Do You Relate to "Confederate Flag"?

[masonbengals fan]

(07-07-2015, 09:54 PM)fredtoast Wrote: It is part of southern culture.  There are many people raised in the south that have seen the flag as a symbol of the south their entire life without it ever having anything to do with slavery and treason.

But theses people can't change the fact that the flag has long been a symbol of white supremacy and has its origins in the fight to maintain slavery.  That makes it offensive.  The opinion of an individual can not change the truth and reality of what it is.

It is kind of like a child that loves his dad despite the fact that his dad beats his mom.  It is possible for a wife beater to love his kids, but that does not excuse the fact that he is a wife beater.

You can lump me with the 1st paragraph. I've always saw it as a symbol of the south without the slavery/treason part.

And I love Lynrd Skynyrd too.

Does that make me a racist?