06-13-2020, 03:32 PM
(06-13-2020, 02:09 AM)Millhouse Wrote: There is no place for that flag to fly anywhere in the world we live in today. Fortunately the North won the war that culminated with fixing the greatest mistake by the founding fathers by freeing the slaves. Unfortunately the South won the aftermath of the war for about 100 years with legalized segregation, the KKK, Jim Crow laws, etc. And they made sure to remind the black population of their extreme racism of past and present with things such as Confederate monuments in public areas and flying the Stars and Bars wherever they could, even on government buildings.
So yeah, better late than never to rid our society of this symbol of a four year old confederacy with slavery as the main cornerstone. It should have been banned back in 1865 imo, like how Germany has banned the Nazi flag and such to exist. But very few would have cared back then and over the decades since the Civil War as the country was full of racism, legalized or not.
IDK, man. I give some credence to the idea that people have roots to the flag that didn't necessarily have awful intentions. Unfortunately, any dignity that flag may have maintained after the war has been lost to the many ******** that fly it now as a symbol of white grievance. How many white nationalist rallies or events do you se where that flag isn't present? What kinds of people do you see wearing it in public? Are they people that look like they are anything other than racist and looking to let you know without saying it outright? Usually, I'd say yes.
The flag went from a symbol of the confederacy to basically a sign indicating, as DL Hughley once said : "We still hate blacks and gays". It's like the swastika in a way. Originally it was a Hindu symbol of luck. Not so much anymore. A new meaning has dominated the original to the point where it's no longer what people associate with it.
I say take the treason rag and burn it like Sherman did Atlanta. To paraphrase the prez: I like flags that don't get their asses kicked in civil wars.
