meaning of the confederate flag Options

[ryfitaDF]

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?

[fameONE]

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).