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Does the Confederate Flag offend you?
Marie/M2M2K August 04, 2009 12:34:30
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First I want to give my take on this question so that readers will know where I'm coming from. None of us alive today were ever slaves. None of us alive have ever owned a slave. No one in my ancestry owned slaves. I love the south. It's where I was born and raised, and the Confederate Flag has been exposed to me all my life. My display of the Confederate Flag on my newest avatar is not meant to be an insult or to offend. I do not support hate groups like the KKK. Instead this flag to me represents the heritage of this country, specifically the south where I grew up. When I see the flag it makes me proud of how far our country has come in regards to civil rights. It reminds me that we all have inalienable rights. My display is not support for abolishing civil rights. It is a display that never lets me forget and to thank all those before us who fought to make sure we are ALL free and equal. This country has a lot of history - both good and bad.
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it does not stand for slavery. It is a symbol of a group which did not want Washington to tell them how to run their lives. (could use a little of that today). If the Confederate flag offends a person, then the Democratic party also offends them since it was the party of slavery.View thread
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MANY people have the mistaken impression that a bunch of guys got together and held a meeting and in just a matter of hours,, they came up with the Constitution in a SINGLE sitting or that they were ALL of like minds when they formulated that lofty Document of Freedom....
This could NOT be MORE wrong..
MOST of what you see in the Constitution didn’t come to be simply by having someone come up with a Wonderfully Inspired Idea that EVERYBODY automatically agreed with..
There were,, in fact,, extensive and lengthy debates over just about EVERY issue that was and IS covered in that revered text..
ONE of the most controversial issues addressed was in the recognition of Authority with regard to the Federal and State Levels..
MANY lessons learned from the Revolutionary War pointed to a NEED for a central government when Common defense was required..
A variety of Disputes between differing Sovereign States with regard to Commerce and other issues ALSO pointed to this need…
MANY people say that the Civil War was FOUGHT over this issue and I tend to agree EVEN though the War settled the issue of Succession but NOT the debate over States’ rights vrs. The Power of the Central or Federal Government..
We ST...
MANY people have the mistaken impression that a bunch of guys got together and held a meeting and in just a matter of hours,, they came up with the Constitution in a SINGLE sitting or that they were ALL of like minds when they formulated that lofty Document of Freedom....
This could NOT be MORE wrong..
MOST of what you see in the Constitution didn’t come to be simply by having someone come up with a Wonderfully Inspired Idea that EVERYBODY automatically agreed with..
There were,, in fact,, extensive and lengthy debates over just about EVERY issue that was and IS covered in that revered text..
ONE of the most controversial issues addressed was in the recognition of Authority with regard to the Federal and State Levels..
MANY lessons learned from the Revolutionary War pointed to a NEED for a central government when Common defense was required..
A variety of Disputes between differing Sovereign States with regard to Commerce and other issues ALSO pointed to this need…
MANY people say that the Civil War was FOUGHT over this issue and I tend to agree EVEN though the War settled the issue of Succession but NOT the debate over States’ rights vrs. The Power of the Central or Federal Government..
We STILL have this debate today..
MANY of our LAWS reflect this devide..our Constitution addresses this issue..
I Look at the American flag as the one and ONLY flag of my beloved country while I look at the Confederate Flag NOT as a symbol of a single issue such as slavery or a single area such as the South.. No..It has TRANSCENDED both the ISSUE and the AREA..
TODAY,, In the America that I now see,, it has become a SYMBOL of that which IS and always has been Universally recognized from the beginning of this Republic.. From the FOUNDERS to the present day American..
As a uniquely AMERICAN SYMBOL of the Constitutional LIMITATIONS of the Federal Government over it’s States and it’s INDIVIDUAL Citizens..
it is the quintessential symbol of a FREE people with the RIGHT to dissent..
The very SAME dissent exemplified from the FIRST shot of the Revolutionary War to the Civil War and beyond.. and NEVER has it,, or something very much LIKE it,, been needed more then it is today...
And THIS is the reason WHY the Confederate Flag does NOT Offend me..
I love your comment! It is wonderful, and I have to agree with about everything you said!! Thank you for commenting here!
If my experiences are any judge,, that guy's probably a LIBERAL trying to MAKE this into a Racial thing so that he or she can point at it later...LMAO..
Doesn't matter though..
Whether he's the Bonafide racists or JUST a typical Gutless Liberal pretender America has OUTGROWN his ilk..
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The confederate flag being displayed at a government building, or government office would (and does) offend me. Only the US flag should fly there.......
There are those today that say the SAME thing about the American Flag..
No..it does NOT offend me..
It represents many things to many people..Those that I know who own and fly one do NOT support Slavery any more then someone from Boston does.. But LIKE people from Boston,, they are PROUD of their unique culture..
The focus on THIS SINGLE aspect of Southern Culture is the result of those who feel the need,, warrented or NOT,, to have an ICON to direct their hatred to,, Like the Swaztika..
As far as I'M concerned,, if you REALLY want an example for an Icon of oppression and enslavement in the modern world,, LOOK to the U.S. WELFARE system..
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