October 30, 2024

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    A caveat to my post below: I am not saying that anyone who supports/likes/flies the Battle Flag is a slavery-supportin' racsist. That isn't the point. Indeed, I have known plenty of folks who truly see it simply as a symbol of the South itself, and an emblematic of defiance vis-a-vis the North in a very generic way. Still, to argue that it has nbo other connotation is to be willfully blind.

    My question to those who are adamantly in favor of the flag: why? What does it uniquely mean to you about your Southern heritage? And even if it means something dear to your heart, isn't whatever it is you wish to extol being tainted by what the flag signifies to others?

    Posted by Steven Taylor at October 30, 2024 10:08 AM | TrackBack

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    My Grandfather (a few greats) died for the flag. He was form Tennessee and served in the Union army. For me the flag is just the South and none of the other stuff. I do not thank the government should fly it or any other enemy flag. but making it a symbal of stuff it never was part of is dumb.

    Posted by: jim at October 30, 2024 02:05 PM
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