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Its time for the Confederate Flag to go
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:27 am
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:27 am
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Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:37 am to StopRobot
"Heritage not hate" is always a funny retort that rednecks use.
The heritage IS hate.
The heritage IS hate.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:38 am to StopRobot
It's not like it's still real present. It's in the MS state flag, and flies at the SC capitol, but other than that where else do you see it? It kinda died out a while ago. Despite what people think it DOES have major ties to the nation's history and absolutely should be in museums, learning exhibits, etc. But it's not like it's currently prominent anywhere I can think of besides those 2 examples.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:39 am to StopRobot
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:42 am to Stonehog
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"Heritage not hate" is always a funny retort that rednecks use.
The heritage IS hate.
Bingo. The heritage is the United States flag, not one that was flown on battlefields for a period of 4 years.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:43 am to WG_Dawg
I don't care about it. If there were another State election on whether to change the state flag I probably just wouldn't vote.
Stonehog will probably call that racist too but IDK.
Stonehog will probably call that racist too but IDK.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:47 am to StopRobot
38 pages.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:52 am to StopRobot
I have it tattooed on my left shoulder blade next to a portrait of Robert E Lee, and now I'd like to get rid of both.
If I start a go fund me, would yall help out?
If I start a go fund me, would yall help out?
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:52 am to TbirdSpur2010
It is a part of our past just like slavery.
However, both get constantly brought up.
People just need to move forward and stop bringing up old shite.
However, both get constantly brought up.
People just need to move forward and stop bringing up old shite.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 11:57 am to StopRobot
I'm not a fan. And I say that as someone whose old man has a huge confederate flag across his right arm with "Lynyrd Skynyrd" going through the middle of it. 
This post was edited on 6/19/15 at 11:59 am
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:02 pm to StopRobot
It needs a 50 year hiatus from public display because of the Jim crow laws and adoption of it by certain states.
Plenty of other confederate flags could be used for heritage uses until the term expires at which point nobody will give a frick.
Plenty of other confederate flags could be used for heritage uses until the term expires at which point nobody will give a frick.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:09 pm to boogiewoogie1978
Aesthetically, I actually like the way the stars n' bars looks. In a vacuum, it's a pretty badass looking banner 
But the whole point of a flag's existence is to hearken to what it stands for. Yes, it stands for a part of Southern heritage (and even a part of Texan heritage, obviously), but the part that it stands for is an era of divisiveness and the attempt to rend the Union asunder in the name of inequality, economics, and belligerence. As such, I cannot condone its display in good conscience, although I think it says more about those who callously go out of their way to display it than those who go out of their way to eradicate it.
You can't erase the past. Trying to do so is asinine. We would all do well to be more cognizant of the connotations of certain symbols, however.
But the whole point of a flag's existence is to hearken to what it stands for. Yes, it stands for a part of Southern heritage (and even a part of Texan heritage, obviously), but the part that it stands for is an era of divisiveness and the attempt to rend the Union asunder in the name of inequality, economics, and belligerence. As such, I cannot condone its display in good conscience, although I think it says more about those who callously go out of their way to display it than those who go out of their way to eradicate it.
You can't erase the past. Trying to do so is asinine. We would all do well to be more cognizant of the connotations of certain symbols, however.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:13 pm to Robert Goulet
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If I start a go fund me, would yall help out?
I'll give you .01 $
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:15 pm to StopRobot
There was a compromise in 2000 that took it off the statehouse and put it on the state house grounds.
Like any symbol, it can be used incorrectly or inappropriately.
Like any symbol, it can be used incorrectly or inappropriately.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:18 pm to StopRobot
I don't mind it so much. It helps me identify the true tPOS...along with obesity, missing teeth and retarded trucks.
This post was edited on 6/20/15 at 2:41 am
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:19 pm to Hardy_Har
I couldn't tell you what the state flag looks like. Not do I care.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:33 pm to UMRealist
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Its time for the Confederate Flag to go
Tell you what, I'll add removing the flag and currently it is number 35,562,987,103 on the list of priorities of shite to do in this country.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:36 pm to StopRobot
Flying the flag as an individual is exercising your right to free speech. I have no problem with that. It shouldn't be flown as being sponsored by government.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:37 pm to Wtodd
But would also agree with your point very much.
Posted on 6/19/15 at 12:46 pm to WG_Dawg
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It's not like it's still real present
This. Outside of a part of Mississippi's state flag, where is it flown in an official capacity?
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