We need to be careful what we wish for. It started with the Nativity scene and the mention of Christ in Christmas store ads. Then the Ten Commandments and any reference to Christianity, which have all been banned on "Public Property". Christians cannot gather in public buildings, but streets of NYC are closed down at noon so that Muslims can pray en masse to Mecca.

Today it's the Confederate Flag. Tomorrow, who knows?...maybe the American Flag will be deemed "offensive" by some group. Our freedoms are being decimated, one by one, and with disturbing rapidity.

It's not merely the Confederate Flag...it's the right of a proud people, many of whom lost loved ones in the struggle to keep it, to fly it without fear of retribution. Remember the quote, "...and then they came for me."

To me, the Stars and Bars is a symbol of brother fighting brother, of the unnecessary slaughter of so many young men, of people that lost a war but still haven't accepted that fact. Slavery was a very small part of the issues causing this war. If you read the Emancipation Proclamation carefully, you'll see it really freed no slaves. Even counties in Maryland that were pro-North were exempt from freeing their slaves. It really was a war of land and economics.

And, again, what people choose to display on their private property is their right and privilege. What our government, whether local or national, displays should be limited to state and national flags, not symbols of beliefs. It is one thing to honor heroes of a war, regardless of who won, or those who died, even if on the losing side, it is another to fly a flag claiming to represent a region (the "rural South" in this case) which is not legally recognized as such, on government land.

As to the U.N. displaying flags of all member nations, that is, at best, an extremely specious argument. Next you'll use embassies flying their national flags on their sovereign ground as an argument to justify flying rhe Stars n Bars.

It goes without saying that a good number of you need to read the history of and why the Civil War happened! You need to read the history of "so called!" slavery. Who owned "slaves!" What parts of the country had "slaves!" The 12 past Presidents of the US who owned "slaves!" There was a good deal more than "slavery!" involved in the fighting of the Civil War or better known as "The Northern Aggression!" Most of the comments on this page seemingly come from folks of the North! Does that prejudice your opinion? Did you know that many of our Founding Fathers, to include George Washington had slaves! It's easier to call a segment of our country "losers!" than it is to actually read the histroy and facts! Did the fact "the North!" participated in "slavery!" before, during and after the end of the Civil War make it okay to ignore that fact? Do you realize that the US Flag was the choice of flag for the "Union?" So, since the North participated in "slavery!" Do we take the US Flag down? So, where do we begin in erasing history and where do we stop? What monuments to great people do we take down and what names of cities, facilities and parks, etc. do we change? Where does the total nonsense and PC stop? History is just that "History!" We can't change it, deal with it! But inform yourself before vomitting untrue statements!

The War between the States has really never ended.
Just read the above posts!

No Kneejerk Reaction in Marion County
 

Marion County has chosen to use common sense rather than bow down to a few who want to erase history and it's symbols.

Don't move. Stick around and vote the A....holes out of office.

Justus: you are spot on. The progressives used alinksy tactics and demonized the confederate flag to remove it. My dog in this fight is exactly where you are at ...whose next?... what is next?

This is a fight for return to us our individual freedoms our right to be guided by our conscience and not the government

Yes...grew up near the site of the Battle of Saratoga.

Don't feel bad, there is a obviously a lot of confusion on this subject......No doubt most, if not all those complaining about the confederate flag are from the north and therefore have no fondness for it and do not wish to consider or have any consideration of it's real meaning to others.

“I think it wiser moreover not to keep open the sores of war, but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife and to commit to oblivion the feelings it engendered,” ….. Robert E. Lee
Even Robert E. Lee Wanted the Confederate Flag Gone - The Daily Beast

He was one, and was entitled to his opinion just the same as all others.

Maybe next we'll just get rid of all the state flags (all the states should share one common flag, after all they are all in the US), all the military branch flags (as they really irritate the other branches of the service and why do we need a different flag for each anyway since they are all fighting for the same cause) , and also those pesky school flags. (they so irritate their rival teams so they have to go).

This flag definitely must go as it insults the Seminole tribe right?

Progressives and Alinsky tactics have demonized the Confederate flag? Who is Alinsky?

Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community organizer, and writer. He is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing.

He is often noted for his book Rules for Radicals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Alinsky

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And the Washington Redskins will probably be getting a new name.