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Originally Posted by Guest
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! |
Good post.
As is/has been discussed, this is all about controlling the narrative. Substance does not mean a thing.
An honest narrative on race would be great, but without hearing all sides, it is not going to happen. An example.....during race riots in Ferguson, Baltimore, etc. IMMEDIATELY the conversation was seized to condemn whit police. If you dared mention that the blacks committed crime, you were dismissed as a racist. Now after some time, we are seeing the folly of those riots and how they were based on lies.
There needs to be discourse for sure, but it cannot be done when the conversation is steered and controlled. This thread began by the OP calling Marion County a blemish in the state. Does she have any idea of history of that flag...does she present even ONE reason to condemn the county ? NOPE