The Flag (Stars and Bars)

[JohnDeereFan]

Says who - Its a matter of interpretation.
We should not allow lies to make decisions.

I love the way he points out that the Ku Klux Klan carried the American flag, and yet, doesn't see anything wrong with it, but then, because the Ku Klux Klan later carried the Confederate flag, the Confederate flag must be a symbol of hatred and white supremacy.

And he doesn't see any hypocrisy in that at all.

So does that mean that anything I don't like, I should be going around saying it is a symbol of hate? and demand it be removed?

Only if you're a liberal.

 

[Thousand Hills]

Withdraw Request

Before I comply with the OP's request and close this thread, I want to make these remarks.

I will not fly or display (except as part of an historical\museum dispaly) any flag of the Confederacy, be it the national flag, the flag of the Army of Northern Virginia or other color. And here are my ressons why:

• The flags of the CSA represent people who tried to kill my ancestors who served in the Union Army.
• Until the 1940s, the battle flag was not used for political purposes. If you hae seen the Klan march on Washington back in the 20s the flag on display was the Stars and Stripes.
• The Battle Flag has come to represent White Supremacy. That lie drowns out any other legitimate use.
• There are better symbols of resistence to the centralizers of power.

I am closing this thread in three (3) hours.

I hereby withdraw my request for closure of this thread so you can answer questions brought about by your strong accusations!

Oh, and by the way, your sorry kin folk are probably the ones that stole my great great grandaddy's mule!

 

[Zaac]

I hereby withdraw my request for closure of this thread so you can answer questions brought about by your strong accusations!

Oh, and by the way, your sorry kin folk are probably the ones that stole my great great grandaddy's mule!

I wonder what mule steak would taste like?:smilewinkgrin:

 

[poncho]

Confederate Flag Sales Up ‘500 Times’

This is what happens when the government tries to ban everything

Stores are reporting that sales of Confederate Rebel flags have shot up, with some claiming that they are selling 500 times more than what they were before the corporate media driven flap over the symbol.

As government and perpetually offended Americans have continued to call for banning anything remotely connected to the flag, retailers have noted that it is having the exact opposite effect, and making it exponentially MORE popular.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/confederate-flag-sales-up-500-times.html

 

[Zaac]

This is what happens when the government tries to ban everything

Stores are reporting that sales of Confederate Rebel flags have shot up, with some claiming that they are selling 500 times more than what they were before the corporate media driven flap over the symbol.

As government and perpetually offended Americans have continued to call for banning anything remotely connected to the flag, retailers have noted that it is having the exact opposite effect, and making it exponentially MORE popular.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/confederate-flag-sales-up-500-times.html

That's capitalism. More power to them. But a sign of racism as the Battleflag is, should not be flown on or over government property.

If folks want to buy them and poster their cars with them, more power to them. Folks will know what to expect out of such a person.

 

[JohnDeereFan]

This is what happens when the government tries to ban everything

Stores are reporting that sales of Confederate Rebel flags have shot up, with some claiming that they are selling 500 times more than what they were before the corporate media driven flap over the symbol.

I went to a website to by a t shirt and their homepage said they weren't taking any new orders because they were cleaned out and wouldn't be back up for about a week.

As government and perpetually offended Americans have continued to call for banning anything remotely connected to the flag, retailers have noted that it is having the exact opposite effect, and making it exponentially MORE popular.

Always does. When the homosexuals decided to boycott Chick Fil A, all they did was drive Chick Fil A's sales through the roof and ensure thousands of customers.

 

[poncho]

That's capitalism. More power to them. But a sign of racism as the Battleflag is, should not be flown on or over government property.

If folks want to buy them and poster their cars with them, more power to them. Folks will know what to expect out of such a person.

Yep, folks will expect it's no use to try to brow beat them into being a "perpetually offended American".

 

[JohnDeereFan]

Yep, folks will expect it's no use to try to brow beat into being a "perpetually offended American".

Honestly, I think that we won't give in to their tantrums is what really "offends" them the most, if they're ever actually offended by anything.

 

[poncho]

Honestly, I think that we won't give in to their tantrums is what really "offends" them the most, if they're ever actually offended by anything.

Authoritarians do have pretty thin skins. The more we resist their divide and conquer garbage the shriller and nastier they become. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Squire Robertsson]

The three hours are up and this thread is closed. For what it's worth during much of the prewar period California was effectively a border state. That is until the Broderick-Terry Duel of 1859.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderick–Terry_duel