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 Apr 15 2005, 10:50 AM
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 LunchboxXx  Group: Member Posts: 1,789 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,810  |
when you see the confederate flag, what do you think it stands for?
some people see it as racist. which i can understand, concidering the southern states enslaved africans. but others see it as "heratage", which i don't really understand. that's like me toting the pennsylvainian flag. what also gets to me is how all the people i know who wave their confederate flags hate Osama bin-laden because of 9/11. my friend Jon the Two pointed out that there were 3,000 people killed on 9/11, and appx. 110,000 killed by the confederate states in the civil war. quite contredictory, if you ask me. eather way, what does the confederate flag stand for in the year 2005? |
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Apr 15 2005, 12:14 PM
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 ^_^ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,141 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 91,466 |
Welcome to Texas. Welcome to the world I live in. Welcome to my 24/7/365 state of discomfort.
Where I'm from (Delaware) a rebel flag was synonomous with the klan or some neo-nazi movement. Here, it's "Southern Pride." Who am I to challenge someone's belief? But everytime I see the 'star and bars' I can't help but feel the disgust writhing and festering inside me. |
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Apr 15 2005, 01:37 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
some past replies about the whether or not the confederate flag signifies racism
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...&hl=confederate QUOTE eather way, what does the confederate flag stand for in the year 2005? Stands for history, in my opinion. |
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Apr 15 2005, 03:56 PM
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Yeah, I'd have to agree with Fae. As for what you said prior to the question at hand, whether it's 3,000 or 110,000, plenty of lives were lost. I don't know. It reminds me of that Stalin quote...
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Apr 15 2005, 04:30 PM
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 This bitch better work! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 13,681 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 28,095 |
QUOTE Stands for history, in my opinion yeah, nowadays. but some people at my school think it is like a racisism symbol for blacks and people from the north. i just think it is a flag that was once used for the south. =/ |
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Apr 15 2005, 04:35 PM
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^_^ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 8,141 Joined: Jan 2005 Member No: 91,466 |
I'm a northerner, born and raised. When I moved to Texas, I was given a hard time for being the 'yankee.'
Today, I asked a few kids (classified as 'hicks') what the flag meant to them and they said the obvious; heritage, history, etc. Well, when I asked them to elaborate on what that heritage actually was, I didn't get nice responses at all. One kid even mumbled something about me being black under his breath. Instead of me demonstrating what a right hook to the temple can do, it further solidified my claim to the rebel flag and ignorance. If I hadn't lived amidst these red flags everyday and someone explained to me in a stoic manner what exactly they believed the flag meant, and none of it had to do with prejudice or bigotry, then I'd probably drop the subject. But for all of you who just think that it stands for history as well, you are sadly mistakened if you're a minority living amongst the 'Good Ol Boys' (as they like to be called). |
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Apr 15 2005, 04:38 PM
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 kristin Group: Member Posts: 5,705 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,985 |
I'll close this because of the previous topic, but you can continue it there.
http://www.createblog.com/forums/index.php...&hl=confederate |
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