Reply #7: Not the battle flag [View All]

[AlbertCat]

What we call the "Stars & Bars" these days is not even the Stars & Bars. If all these folks who want to fly the confederate flag for reasons of history and heritage would actually learn some history, there wouldn't be a problem.

The REAL "stars and bars" is the flag of the Confederate States of America. It consists of a blue field in the upper left corner with 13 stars arranged in a circle with one in the middle. The rest of the flag is 3 wide horizontal bars...red, white, red.

The REAL battle flag consisted of what we think of as a "confederate flag" in the upper left quad, on a white field. This got mistaken for a surrender flag too often so they added a big red vertical bar on the right side.

No one is flying (or talking about) either of these flags.

The current so called "confederate flag" is a symbol of white supremacy and bigotry....just like the man said. It is only marginally connected with the real history.

I know, I know, I've gone on way too long about it all. But the next time someone plays the "It's my heritage! It's our history" card, it's good to know the real history while you call "Bull shit!"

You can see lots and lots of different Confereate Flags here:

www.confederateflags.org