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[quote=Anonymous]Let's all stop speculating on what we think the Confederate flag stands for and look for some authoritative sources.  Why not start with the guy who designed and promoted it in the first place?

That would be William Tappan Thompson.

And here's what William Tappan Thompson said about his design for the Confederate flag (known as the Stainless Banner) along with the design for the Confederate Battle Flag:

"As a people, we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause."

"Such a flag…would soon take rank among the proudest ensigns of the nations, and be hailed by the civilized world as THE WHITE MAN'S FLAG."

"As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of a superior race, and a higher civilization contending against ignorance, infidelity, and barbarism. Another merit in the new flag is, that it bears no resemblance to the now infamous banner of the Yankee vandals."

The debate is OVER.  The Confederate flag was from the start designed to represent white supremacy, no ifs, ands or buts about it.[/quote]

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