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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is weird that it is flown anywhere outside of private residences. It was the flag of a rebellious treason in the USA. It represents an oppressive regime that sold and purchased black bodies.[/quote]

What is "rebellious treason" to you can be considered "a quest for independence" by others.

A flag is nothing but a symbol, and of course different people can perceive the same flag in different ways. The Confederate Battle Flag is no exception.[/quote]

Oh FFS, you lost.  Get over it already.[/quote]

You fool, my ancestors were not even in this country then. And, given the standards of living of AAs in the US today, and their constante whining, I am a bit confused about who really won.[/quote]

I'm confused about why a (relatively recent) immigrant would give enough of a damn about this flag to defend it.[/quote]

I don't give a damn about that flag, and I am not defending it. I do give a damn about people trying to impose their views on others, about people judging others without understanding them. (If this thread was full of people from SC attacking people from NY, I'd be "defending the North")[/quote]

What is it that we don't understand about the people of South Carolina that explains their support for flying the Confederate Battle Flag over their state capital? Keep in mind that the history of the decision to fly that flag is very well documented.
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I don't think we understand whether the majority of South Carolinians who want to fly that flag do so (a) for chauvinist reasons (the most typical reason to rally behind a flag--any flag), or (b) for racist ones (they want to make the statement that blacks are not welcome there). In the absence of such understanding, jumping straight to option (b) is wrong, IMO.[/quote]

Does it really matter?  In (b) they offend blacks because they hate them; in (a) they offend blacks because they are indifferent to them.  Either way, they are disrespectful to the concerns of 30% of their population.[/quote]

Know what will be the ultimate destruction of this nation? Constantly bending to the 'it hurt my feelings' crowd.  I guarantee you that once you bend to A, we will have to bend to B and C and D. Ad nauseum. And I'm not talking just about black people. I'm talking about feminists and all other 'outrage' groups.

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