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Originally Posted by TCLGirls
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 |
Creator of the flag in question is this guy:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Porcher_Miles
The flag represents a past era of southern sovereignty. Had it been without slavery, people from the south would still like and respect that flag. Fact.
Being that some extremists use that flag for wrong purposes should not punish majority of people who use it for normal purposes.