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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another day- still southern, still proud and the stars and bars is my flag.   Old glory too.   God Love you.[/quote]

Sincere question here.  I am also Southern and I do not have the same attachment to the stars and bars.  What does the flag signify to you and why is it important for you to fly it.  Not a setup.  Just interested.  [/quote]

Well I do have quite a few ancestors who fought in war.  I would feel I shamed my kin if I turned away from that flag.  It also has a rebellious dynamic- perhaps akin to the tea part don't tread on me flag.   When you feel like saying screw Washington, it resonates.  Can make me feel at home in a good way.   Has nothing to do - for me- with race, treason or any of these nasty things that Yankees seem to see the flag for.   Anyway, that's personal and honest.[/quote]

"I would feel I shamed my kin if I turned away from that flag." - Nonsense.  Confederates put down that flag at the end of the war in 1865 and never flew it again.  Robert E. Lee said it should never be flown again.  It didn't come back until long after - when most of the original Confederate veterans were dead and gone.

"It also has a rebellious dynamic- perhaps akin to the tea part don't tread on me flag." - The Confederate Flag represents a FAILED rebellion - which is not something to be proud of.  And, the Gadsden "Don't Tread On Me" flag is not a "Tea Party" flag nor was it ever intended as one of secession or rebellion against Yankees or the US government - the Tea Party has been trying to adopt it but that is incredibly far from its original meaning - the Gadsden Flag was based on the woodcut by Benjamin Franklin of a snake cut into 13 pieces with the caption "Join, or Die" making the case for a strong United States - rather than a loose and weak federal government as Tea Partiers want.  That is also echoed again in the 13 rattles on the snake's tail.  Also, that was the battle flag of one of the first FEDERAL military units, as the Marines carried it into battle - also going against the Tea Party notion of strong states rights but weak federal government.  Anyone flying that flag as a symbol of the Tea Party has zero clue about history or its real meaning.[/quote]

Your claim that the confederate flag was put away after the civil war has been soundly debunked on this thread by, inter alia, various pictures of the flag being displayed at confederate reunions.
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It is a fact that it was not flown at state capitols, or for that matter not flown nearly as widely as it is today.[/quote]

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