06-28-2015, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mineistaken
But it represents slavery! I mean it is from the south.
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Not everything from the South represents slavery.
But the confederate battle flag does....especially given that its creator described the flag as this:
"As a people, we are fighting to maintain the Heaven-ordained supremacy of the white man over the inferior or colored race; a white flag would thus be emblematical of our cause.[4]… Such a flag…would soon take rank among the proudest ensigns of the nations, and be hailed by the civilized world as THE WHITE MAN'S FLAG.[5]… As a national emblem, it is significant of our higher cause, the cause of a superior race, and a higher civilization contending against ignorance, infidelity, and barbarism. Another merit in the new flag is, that it bears no resemblance to the now infamous banner of the Yankee vandals.[6]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tappan_Thompson |
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