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The Real Modern Heritage of the Confederate Battle Flag [W:147]

Gathomas88

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Everyone seems to only want to focus on the flags association with the Confederacy itself, and a handful of racist political groups in the 1950s and 1960s.

What they tend to forget, however...

Is the 100 years of service it saw after the Civil War as a means of honoring Southern Veterans (US Veterans by Congressional decree).



It's wide usage in the Pacific Theater of War by Southern dominated Marine and Naval companies during WW2.




As well as in Vietnam...

What Was the Confederate Flag Doing in Cuba, Vietnam, and Iraq?



And even in the modern military...



Oh! And let's not forget about this little doozy either.



Kind of interesting how the history of the so called "traitor flag" isn't anywhere near as simple as certain fundamentally dishonest ideologues would like to claim, innit?
 
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The real "modern heritage"... Best oxymoron I've seen yet.
 
Half the jeeps and tracked vehicles in Nam had Confederate flags on them. It's a beautiful all-American battle flag.
 
Ray410 said:
Half the jeeps and tracked vehicles in Nam had Confederate flags on them. It's a beautiful all-American battle flag.
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It is a traitorous flag, one that was fielded by enemies of USA
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
It is a traitorous flag, one that was fielded by enemies of USA
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And proudly carried into battle by loyal US soldiers from Southern regions of the country ever since. It was even used by the husband of a current US presidential nominee for his own presidential campaign in the 1990s.

Feeling silly for your gross oversimplification yet?
 

Why would you ever feel silly for putting away a loser's flag?
 

Words of wisdom, W. Honkey,... words of wisdom.
 

You tell it like it is, Dixon.
 
brothern said:
Why would you ever feel silly for putting away a loser's flag?
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Were the US Marines who fought, died under, and planted the flag on Okinawa being "silly?" Were the countless US soldiers who have done so in wars since?

Perhaps it's time that you simply expand your horizons a bit and realize that the "one size fits all" ideological interpretation you are attempting to forcibly impose upon the flag is your entirely subjective opinion rather than the objective fact you like to imagine.
 
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Absolute losers. Lost the war. Lost their slaves. Lost the Civil Rights fight Being a US Marine means you wear the stars and stripes, which is also called *your* flag. Not the flag of losers.

Like it's so bad, that if I ever saw a Conderate themed gravestone, it probably means you died as a 50 year old virgin.
 

Ah! There's the "tolerance," "open mindedness," and "cultural sensitivity" for which the popular Left is so well known! :lamo

Bigotry, authoritarianism, and blatant disrespect for cultures different than your own are perfectly okay, apparently... Just so long as they happen to be targeted against a group you happen to dislike.
 
Gathomas88 said:
Fat bearded internet guy disregarded as irrelevant.
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Well, you're on the internet, so should we disregard you, too?

I fail to see how posting pictures of a people holding up a racist flag helps your lost cause, much. Seems pretty irrelevant and should be disregarded because it doesn't diminish or negate what that flag really represents one tiny bit.
 

Me? Intolerant of racists? No, never. You Confederate lovers need our compassion. Love. Government assistance. Tax breaks. Where else would you get the money to fix your teeth?
 
Interesting to see the Clinton Gore Rebel Flag campaign. I wonder how many liberals that want everything ever associated with the rebel flag to be cast aside, destroyed or even dug up from graves, will still vote for Hillary. I'll bet it's close to all of them.
 

Just stating the facts as they presently exist, ma'am.

brothern said:
Me? Intolerant of racists? No, never. You Confederate lovers need our compassion. Love. Government assistance. Tax breaks. Where else would you get the money to fix your teeth?
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As you proceed to double down on the self-righteous bigotry and negative stereotyping. :lamo

You're aware that what you're actually engaging in here is rather blatant (and, frankly, kind of racist) Classism, right? You're attempting to destroy the culture of lower income whites from a certain part of the country, basically for no other reason than that you've convinced yourself that you're somehow inherently "superior" to them, based off a bunch of negative stereotypes with little basis in actually reality. In the process, you've even resorted to mocking generations of veterans over something completely trivial.

I guess that's okay though, because neither of those groups are on your "approved victims" list. :roll:
 
Moot said:

Words of wisdom, W. Honkey,... words of wisdom.
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I wonder when he will get enough wisdom to learn how to eat properly or to exercise regularly?
 

That's some good photoshopping.
 
Henrin said:
I wonder when he will get enough wisdom to learn how to eat properly or to exercise regularly?
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Isn't eating food swimming in butter a southern cuisine thing?
 
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