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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jimmy was coerced into this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederados#/media/File:Confedarado.jpg[/quote]

Something from nearly 45 years ago - not particularly relevant today.[/quote]

You just know so much history about that flag- did jimmy carter feel it was a symbol of hatred and worse towards blacks?[/quote]

And if not, then when did it become one?[/quote]

When did the flag become a symbol of hatred and worse toward blacks?

How about looking at what its designer, William Tappan Thompson, said about what it meant as a symbol:

[quote]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.[/quote]

When did it become a symbol of hatred and worse toward blacks?  It was a symbol of hatred and worse from the day it was designed.[/quote]

The flag referred to here that has been flying in South Carolina (Stars and Bars) and you claim was designed by Thompson was not designed by him. He designed a flag that was adopted as the flag in 1863 that was known as the Stainless Banner because it had a pure field of white with the battle flag in the upper left hand corner. The flag in question (Stars and Bars) was designed by William Porcher Miles and was rejected as the national flag in 1861 but went on to be the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. Since that time it has been commonly called the Confederate Flag but it never was.

So, your quote by Thompson does not apply to the commonly called Stars and Bars flag.[/quote]

The intent remains and is crystal clear.[/quote]

What a COS...small minds have a hard time admitting that they are wrong.[/quote]

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