They took our heritage.
[font color=330099]Note: The title of this thread is a parody of the South Park episode that used the phrase "they took our jobs".[/font]
Jefferson store owner reacts to flag bans
JEFFERSON, TEXAS — The Confederate battle flag might have started losing the war this week.
Reacting to a mass church shooting and national unease over a symbol that, to many, represents America's legacy of slavery, Wal-Mart and other national retailers are saying they no longer will sell the Confederate battle flag or merchandise bearing its image.
"Which one are you going to stop selling?" asked Tom Moss, sitting inside Riverport Barbecue just down the street from his Jefferson antique shop where 11 different Confederate flags hang along one wall alone. "The minute you take away one symbol, you're just taking a chip out of the First Amendment."
Moss' point about the myriad banners adopted by Confederate regiments, and each of the 13 Confederate states, is well taken. But the symbol that's being dropped by Sears, eBay, Spencer Gifts and the rest on a growing list is the one most familiar in American culture — the one often misnamed the "stars and bars," the one those Duke boys emblazoned on their car in the iconic 1970s television series, "The Dukes of Hazzard."
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"It's been taken from us," he {Robert Bailey} said. "Our heritage has been taken from us. This flag has been waved kind of like the red flag in front of the bull. ... Unfortunately, in this day and time, we may have to be ready to say, 'OK, we'll fold it up and put it away.' "
Read more: http://www.news-journal.com/news/2015/jun/23/jefferson-store-owner-reacts-to-flag-bans/ (Longview News-Journal)
[font color=330099]Trivia: Jefferson, Texas was the sixth largest city in Texas during the mid-1800s and was a major river port on the Red River.[/font]
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