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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Eleven years ago, when the NAACP stepped up a campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouses and other government buildings across the South, it found an opponent in Rick Perry.
Flying the confederate flag at state houses SHOULD be illegal, regardless of what it means to who. That is PUBLIC property, paid for and maintained by that public's tax money. If there is so much as just ONE tax payer that doesn't want that flag, that flag should not be flown, period, end of discussion.
Flying the confederate flag at state houses SHOULD be illegal, regardless of what it means to who. That is PUBLIC property, paid for and maintained by that public's tax money. If there is so much as just ONE tax payer that doesn't want that flag, that flag should not be flown, period, end of discussion.
When you read the text of speeches and news articles from the early 1860s it becomes clear the Civil War was not primarily about slavery. It was about States rights to independently govern (Confederacy) versus over Federal government rights to force states to adhere to central laws (United States). Slavery was one of several issues that lead to the war. The biggest issue was the federal government attempting to levy a tariff on goods the south was selling to other countries. This was the primary reason southern states started seceding from the US and the secession was why Lincoln went after them with military force.
Slavery was added as a reason for the war later by Lincoln as support for the protracted and bloody war was fading. Most in the north opposed slavery on moral grounds and Lincoln exploited that to gain support for the war.
By the way, why do you hate Rick Perry?
No, because the american flag is the current symbol for our country. Without which, we could get confused as to WHICH state those house belong. When you go to another country, and you need to visit the US embasy there, if there is one, you go to the building flying the US flag, not the stars and bars.
The Stars & Bars is a symbol of oppression and rebellion to defend that oppression.
its that simple. Defending it is defending the indefensible.
I am really torn on this one. True, the Confederate flag represents slavery to most people, as the primary purpose in the South's secession was their insistence that they had the right to slavery. But it goes much deeper than that. The Stars and Bars also represents the South's view that the North supported slavery too.... The kind of slavery that comes with one region imposing it's will on another. Yea, I know, I know, it's not the same thing, but there was a culture in the South that saw the big Government of the North as a dictator. In that sense, the Confederate flag represents small government. From the Revolution onward, the South was the poster child for smaller government, and has always been.
To the KKK'ers who fly the Confederate flag, **** you. I know what kind of people you are. To the others who fly it, you have my blessing. I understand that the Confederate flag represents a philosophy of smaller government that is returning, after having been.... gone with the wind.... Yea, had to rip that line to set up my closing statement. As much as I detest Rick Perry, I see no problem with his supporting Confederate symbols. As for the politically correct who want to ban those symbols, frankly, I don't give a damn.
Article is here.
The Stars & Bars is a symbol of oppression and rebellion to defend that oppression.
its that simple. Defending it is defending the indefensible.
The US Flag flew over US slave ships. The US Flag flew over ships that often brought slaves to America from Africa and/or transported them from New York and other northern ports to ports in the South. The Confederate flag never flew over a slave ship.
Is it really that simple though?
Why do you support denying people the right to fly the flag?
err....did the Confederate flag ever fly over a ship used to fight against the rebellion that sought to defend slavery?
This is an interesting subject because symbols do hold power...and the confederate flag was the symbol of a nation that fought in part to continue the institution of slavery.
It wasn't a rebellion, it was a legal succession. There were many causes of which slavery was one. Slavery was still practiced and supported and legal in states that flew the US flag and fought the CSA. There is no arguing about that. Those are facts.
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