With all the backlash and protests over the Confederate battle flag I would like to see where everybody stands. My opinion is that it's a part of our nation's history. That flag is a a symbol NOT of racism and bigotry but of people who stood up for what they believed and were willing to fight for their beliefs. Were there bigots in the South back then? You bet. But there's bigots of all shapes, sizes, and RACES in every state. I welcome honest and respectful debate on this issue. Please follow all forum rules when posting.

i think its a flag
its my heritage not hate

when i was in florida , i knew more black people that flew that flag then white people

that's why i have been scratching my head when people have been calling it racist

truth be told
i think it all became cause of 3 reasons
1 is they want us to be at war with each other , is the oldest tatic around
separate and con core

2 while you are busy talking about the flag they brought in ttp

3 if we start fighting each other they can instate Martial law

in my opinion, your opinion of the confederate flag, and it's place in modern context is not entirely and completely historically and factually accurate.
in my opinion you could stand a bit more studying on the subject.

in my honest opinion.

That's the one on the General Lee right?

I am a yankee and I don't give a F@@K one way or the other..

But the media coverage is so hypocritical that it is sickening...

FROM THESE CONFEDERATE FLAGS >>>


To THESE UNION FLAGS >>>







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I always wonder 'WHY' the Confederate Flag was 'ALLOWED' to become such a legend when it represented something that just should have been left to flutter or lay in state in all those 'Civil War Museums'!

Find it rather ODD and TELLING that the North did not push and send up a hue & cry about all of their battle flags having importance above and beyond what our 'NATIONAL FLAG' is shown? IMHO

My view is that there are abt 15 other threads on it already

yeah i have one out there as well : )

It's a battle flag so stick it where there's a battle going on.

Let it represent your unification abroad and stop with the infighting here.


Oops, Canadians aren't supposed to comment on such matters, right

http://www.youngcons.com/ben-jones-from-dukes-of-hazzard-has-some-choice-words-for-those-hating-on-the-confederate-flag/

I don't believe what you said about when you were in Florida, I wasn't there so I can't say definitively but I'd be willing to bet the only way you'd get one to admit to it here is by paying them
Your 3 reasons, 1 agree good point, 2 ttp? Explain 3 same as 1, but remember there doesn't need to be (impartial) martial law for there to be a (proven biased) Police State.

I think, no, I know that no other flag that is not currently the flag
Of any nation
Besides the Nazi flag
Is flown as if the ideology or political force behind that ideology was victorious.
Yes, many died under that flag. Many died under that flag after 1865 too. Rest in peace to the honorable and innocent dead.

Ken Burns: Flag issue is not about heritage

No, all intelligent comments are welcome. There's REAL southern hospitality. To bad cooter couldn't be here in person but there's no one attacking canned fruit preserves, mama's buttermilk biscuits or checkered table cloths. Nobody went to war under that flag for the right to drink iced tea. As a matter of fact United States independence was won in part by iced tea and lots of it in Boston harbor.
The south fought to keep out the industry of the north in favor of the slave driven plantations. Incase you were unaware the civil war did not start over a mean game of checkers. It was over slavery and the abolitionist movement of the northern Union. If you say that flag represents courage family and good times you don't know who Robert E Lee is but you can see some of his best work in Arlington National Cemetery.

well it is your opinion : ) but what would i get for lieing about it ? just calling it like i see it , the norm for me

wish i was still in contact with some of my old friends so they could come on here and tell ya ..... but i lost touch many many years ago
we never looked at it as a resist flag , i myself dont care what color a person is or where they are , its not there color that makes them who they are , treat people right and you are ok in my book

but then again if you listen to scientists we are all black anyways : )
and yes i love saying that to resist people he he he norm shuts them up and they walk away

it is a racist symbol...should come down

just something for people to argue about, a waste time and money to figure out if people should have one... liberal politics at it's finest

not the conversation or debate at all.
poor, straw man argument.

read this and then come back if ya feel the same

http://mingle2.com/topic/436672

Say that one more time dat, so everybody can read it nice and clear.
Liberal politics? Wtf do liberal politics of the 20th and 21st centuries have to do with 1861-1865?
Got a flat tire liberal politics
Gas prices go up liberal politics
One slice of bread left liberal politics
Can't get it up anymore liberal politics