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I've heard that the confederate flag has an deep rooted meaning behind hide it of racism, besides representing the south!. Is this true!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The confederate flag did not represent racism when it was used for the southern states during the civil war!. It's original use was simply as a banner to distinguish it's presence in an attempt for the southern states to gain sovereignty!. It had no greater meaning than any other flag flown by any other people!.

It became a symbol of racism over the last 30 years as white supremacists started using it as an expression of the desire to suppress African Americans!.

Here in the last 10 years or so, as the flag has been recognized by most as a symbol of racism, the supremacists have shifted their public comments to say that the flag is only a symbol of heritage!.!.!. trying to give the symbol a more positive profile!.

Regardless of what the flag USE TO represent!.!.!. today it is clearly used as a symbol of hate!.

NOTE: I was reminded after my post that for the greater part of the last century, when the confederate flag was used outside of the southern culture, it was a symbol of rebellion!. We as Americans take pride of our rebellious nature as a reflection of our fight against England to become independent!.

One example of the use in a rebellious sense, was the show The Dukes of Hazard!. Though the show was set in the south, it's viewership was coast to coast with thoughts and attitudes unaware of the (at the time) supremacists use of the flag!. The car, "The General Lee" was and remains popular as a materialization of rebellion against authority!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

What is interesting is that the Confederate flag is not a symbol of racism, nor the south!. The flag of the Confederate Army, "the Confederate battle flag" is!.

After the end of the civil war a number of individuals continued to resits the Union!. One of these was the brilliant Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forest, who formed the KKK and used the confederate battle flag as the symbol of resistance to the union, and the freeing of the slaves!. But also Missouri raiders and a number of other!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

People will make, from a symbol, what they will!. Some people look at the "Stars and Bars" (the battle flag) and see slavery only!. They see huddled wretches and hear bullwhips cracking!.

Others see a concerted and concerned effort to negate the almost dictatorial powers of the Executive Branch of the government!. We can see so well today just what the Confederate founding fathers feared: a president who takes the nation to war with lies and deceits, spies on his very citizens without warrants or subpoenas, who literally gives away the national treasury to the very richest Americans, leaving the working people of America, and the working farmers to shoulder the National Debt by themselves!.

More and more, I see the Confederate flags as symbols that the Confederate fathers were right about a lot of things, but slavery is not one of them!. To me the flags are symbols of standing up for your rights due any citizen against the nearly omnipotent Chief Executive!. The day may be coming when we learn even further lessons from the Confederates about dictators and fascists!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

im from tennessee and i often see the confederate flag!.

every time i have seen it displayed, it's always represented ones love for the south, with no intentions of racism what so ever!.

people only say that about the confederate flag because a small portion of the confederate army supported slavery!.
(and i would like to mention that many african americans fought in the confederate side of their own free will!.)

some people like to make something nice like a person's love for the south, into something ugly like racism

andre 3000 from outkast often wears the Confederate flag and he's black!.
he wears it simply because he has love for his home town!.

it's all about the intentions of the person, and us southerners like to make the best out of everything!.

anyone who says the Confederate flag is offensive is just purely ignorant!.

(some people say the same thing about the american flag!. that it represents war and such!.
do you think that is a fair judgment!?
i think not!.)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Check out this website!. It should answer all your questions!. Www@QuestionHome@Com