given black skin tone represents "visual terrorism" to the confederates, and they pacify and nurse their insecure and fearful egos by flying the confederate flag anywhere anyone will accept it. However, this doesn't change the fact that it represents loss. And, because these confederates either refuse to acknowledge this, or just can't see this, history will repeat itself-this time in the present worldwide insurrections of peoples of color against our common oppressor. Now, go on and let these confederates continue to express their first amendment rights, and embrace their b.s. flag-that symbol of their Civil War @ss whippin', and hatred of other races-specifically African Americans and black Africans.

I guess you never heard of the writing style called 'paragraphs'. I read the first few lines and lost interest. What a fuckin' idiot.

Of course now the Black Race is doing the same in the North! They still lack the guts to do this in the South, as the good ol boys won't put up with their crap!

PSSSSSSSSSSSSSST. The Civil War was about States Rights, NOT slavery.

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so slavery had absolutely nothing to do with slavery huh?!?

thats a new one in my book.

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Truth, what Dizzy was trying to tell you is, that the civil war was fought over states rights. Abraham Linclon even said in his writings that if he could restore the union without destroying slavery he would. Yes he signed the into the law outlawing slavery but the primary issue was to make it illegal for a state to secede from the Union.

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Lincoln also tried to put a plan together to send ALL the blacks back to Africa. Cost prevented it.

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Hmm, would that make Abe a racist?

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Why would anyone fell threatened by the conferate flag? It just represents a snap shot in history, much like one keeps an old photo...everyone knows the result of the civil war..no matter of what nature its origin.....The north still bears and waves the flag that was involved in that conflict....it just happens to be our national flag....I don't consider it a symbol of oppression...even though it was used in that war...and brought a great number of southern states to their knees...while it waved.....just political correctness and all the pitfalls that come with it.....some burn old glory...no outcry...some wear it as bikini beach wear, around their groin....no outcry....it is just a cloth...and represents what you want it to represent...there is nothing to be gained by the banning of it...like it will do away with all the bigots that missuse it...you do away with the flag, but the ideaology still remains....what's the point....just senseless fear. BD

there is a wee bit of controversy surrounding flag burning...

The ideology remains. I think that is the rub. The Confederate flag is a negative symbol for many, associated with past wrongs, they don't see it as something to celebrate.