Mitt, Jeb say "Take down Confederate battle flag

[Mr MojoRisin]

Originally Posted by timpage

As if that somehow legitimizes or deflects what was done.

Bottom line is, No slavery, no Civil War. All the rest is just bullshit rationalizations.

I am not saying it legitimized slavery. What I am saying is slavery ran across race lines. So all this talk of white oppression on African slaves is one sided. That's what nobody wants to talk about.


Jim

[shanm]

Originally Posted by timpage

It's not as simple as all that and it's easy to draw some pretty distinct differences between Nazi's and Confederates, not the least of which is that slavery was an institution with a history in the south (and the north) as opposed to the slaughter of the jews which was instituted within a decade of the Nazi's taking power.

But, the analogy of flying the Swastika is a good one. You think jewish folks might be understandably outraged if the capital in Germany was flying the swastika? It's unthinkable. Why should black Americans be any less outraged?

Look, it's a great piece of history, I'll give you that.

But that's exactly why it needs to be in a museum, and not a statehouse flag.

I, for one, don't mind Nazi memorabilia in museums.

You can say that slavery was only part of it. For the sake of argument, let's say that it was a very, very minuscule part of it (obviously untrue).

To blacks, however, that's all it will ever be about. Can you honestly say that there is one self-respecting white man who isn't, at the very least, slightly racist, who would want to support the confederate flag?

They know exactly what it is, and exactly what it does. That is why it isn't such a "coincidence" that every titty bar filled with racist rednecks flies the confederate flag.

It's not only offensive to blacks, it should be offensive to whites as well. I don't mean to sound like a hypersensitive hippie, but every time we support or otherwise glorify the confederate flag, we support a way of life that was marked by one of the worst atrocities ever committed.

When has it ever happened that a state or country allows the losing side to still fly their flag? The confederates lost and they should get over it.

[Yssup Rider]

Originally Posted by shanm

Look, it's a great piece of history, I'll give you that.

But that's exactly why it needs to be in a museum, and not a statehouse flag.

I, for one, don't mind Nazi memorabilia in museums.

You can say that slavery was only part of it. For the sake of argument, let's say that it was a very, very minuscule part of it (obviously untrue).

To blacks, however, that's all it will ever be about. Can you honestly say that there is one self-respecting white man who isn't, at the very least, slightly racist, who would want to support the confederate flag?

They know exactly what it is, and exactly what it does. That is why it isn't such a "coincidence" that every titty bar filled with racist rednecks flies the confederate flag.

It's not only offensive to blacks, it should be offensive to whites as well. I don't mean to sound like a hypersensitive hippie, but every time we support or otherwise glorify the confederate flag, we support a way of life that was marked by one of the worst atrocities ever committed.

When has it ever happened that a state or country allows the losing side to still fly their flag? The confederates lost and they should get over it.

+1000!

[Sickpuppy]

Typical bullshit. I know, let’s blame the gun for shooting those poor people -- take down all ads for guns and don’t allow facebook or youtube postings of people with guns. Wait, didn’t Obama blame the gun first and the crazy MF second? Fine, take the flag off the state land, but you can’t erase it from use by crazy MF’s trying to justify their hatred. Doesn’t bother me if they move it “offsite”, but it is the height of naiveté to think the flag played a role in the murder of innocent people. Let’s vote to outlaw the ISIS flag – maybe that will defeat ISIS.

[I B Hankering]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Exactly WHICH Austin are you spewing about, you Wikipedia dropout?

Don't go there unless you're prepared to take a crash course in Texas history.

DIPSHIT!


(Oh and BTW, the "Stars and Bars" you now seem to embrace is not the flag that we Texans are used to seeing as one of the Six... but feel free to salute this!)

And, while you're rubbing down your flagpole, why not let us know what you're planning to do this year on Burn a Confederate Flag Day?

The "Stars and Bars" are flying high in Austin, you Mussulman-luvin, Hitler worshipping, lying, hypocritical, racist, cum-gobbling golem fucktard, HDDB, DEM.

Originally Posted by Old-T

And your point?

Only really stupid people attribute hate and overt acts of violence to inanimate objects, Old-THUMPER. Take note, Old-THUMPER, hatred is expressed in Toledo with the "Stars and Stripes" but without the St Andrews Cross:

[WombRaider]

Originally Posted by Mr MojoRisin

I am not saying it legitimized slavery. What I am saying is slavery ran across race lines. So all this talk of white oppression on African slaves is one sided. That's what nobody wants to talk about.


Jim

This is about our situation in the United states. Don't try and make it about something else. Slavery is wrong, regardless of who is on what side.

[WombRaider]

Originally Posted by Sickpuppy

Typical bullshit. I know, let’s blame the gun for shooting those poor people -- take down all ads for guns and don’t allow facebook or youtube postings of people with guns. Wait, didn’t Obama blame the gun first and the crazy MF second? Fine, take the flag off the state land, but you can’t erase it from use by crazy MF’s trying to justify their hatred. Doesn’t bother me if they move it “offsite”, but it is the height of naiveté to think the flag played a role in the murder of innocent people. Let’s vote to outlaw the ISIS flag – maybe that will defeat ISIS.

It's the height of naivete to think it had no role at all. It stands for a larger attitude.

[IIFFOFRDB]

The removal of the confederate flag is not the goal of the activists as you see them portrayed on television. They have a larger objective:









Read more: http://theconservativetreehouse.com/...d/#more-102747







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[IIFFOFRDB]

How many kids are killed over Air-Jordans every year? https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...0air%20jordans

No one has been killed over the Battle Flag of the Army of Northern Virginia for 150 years! Racists!

[IIFFOFRDB]

White House Connections to the Mainstream Media Go Deep - See more at: http://www.norcalblogs.com/postscrip....NY0pC44m.dpuf







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[gnadfly]

Originally Posted by ExNYer

Take down the Confederate battle rag from any state or federal building.

If rednecks insist on displaying it, let them fly it in the titty bars where they hang out. That's where it belongs.

There's only ONE Confederate Battle Flag flying on South Carolina state grounds and it's flying at some Civil War Memorial. They took the CBF down from the state capital in 2001.

That's right, all this over ONE flag flying on state grounds.

[gnadfly]

Originally Posted by gfejunkie

What's next? Do all the "Six Flags" parks have to change their name to "Five Flags"?

Only a matter of time... They'll be waving this flag .

I was at Six Flags in Arlington last year and didn't see the CBF there. It's all DC Comics and Warner Brothers based now.

[IIFFOFRDB]

That flag has NOTHING to do with this BULLSHIT...

[IIFFOFRDB]

Financial rebuttal: Boycott.

Vote with your wallet.

Walmart, Sears, Kmart, eBay,

Target and Amazon, for starters.

Your life does not matter to them;

but your money does matter to them.

Keep it from them; make them feel your pain.

[gnadfly]

What's the bigger abomination: waving the Confederate Flag or wearing a Gold's Gym T-shirt?