Yes, some people fly them legitimately for historical purposes and heritage......and others for pure hatred, is it any different than any other flag
World War II happened just over 60 years ago....the Civil War happened a lot longer ago than that.....and therefore the people affected by the Holocaust are still with us though in fewer numbers with each passing day.....I don't believe anyone specifically affected by the Civil War is still alive or even the grand children of people affected by the Civil War are alive to this day.
The economic aspects of the war were where the biggest resentment built up.....and that resentment was wrongfully taken out on blacks. The Union states wanted to have THE SAY in the US economy and cut the legs out from under the Southern states by not following passed laws such as the Fugitive Slave Act and so on.
I am not really bothered by the use of the flag in my state or my hometown...we have a large Quaker population and they are opposed to both War and Slavery as well as North Carolina didn't have a huge amount invested in the Civil War other than just trying to be at peace with it's closest neighbors....the agitators in the South....now Virginia, South Carolina, Tennesse, and Georgia didn't start the war but they didn't help matters with their actions....some people fly it some people don't, I can respect both views as my state also supplied the most troops to the Confederacy
"Elected in 1862, Governor Zebulon Vance tried to maintain state autonomy against Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond. Even after secession, some North Carolinians refused to support the Confederacy. This was particularly true of non-slave-owning farmers in the state's mountains and western Piedmont region." - Wikipedia
I still believe in States' Rights....not for any racial prejudices but because it's the 10th Amendment and states have issues they need to deal with without the Federal Government stepping in.
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