I don't really mind. I associate it with redneck idiots. |
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I don't really mind. I associate it with redneck idiots. |
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Well, I'm all for the south's cause in the civil war. The war was not about slavery. |
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I think usually when people display that image, they're trying to shock and/or offend, so I tend to ignore them. If I were black, I wouldn't be too comfortable around people sporting Confederate flags--white supremacy was a basic value of the Confederacy, and the economic and social system they were fighting to preserve was built upon the forced labor of black slaves. |
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It depends on what context the Confederate flag is used in. On one side, it is a piece of history. If you live in a state that was a Confederate State, I feel that displaying the confederate flag is acceptable, but if you do not, or were not at least born in a southern state, it is just a sign of ignorance and racism. I don't know about you guys, but I live in Kentucky, and in the Civil war, we were split. The part of Kentucky I live in was not confederate, but you see all these idiots who've never even been out of the county sporting a Rebel Flag. Total ignorance. Like most things, it can be acceptable, but there is a correct time and place for it. |
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It only offends me when i think of those idiots with the rebel bandans and make that sorta junk, you know "Rebels Without A Cause" |
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That is banned in most schools I know. But I really don't care. |
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I don't really know anything about it. |
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Well ask yourself this, are you offended by the Germanic Heritage that is the Nazi flag? The confederate flag should be banned, the south was (and to an extent still is) the enemy, it tried to destroy the union, Many southerners still believe in slavery and Segregation--hence the needed excuses to support the flag. it's bad enough that the south has not progressed with the rest of the country as seen in florida in 2000 and the misissippi elections. |
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And the Left shall inherit the earth
I'm offended not by the flag itself, but the stupidity and idiocy that it symbolizes. Let's face it: the south is full of inbred white-trash douche-bags. They fear change and are afraid to move on, so they continue to practice age old doctrines (white supremacy, in breeding, watching cars go in circles, rebellion, etc.) They are dead-set against change, and I believe that the best possible tactic is to unleash the smallpox. |
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Now however true that may be for some people its definately not true for all of them. That was based on the past itself there are just as many people like that now in the north as there are in the south. |
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i think it as a redneck thing and the south. no more. i hate what the south did to the African Americans but thats why i draw the line at a redneck/south thing. i think people make to big a deal about the flag. i mean at my school its band, u cant wear it or you get in major troble even if its on ur car in the school parking lot. yeah i can see why people do make a big deal about it but still. some people do hold it differently then others. |
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..not offended, didn't even associate that banner/flag with anything until reading this thread.. |
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The confederate flag did not represent slavery. This is what they teach you in school when youre young and gullible. We did not go to war to free the slaves. That was the publci reason to keep other countries from joining the south...political correctness you know. Many people in the south opposed slavery and anted that to change. The north was upset to see half of its economy running away, so they pretended to care about slavery as a battle cry. Just like how we went to war to free the Iraqis. |
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you're making some very broad ranged assumptions there christ was a socialist... giving power to the states had nothing to do with slavery... it has nothing to do with gay marriage... it has to do with the states knowing what’s best for them. republicans shoot for less power in the federal government... it isn't some scheme made up so they can ban gay marriages in as many states as possible... honestly, get your head out of your ass. |
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Well said Adidas. Its often easier to simplify the world in our minds and laugh. |
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I am not american myself, but it's going to take more than a flag to offend me... |
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