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When peace activist Joan Baez sang The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, was that about white supremacy?

Here's the link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnS9M03F-fA[/quote]

A.  That song was written by The Band, not Joan Baez.  Specifically Robbie Robertson, a northerner.  Levon Helm, the only southerner in The Band, refused to sing it from 1971 on, because he found it patronizing to southerners.

B.  The song does not discuss the reasons for war.  It is about the pain that the war caused.[/quote]

Look you patronizing fool of course she didn't write the song..... The point is she can sing a song about the war without being in favor of slavery......  If she can sing that song thusly, is it so crazy to think a southern can fly the stars and bars without advocating slavery?[/quote]

I can sing a song about Jesse James, but it doesn't mean I support killers.  But if I fly the flag of the confederacy, it is a statement of support.  That's what flags are for. tp sjpw where your loyalty lies.

You are free to fly it for whatever reasons you choose. Others may get it, or misinterpret it.  But the government of a state, which represents all people, should not be flying it.[/quote]

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