Confederate Flag Misunderstood?

[Millhouse]

(06-24-2015, 10:59 AM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: Heritage or Hate?  
For many Southern folks the confederate flag is a symbol of their way of life, their values, family,  and courage.  It stood as their symbol against 'northern' aggression and invasion.  It had nothing to do with racism.  Just look at the tv show Dukes of Hazard as a model of this way of life.  There was no racism in Hazard County.  They was just makin' their way, the only way they knew how.
Now it's being attacked by the 'political correct' crowd for promoting slavery.  The darkest times in our country's nation.  A time that divided the nation like never before.  A division that could only be amended by a great Civil War.  It's led to decades of racial strife that we are still fighting to control to this day.  
How do you feel about the issue?  Should we remove the flag or leave it be?

The Stars and Bars should be preserved for historical purposes in rightful context at museums and battlefields and such, but it has also served as a symbol of hate & oppression for many decades.  For the latter reason it should have been barred decades ago from any government building and property in all the states. And if that isnt a good enough reason, that flag was the symbol of a group of states that broke off to protect their slavery rights & and led to over 600.000 casualties in 4 years of war. **** that flag in my opinion.

Also I bet that there are many other Southern folks that look at the flag differently than the ones that cherish it, just sayin.