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I blame The South for Confederate nescience
Posted on 6/26/15 at 11:04 am
Posted on 6/26/15 at 11:04 am
Two major reasons I believe the Confederate flag is misunderstood.
1. The majority of The South doesn't know their own history -- they've allowed the victors to write history, and they've swallowed it.
2. Ignorant/racist people, red-necks, and hoosiers have used the Confederate Flag more than any other niche of people, causing severe brand damage. Affluent southerners have been too afraid and/or too ignorant to the truth to associate with it.
It's a shame that a real key-stone to our country (the civil war) is so incredibly misunderstood.
1. The majority of The South doesn't know their own history -- they've allowed the victors to write history, and they've swallowed it.
2. Ignorant/racist people, red-necks, and hoosiers have used the Confederate Flag more than any other niche of people, causing severe brand damage. Affluent southerners have been too afraid and/or too ignorant to the truth to associate with it.
It's a shame that a real key-stone to our country (the civil war) is so incredibly misunderstood.
This post was edited on 6/26/15 at 11:05 am
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Posted on 6/26/15 at 11:09 am to Sleeping Tiger
Melt, year 150
Posted on 6/26/15 at 11:14 am to Sleeping Tiger
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Ignorant/racist people, red-necks, and hoosiers have used the Confederate Flag more than any other niche of people
Don't forget the Nicarauguan Contras! They use the Battle Flag as a symbol of rebellion against the government. I saw it plastered on taxis in San Jose, Costa Rica in the early 2000's and asked a local about it. Apparently, they had been using it for quite sometime and it was commonplace to see it as one of their symbols.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 11:14 am to WestCoastAg
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Melt, year 150
Does this mean that it's so long ago it doesn't matter?
Posted on 6/26/15 at 11:39 am to Sleeping Tiger
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The majority of The South doesn't know their own history -- they've allowed the victors to write history, and they've swallowed it.
That's obvious by posts on this board recently.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:00 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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the Confederate flag is misunderstood.
If it's misunderstood as being a racist emblem, then what in your opinion is it supposed to stand for?
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:06 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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they've allowed the victors to write history,
I believe there's a saying for this
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:23 pm to tylerdurden24
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the Confederate flag is misunderstood.
If it's misunderstood as being a racist emblem, then what in your opinion is it supposed to stand for?
Anti private international central banking. Anti New World Order. Anti oppressive federal government. Anti Crown. Anti master.
In ways the 'Don't Tread On Me' flag is a neutered Confederate Flag.
There are multiple layers to the 'truth' about the Civil War -- one layer hits on the fact the war wasn't about slavery; there was no moral justice taking place. As you go much deeper it's apparent the war was created by the international power class for a variety of intended outcomes.
There are so many bits and angles of truth to look at that totally change the landscape of how the civil war is perceived -- from wage slavey in the north, to the small percentage of slave owners in the south, to the fact better machinery would've soon eliminated slavery as it was known in the south, and so on.
If the truth was better understood, the flag would probably be better understood.
This post was edited on 6/26/15 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:37 pm to Sleeping Tiger
A lot of that can be said for every war. Humans gonna Human
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:37 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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Anti master.
Of all the things it could stand for, I don't think this is one.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:41 pm to Sleeping Tiger
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to the fact better machinery would've soon eliminated slavery as it was known in the south
What kind of machinery do you think would have eliminated slavery?
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:41 pm to SEC. 593
Those 'anti' responses were part joking.
But yes, in a way, anti-master.
Isn't that what 'don't tread on me' means?
But yes, in a way, anti-master.
Isn't that what 'don't tread on me' means?
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:42 pm to Stonehog
The cotton gin, of course.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:43 pm to rootisback
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A lot of that can be said for every war. Humans gonna Human
Yes, the international power class has been behind every war.
Good observation.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:44 pm to Sleeping Tiger
I just thought it was funny that the flag of the people fighting to remain able to be "master's" can be considered "anti master".
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:52 pm to SEC. 593
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The cotton gin, of course.
Is that a joke?
The cotton gin actually forced an increase in the number of slaves.
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Use of the new gin quickly spread across the South. This invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money. So even though the cotton gin meant less people or slaves had to operate it, it made growing cotton more profitable so that more and more people planted more and more cotton. This meant they needed more slaves.
In 1793, when Whitney patented his gin, there were 188,000 pounds of cotton grown for markets in the U.S. By 1810, there were 93 million pounds of cotton produced. This affected the growth of slavery. In 1790, there were 657,000 slaves in southern states. By 1810, there were almost 1.3 million.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 12:54 pm to SEC. 593
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The cotton gin, of course.
The cotton gin allowed for the de-seeding of cotton bolls very quickly, but it did not harvest the cotton. The gin could process in a matter of hours what it would take a group of slaves to process in a week. Still needed slaves to get the cotton from the field to the gin, though.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 1:02 pm to Stonehog
And the cotton gin has been advanced, yes?
Do you think northern factory workers getting paid nothing, with no place to live, in conditions with zero concern for safety, where people died often, both at work and in the slums was slavery?
No other country needed a civil war to remove slavery.
Slavery has existed far and wide throughout history, the fact the Confederate Flag is most associated with it is for a reason.
The South's independent mindedness was a huge problem for the globalist agenda.
Do you think northern factory workers getting paid nothing, with no place to live, in conditions with zero concern for safety, where people died often, both at work and in the slums was slavery?
No other country needed a civil war to remove slavery.
Slavery has existed far and wide throughout history, the fact the Confederate Flag is most associated with it is for a reason.
The South's independent mindedness was a huge problem for the globalist agenda.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 1:02 pm to Sleeping Tiger
The flag is not misunderstood if you read the words of its original designer you will clearly see the intent of its purpose.
Posted on 6/26/15 at 1:16 pm to CarolinaCock
The Civil War is most definitely misunderstood, on various levels.
Which automatically creates a misunderstanding about the Confederacy.
Which automatically creates a misunderstanding about the Confederacy.
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