In light of the shootings in SC there seems to be a very strong push again to remove the Confederate Flag from existence. I see this as another knee jerk reaction to the shootings no different than when they try to ban guns after an incident. I understand both sides of the argument but I think the remove it argument itself is the thing that is making the flag the symbol of hate they think it stands for. What do you think?
Ontopic Thoughts on the new push to basically ban the Confederate Flag
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Okay I will admit it, I loved Dukes of Hazzard and if you take away my General Lee I will... I dunno just leave it be there please!!!!
Otherwise as bad as it is I don't give a flip if people fly it or put it on their pick-em-up truck. Just lets me know what kind of asshole they probably are ahead of time.
Otherwise as bad as it is I don't give a flip if people fly it or put it on their pick-em-up truck. Just lets me know what kind of asshole they probably are ahead of time.
See that's my point. Does having the flag on anything at all mean you're a racist or does it mean your Southern because those things aren't exclusive.
Mr. Argumentor
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I used to be of the "doesn't mean racism to everyone" camp. Still am, honestly.
That being said, it's time. It's done and it needs to be removed and relegated to a museum.
That being said, it's time. It's done and it needs to be removed and relegated to a museum.
thintoast
Mayosapien
I'd be willing to bet that those people that want to ban the flag don't even have the slightest clue as to what the Confederacy was all about. then again, the people flying the Confederate flag probably don't either. there were so many great ideas that the Confederacy had, but they all have been forgotten because the focus was quickly transferred to the slavery issue.
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Mayosapien
On the side of "it represents the horrible acts that were done under the flag" I ask how is it any different than say a cross, star of david, or any symbol at all? Should anything thing that someone associates with something bad be banned?
thintoast
Mayosapien
I agree. It isn't always about being racist or narrow minded though I know it really can be. It all depends though. Show me a Charger with it painted on it, or a decal somewhere and I might just smile thinking of the show. Put it on a certain type of vehicle with other things pointing towards racist asshole and I'll think not so good of the person.
I don't get the need to fly it though, but sometimes I don't think it's all bad either.
Are they flying the American flag above it? Are they doing that with the Confederate flag?
thintoast
Mayosapien
Most people around here fly ONLY the Mexican flag. There isn't even a US flag on the pole, or on a nearby pole.
Mr. Argumentor
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Says who?
Everyone who believed that is dead. Everyone knows the south lost.
Symbols change