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- Here is the true Confederate Flag, the first flag used by the Confederate States of America, the flag that is known as the “Stars and Bars”.
Martin Winfree
June 23, 2015
Here is the true Confederate Flag, the first flag used by the Confederate States of America, the flag that is known as the “Stars and Bars”. The Confederate battle flag is the one that has been appropriated by the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, and (most recently) by the creep who murdered 9 people at a Bible study group at the historic church in Charleston, SC. The Beauvoir attraction located near where I live in Biloxi (where Jefferson Davis spent the final years of his life) does not show the Confederate battle flag anymore; instead they are displaying this flag (along with several others). Those of you who want to honor the heritage and valor of the Confederacy – this is the flag that you should display. I am perfectly cool with that – at least six of my eight great-great-grandfathers were in the Confederate armed forces, and one of them died in a Union POW camp. Those of you who insist on showing the Klan flag – well, we will know what you really mean whether you admit it or not.
Ginger Travis
Way to say it, Martin.
William Richardson
Perfect Post ^^, Thx Cuzin :))
Michael Stafford
And guess what party decided to fly the Confederate flag over the South Carolina state house? Why the democratically controlled state legislature of course. Bill Clinton and Al Gore used the Confederate battle flag on their campaign buttons in 1992. Of course both had close affiliations with racists. Gore’s father voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Clinton’s mentor Jim Fulbright also voted against it. The “Conscience of the Senate” Robert Byrd of West Virginia actually filibustered the bill for a record 14 hours. And let us never forget that North Carolina’s own Sam Ervin of Watergate fame voted against this bill as well. What do all of these illustrious people have in common? They are democrats.
Michael Stafford
The blame is being assigned to Republicans by the media without reporting the history. The democrat party caused most of the race problems in this country with everything from poll taxes to literacy tests. The Ku Klux Klan was a democrat innovation in racism. All of these topics are being brought into this discussion and the media is asking Republicans for their solutions. This flag killed no one. Those people were killed by an evil murderer and removing this flag from the planet will have absolutely no effect on the content of evil men’s hearts. Assign the blame where it should be and not on an inanimate flag. What is the next thing that will be removed in the name of racism?
Michael Stafford
I could care less about the flag. The issue is that the flag is being attacked because of the actions of an evil person. That flag had nothing to do with what he did. He chose to commit an evil deed. That is the issue with me. Removing the flag will have no effect on the evil racism in men’s hearts. Is it flown by idiots? Of course and your neighbor must be one. I am sorry that it caused you trouble but again it was not the flag at fault. It was your jerk of a neighbor.
Martin Winfree
Michael Stafford, your history lesson is accurate as I remember. There was once a Solid South for the Democratic Party that became the Solid South for the Republican Party beginning with Goldwater I guess – and for the same reasons. Also, as far as I know, no one is saying that we should pass a law that no one can display a Confederate battle flag – it is only official display by State Governments that is under attack. (According to the local paper, only The Army of Tennessee even used the rectangular battle flag – in the CSA itself, it was apparently a fairly minor flag or just a small part of a larger flag). The paper also noted that the State Flags of Georgia and Mississippi are based on the (true) Stars and Bars to some extent. We had a referendum on a new flag 10 or 11 years ago, but the alternative was crappy. If the Magnolia flag (dating from 1861 and the first official Mississippi State Flag) were on the ballot instead, my guess is that it would pass a referendum – although some things shouldn’t go to a vote IMHO.