Reply #53: It's racially offensive [View All]

[Sparkly]

The Civil War was a loooong time ago. The people flying that flag today did not fight in it. They didn't have a "wood shack and a mule." So no matter where they fall in debates about history, why do they wave that flag?

I do understand that many are fighting today for the "haves," as you say. I don't understand what that has to do with the confederate flag.

(And I do understand that there are alot of racists and other forms of regressive, bigoted people who fly the stars and stripes. But that doesn't change what the American flag stands for, and doesn't change what else those people think or do. In fact, it's why I advocate that Democrats display the American flag right along with signs and symbols of dissent -- we can't let them usurp that symbol, imo.)

I'm not so much trying to argue as to understand. If people know it's racially offensive, why do they fly it?