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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The flag is a symbol, and as such, has different meanings to different people.

I get the same feeling when I see the Confederate flag as I have when I see someone burning the flag of the US - I think it is sad.  But, I believe that people have the right to fly the Confederate flag just as people have the right to burn the US flag.  I would never do either.  [/quote] As an AA woman, I agree that people should be able to fly whatever flag they wish.  However, I feel differently about the [i]State[/i] of South Carolina.  [/quote]

Well, that State doesn't represent you or me, but the citizens actually living and voting there.[/quote] So if we find some citizens of South Carolina that agree with me that it is inappropriate for the state to fly that flag, then....?
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If the majority of people living there wanted to change their THEIR flag, I expect that they would. Unless selecting state flags becomes federal business, I am not sure why we're discussing this, honestly.[/quote]

I agree that all indications suggest that the majority of people living in South Carolina are content to be represented by a flag that was flown by those in armed rebellion against the Government of the United States (i.e. traitors) in defense of slavery. What I don't understand is why that majority doesn't seem to understand why this makes them look like a bunch of racists.
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[b]If you look REALLY close, you can see images of slaves stitched in  :roll:

To liberals, EVERYTHING makes southerners seem like a bunch of racists. Read DCUM[/b].

I'm no longer engaging the crazy. It's an activist game. [/quote]

I mean you DO realize that it was the battle flag of the Conservative states, right?  These states left the union Because of the desire to own other human beings as chattel. This is not in dispute. Let's read the words of South Carolina's own constitution:

"Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth..."[/quote]

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