[dillywho]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Sorry I walked on your post Dilly.

I will add that in the middle part of the U.S. in rural areas, we would see the confederate flag on barns and out buildings occasionaly, in Ohio close to the Mason Dixon line. It is just a symbol of the rural south to many of us. It is being made more out of than it should be.

No one that most of us know in this day and age would promote slavery or racial hatred. The confederate flag is to many a symbol of the part of the country that many grew up in and love. That is ALL.

As you all know, I am from Texas. Some of my ancestors fought in the Confederate Army (they were LONG gone before I came along so that means nothing to me other than being an ancestor). That being said, I have never associated the "Stars and Bars" battle flag with slavery or segregation (segregation was the norm when I was growing up in Lubbock). It (the offending flag), to me, just meant "from the South". Period. Amarillo has the Tascosa High School Rebels and that just means they are one of the harder teams to beat. Period.