Reply To: Fly the flag of the Confederate States of America?

[_Robert_]

@GM,
Your analogy is way off base. Nobody is denying that slavery and it’s horrors existed. I am changing my mind, and now agree that the flag should be removed. Let me re-articulate my original objection

The battle flag is NOT a racist symbol to anyone in my circles in GA and Fl. It may be to you, but not to us. It really is only a stupid Southern pride thing and that is all. Pride that the south with like one cannon factory gave the inept Yankee generals 4 years of hell. That sort if thing. There is NO pride here that we were the last region that held on to slavery. So yeah, it’s a bit like WWI. Treat the losers with enough disrespect and they resent it. It makes them hang on.

Now if enough people believe that the battle flag flying over a cemetery where rebel soldiers lie, truly propagates racism, OK lets get rid of it for their sake. We should never pretend the war didn’t happen.