The confederate flag has been on the ms state flag since the end of reconstruction as a way to honor the fallen soldiers on the confederacy. The flag wasn't used by hate groups until around the civil rights era..so in a historical context the state flag precedes the use of the confederate flag as a symbol of hate. If anything we should be putting pressure on hate groups to abandon the flag to preserve it's proper historical heritage

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Posted by pankReb

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Posted on 11/5/15 at 4:29 pm to deltaland

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The flag wasn't used by hate groups until around the civil rights era..so in a historical context the state flag precedes the use of the confederate flag as a symbol of hate. If anything we should be putting pressure on hate groups to abandon the flag to preserve it's proper historical heritage

Then feel free start a movement. I'd be behind this 1000% percent.

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Posted by TbirdSpur2010

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Posted on 11/5/15 at 4:39 pm to deltaland

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The confederate flag has been on the ms state flag since the end of reconstruction as a way to honor the fallen soldiers on the confederacy.

bullshite.

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Posted by Mullet Flap

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Posted on 11/5/15 at 7:36 pm to deltaland

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he confederate flag has been on the ms state flag since the end of reconstruction as a way to honor the fallen soldiers on the confederacy. The flag wasn't used by hate groups until around the civil rights era..so in a historical context the state flag precedes the use of the confederate flag as a symbol of hate. If anything we should be putting pressure on hate groups to abandon the flag to preserve it's proper historical heritage

I understand where you are coming from. I really do.

But the fact remains that the Confederacy was fighting for, among other things, the right to own different colored humans. The flag has no place representing our state anymore other than in museums or the like. You can honor your heritage without forcing everyone else to live under a symbol that is arguably racist or at least the cause fought for being wrong.