Alt-right rallies in Charlottesville, VA

[*jason*]

(08-25-2017, 11:54 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: So changing gears a little, this is a piece from Esquire by Trae Crowder (of Liberal Redneck fame) on Confederate monuments and the battle flag: http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a57184/confederate-statue-removal-reasons/

I read that yesterday. A good read. It touches on those that revere the battle flag for benign reasons. In modern times it gets lost on some people that a vast majority if Southerners didn't own slaves. Many lived their whole lives without ever knowing someone who did. People fought for the Confederacy for different reasons. Invading armies from the north passing thru; stealing supplies, food, crops. Burning property and crops. What's a guy to do?... I don't know where I'm going with this. Anyway... It wasn't a war of an army of slave owners fighting an army of abolitionists.

There is nothing inherently racist about the battle flag. Bastards over the last century and a half have stolen it though... So I guess it is now.