Quote Originally Posted by Lyle
Quote Originally Posted by Sheps
In my opinion flying the Rebel flag is like flying the Union jack over here, its been hijacked by racist twats.

But the confederacy was actually racist....... so........... uh........... lol.
That's not 100% accurate

Union General and former President Ulysses Grant said "If this war was about slavery I would fight for the Confederacy"

The "War of Northern Aggression" if you will, was about economy and state's rights. Think about it like this slavery was caught in the middle. I'm not saying things are worse since the South didn't win, I'm just saying slavery was not the first and only reason for the war which is really taught everywhere today and people just accept it.

I am no racist, I like people who deserve to be liked...if you're an asshole it doesn't matter what color you are. Pat Robertson is a twat he's white, Luis Farrakahn and Al Sharpton are jack asses, Vicente Fox is a B******, Kim Jong Il is a bitch, Osama Bin Laden is a punk....I mean I could go on.

The Confederate Battle Flag (not actually the official flag of the Confederacy) began it's decent to being a racist symbol by being adopted by the officers who were basically disowned by the US (couldn't vote, couldn't hold office, etc) ...they formed the original Ku Klux Klan (I'm not a member or a sympathizer, I'm just giving a little history lesson) the KKK was formed to keep political power in the hands of the rich white land owners and so they killed Republicans (that was the party of minorities back then) and former slaves who wanted to vote and so on.

And now the flag has been used by friggin Nazi's and various other idiots!

I like the flag because my ancestors fought for the South, I live in the South and I would appreciate if you wouldn't hate on me because of that.
as did I.......and I have always look at that as a black eye on the family....I am ashamed that I came from a racist back ground....on my fathers side of course....my mothers side is pure Italian...And I'm damn proud of that...not the government but the nationality....like I'm proud to be an American...I served as well....and the rebel flag is still a sign of racism just like the swastica is...now...maybe it wasn't at first but it is now and has been for over 60 years....