Our Civil War was much more
about a heavy handed federal government and states rights than slavery. Personally, I abhor the concept of slavery.
Today that same federal
government has made slaves out of every taxpayer.
They take more than half of what we earn and reward corrupt businesses
that bribe politicians.
The slavery of the Negro is
distant history. Nobody alive today owned slaves or were slaves except for
taxpayers of every color.
The Confederate flag
represents among other things thousands of brave young American men that gave
their lives fighting for their country. It’s not a symbol of racism or hate.
Saying all that, ignorance and
propaganda has relentlessly maligned the flag over the many years at least to
African-Americans it has become a symbol of hate.
We will never be able to
educate the millions of misinformed people of all races about the flag. There is not a reason to bother educating
them today.
Under the circumstances the
flag has be defiled and misinterpreted beyond hope. Accordingly removing it as an effort of
political correctness will not harm society.
Rewriting history is what
people do. There is no cure for
propaganda and ignorance in humans.
If it makes African-Americans and the ignorant happy, removing the old Stars and Bars from government buildings, it’s a small price to pay to
co-exist peacefully.
No, Paul.
ReplyDeleteGiving in to the PC police only encourages them.
They will only find something else to scream about and attack. Next it will be name of the Washington Redskins NFL franchise, then the Gasden flag, and so on...
Give them nothing. Remind them that "yes; we have risen up against oppressive Federal authority once before; we can do so again..."
Of course it is not acceptable to cower to the PC crowd, especially when they are not actually offended by the Battle flag, just falling into line behind the race-baiters.
ReplyDeleteSo, giving in to terrorists lets everyone live happy and free in coexistence. We should emulate this as it has been working our so well for the Middle East and Europe.
ReplyDeleteNo terrorists you say, well, lets talk about how Wal-Mart removed all confederate flag merchandise and was then attacked by "youths" bent on causing as much damage as possible because of racism.
Peace cannot be purchased by renouncing reason and replacing it with ignorance.
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