It's not the flag of the South, it's the flag of a singular regiment out of Virginia. The actual Confederate Flag looks different. The reason that Regiment Flag is popular today instead of the actual Confederate Flag is because after the decision in Brown vs. Board of Education, Georgia added it to their state flag and it started appearing on college campuses around the south as a way to say, "No desegregation without a fight." It's a racist symbol.
Furthermore, about a quarter of the Union's troops were actually from Southern States, for the entirety of the war the Confederacy was fighting pro-Union militias in their own territory, especially in Tennessee and Alabama, North Carolina didn't even want to secede and freed slaves from the South also joined in the fight against the Confederacy. All said and done, as many Southerners fought for the Union as they did for the Confederacy, and it could be argued that Southerners won the Civil War for the Union by keeping the Confederacy, a fundamentally racist and autocratic state, fighting on two fronts.
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Because they're fundamentally ignorant, poorly educated people. We already know that from their unwavering support of Donald Trump.
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Troll fail. To them it represents Southern Pride
And if it's so racist...
Of course if you were really interested in racism you just need to look at Joe Biden
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-biden-didn-t-just-compromise-segregationists-he-fought-their-n1021626
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-said-desegregation-would-create-a-racial-jungle-2019-7Racist supported Obama and still do, not everyone is into the Confederate flag, but it is still around and embedded into the Mississippi state flag and the General Lee from Dukes of Hazard. Is every single person in Mississippi racist? No, but it is still flown. It represents anti-federal government sentiments (not my sentiment, but those part of that culture). They reference the state power of the time not the evils of the state. The confederate government was wrong and the institution of slavery its greatest evil, but the fight between state and federal government rages on to this day. I am for a federal referee, but prefer limited state and federal government overall. Just because one supports Trump doesn't make them a racist anymore than those that supported Obama.
I do not get why they think that a flag of an enemy nation that lasted shorter than an average hedgehog is the very manifestation of their heritage and culture. But I can quite confidently say that I don’t know enough about Southern US history
Interesting how in the same line where you called them racist you actually made a racist comment about them...
Just face it. Nobody's perfect, no reason to be proud of who we are.I would be looking at Biden. He’s the original racist
because it was a group of states that tried to stand up for their rights. right or wrong they stood up for their way of life. if things had been different they might be considered hero's by the left not the villains
Thats the dixie flag, the confederate flag looks like this.
A better question is: If that's really what you think the flag means, why are you so against it? Why does the confederate flag hurt your feelings so much?
The Confederates were democrats, ya know. And I don't humor the flag at all, but I don't really mind it being up if the context is how our beliefs are different generally from people in the north and the idea of "live and let live" that we are thankful to have down here that people don't have up there.
Because it is a symbol of freedom. The fight against government tyranny. Fuck the Government! The political establishment of Washington doesn’t represent my values.
I agree but people would be more likely to express agreement if you were rude and racist about it.
By the way, I'm a Trump supporter.Hundreds of thousands of Americans died unnecessarily
No one won that war, certainly not AmericaBecause they're honoring the dead of the side that lost. They lost the war, but they still made the Ultimate Sacrifice
It is the flag of the South , nothing more or less , deal with Yank.
I’m very conservative but this is one thing I disagree with Trump on.
Yeah, I knew you would be anonymous for this thread. Kind of a cheap shot there.
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