I’ve never understood how it was ever acceptable to fly that flag. Aside from what it means to blacks - oppression, slavery etc., it is the flag of traitors and represents a rebellion against this country. If you love this country how could you like this flag ?
And don’t tell me it isn’t the confederate flag. Ok it wasn’t the actual flag of the CSA. It still represents the confederacy or confederate army.
The Rebs lost the war. America doesn't, or shouldn't, honor losers who fought four the wrong cause. Canedog flies the American flag and the flag four The U.
Flying this flag is ignorant. Assuming that all people with conservative values cherish that flag is equally ignorant...Anyways;
To the dolts that keep saying the Confederate Flag is apart of Southern Heritage:
NO ITS NOT, STUPID. The flag was called the Stars and Stripes, and it wasn’t until the war, this flag was introduced.
The Confederate Flag represents the rebellion against the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA b/c it was told, YOU CAN’T USE PEOPLE FOR FREE, FORCED LABOR ANYMORE.
The Confederate Flag represents a stand AGAINST the Union.
The Confederate Flag represents a belief system that was ABOLISHED.
The Confederate Flag is holding on to an ideology that whites are superior to blacks, and thus should be enslaved to them.
The Confederate Flag is a symbol of division, that made America, for a four year stretch, equivalent to the civil unrest that’s found in 3rd world countries.
The Confederate Flag is a symbol of family division, as literal brothers were killing each to protect or fight against the rights to be LAZY and have forced labor to cultivate their lands.
Furthermore, The Confederate Flag is a constant reminder that the South got their @$$es KICKED in their own back yard!
Fck this Flag
Modus operandi around here.Mods are alseep at the wheel.
Anyways;
To the dolts that keep saying the Confederate Flag is apart of Southern Heritage:
NO ITS NOT, STUPID. The flag was called the Stars and Stripes, and it wasn’t until the war, this flag was introduced.
The Confederate Flag represents the rebellion against the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA b/c it was told, YOU CAN’T USE PEOPLE FOR FREE, FORCED LABOR ANYMORE.
The Confederate Flag represents a stand AGAINST the Union.
The Confederate Flag represents a belief system that was ABOLISHED.
The Confederate Flag is holding on to an ideology that whites are superior to blacks, and thus should be enslaved to them.
The Confederate Flag is a symbol of division, that made America, for a four year stretch, equivalent to the civil unrest that’s found in 3rd world countries.
The Confederate Flag is a symbol of family division, as literal brothers were killing each to protect or fight against the rights to be LAZY and have forced labor to cultivate their lands.
Furthermore, The Confederate Flag is a constant reminder that the South got their @$$es KICKED in their own back yard!
Fck this Flag
Flying this flag is ignorant. Assuming that all people with conservative values cherish that flag is equally ignorant...
Mods are alseep at the wheel.
The American flag is "stars and stripes".
The Confederate flag was "stars and bars".
The use of the Southern cross (for the battle flag) was a feature that was intended to distinguish the flags in battle.
After Reconstruction, numerous former Confederate states found obvious or subtle ways to pay homage to the Confederate battle flag, including Florida, which has featured the Southern cross (in red) on its state flag since 1900, in intentional defiance.
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Before the Civil War, the flag of Florida was plain white, with the state seal in the middle.
The Southern cross only came about during the "Lost Cause" myth building, starting in 1900.
Its a sly way to give certain people a forum tbat doesn't involve The U's football team
But it's fun to read the comments. I get a kick out of it...
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Just gonna leave this here before the thread is locked...
And before anyone tries to say the Stars & Bars doesn't represent racism but "Southern heritage".
Well that might the interpretation you use to justify it, but the actual inventor of the Flag doesn't think so & stated explicitly that it represented racism.
I don't care if you fly or wear the flag proud, do as you please, just don't lie & be disingenuous & try to act as if you're not making a statement about race because you are. The Southern Heritage excuse is invalid.
First, the Southern Cross is a star constellation that predates the Civil War. Let's not get the mob demanding constellations be renamed.The American flag is "stars and stripes".
The Confederate flag was "stars and bars".
The use of the Southern cross (for the battle flag) was a feature that was intended to distinguish the flags in battle.
After Reconstruction, numerous former Confederate states found obvious or subtle ways to pay homage to the Confederate battle flag, including Florida, which has featured the Southern cross (in red) on its state flag since 1900, in intentional defiance.
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Before the Civil War, the flag of Florida was plain white, with the state seal in the middle.
The Southern cross only came about during the "Lost Cause" myth building, starting in 1900.
Lastly, some historians see the addition of a red saltire as a commemoration of Florida's contributions to the Confederacy by Governor Fleming, who served in the 2nd Florida Regiment of the Confederate army.[9] The addition was made during a period of nostalgia for the "Lost Cause" around the time of the flag's change.[10][11] According to historian John M. Coski, the adoption of Florida's flag coincided with the rise of Jim Crow laws and segregation,[12] as other former Confederate slave states, such as Mississippi and Alabama, also adopted new state flags around the same time when those states instituted Jim Crow segregation laws themselves:[12]First, the Southern Cross is a star constellation that predates the Civil War. Let's not get the mob demanding constellations be renamed.
Second, the Florida flag does not in any way pay homage to the Confederacy. The flag was just the seal on a white background and the legislature changed it to avoid looking like a surrender flag. The bars were added in the shape of a St. Andrews cross. They closely resemble the Cross of Burgundy that flew over the fort at St. Augustine.
State Flag - Florida Department of State
dos.myflorida.com
The flag changes in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida coincided with the passage of formal Jim Crow segregation laws throughout the South. Four years before Mississippi incorporated a Confederate battle flag into its state flag, its constitutional convention passed pioneering provisions to 'reform' politics by effectively disenfranchising most African Americans.
— John M. Coski, The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem (2005), pp. 80–81.[12]