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Originally Posted by Guest
The South Carolina legislature is controlled by the GOP and is every black person voted Democrat that would not change one bit. So quit your race baiting that the only reason the flag came down is fear of loosing elections because of black voters. The flag came down because enough people now realize that the racists own that flag no matter what it meant 150 years ago, it now for way too many people is a code for their KKK sympathies. And with Mr Roof, it is finally obvious to enough people that any argument about Southern Pride is over. That flag was carried into war AGAINST the United States by people who were spurred to action to defend the peculiar institution of slavery. Think it was about "states rights"? You could not be more wrong about the constitution of the CSA to allow states to self determine the right to own slaves.
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So slaves were owned by the wealthy plantation owners and the middle class and poor went to battle and killed by the thousands to protect the rich folks being able to own slaves?
Doesn't seem to make sense!
Some people do have deeper knowledge and personal roots than what is presented by the television set, media moguls, politicians and special interests.
Like the example or not, but as Farakahn said the week after the killings in NC and the confederate flag, the flag of the USA can just as easily be made to show that it stands for repression of more than just blacks or latinos or muslims......if a group thought they could make the case.
Before pouncing.........key words COULD.....MAKE THE CASE....THOUGHT.
What is not presented by anybody is the origin of the confederate flag. Why the colors? Why the "bars and stars". The real roots of the flag not the reimaged convenience of today.
MAybe this will help some either for or against:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_...tes_of_America
And for those who are so quick to make assumptions what this poster is saying....don't bother because you will only get it wrong again.
It is so very simple. Just asking what do folks really know about the subject....NOTHING MORE!