American confederate flag

[SlimTrae]

I understand that flags are very important to Americans, and that they carry immense symbolism

Not all Americans.just the ones who claim to follow a Jesus that says take no graven images idols, aka symbols. What irony.


and also the weight of recent history .... so I don't think I really know enough about the South etc to comment on the use of the confederate flag.
It's a flag which heritage is steeped in chattel slavery. Not biblical servitude where men submitted themselves under tutliedge of older wiser men. One man even gained his master's daughter for a wife. The south's idea was to deny the right to read think, figure. Please google Henry Barry in the house of delegates in 1832 He was successful in claiming that abolition was an evil. And that the politicians with religion should shut down the light by which God had the capacity to enter a slave mind. Thus reducing my people to the level of the beast of the field. That is the heritage of the south. Slaves in the south had no clue of freedom, so some of their ignorant asses fought to stay enslaved

The wider issue of exactly what the confederate flag means to people is enormously complex. Some see it as a vital part of their heritage
Again, what does it consist of?

, some see it as a symbol of rebellion, others see it as representing slavers. Those people will ALWAYS see it as they see it now.


Ron Paul..that you hear some republicans talk about...please!!! Read what he thinks about lincoln...the war was not needed..it forever divided south and north...while Britain and other nations bought out their slaves....we had an uncivil war to do it....

It's like the Stars and Stripes .... Americans are very protective and passionate about their flag, but some Pakistani in Baluchistan will see it as representing something very different.
Side note...when a boxing match occurs between Mexico and Puerto Rico...man the winner will show their flag on their cars like...fuck the American flag....to no anger by white or black, funny shit to me.

However, in the context of the recent shooting, I don't see any clear linkage with the confederate flag, apart from that he was photographed with one. He was also photographed wearing a Golds Gym t shirt and nobody is saying that should be banned?

It is a detraction, you are very aware to be so distant from our shores