re: Ole Miss student senate votes to remove state flag.

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My opinions on the matter have changed over time, especially as I read more and more documents from the actual period.

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Similar situation

and you really cant deny it after reading the state's DOCs and the other states responses to them

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Were they saying other things? Yes. Ultimately what they were fighting for was their way of life. Their way of life, however was contingent on the enslavement of human beings, and the repression of the lower classes by restricting their God-given rights as recognized in the US Constitution. They wanted an aristocracy run with the firm hand of the state government.

So the Confederacy promoted states' rights, what about individual liberty? Where did they stand on that issue?

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The argument is almost akin to saying a hitman is just a business man, well...what damn business is he in?

FWIW, I am in full support for anyone who wants to use the confederate flag. We live in a free country and I support their rights. I believe the states should keep their original flags if their citizens vote so. Personally I dont really even generate an opinion if I saw you sporting it, unless there are several other aspects to add to it that would make me think differently. But I am also white,so I dont have the deep resentment some others may have. Just like a jew with the nazi flag

I was raised in the north, and despite what many in the south may believe they definitely teach that states rights were the main cause, but they dont leave out the main right/cause was slavery