confederate flag thread

It has potential but so far seems to go well.

It was informative to say the least. I don't remember all that about Civil War history, sad to say. I barely remember graduating though. lol!;)Still...I think I'd have a difficult time seeing anyone in a positive light if they owned either a Confederate flag or swastikas. And an empty campground no matter where...creeeeeepy!

The thing is, you do see it everywhere in he rural south. Some of the people who fly it are bigots but not all. I don't and here you are more likely to see a Texas flag but I pass a couple of confederate flags every day. However I am not about to say that on the thread. Lol.

It's interesting; it's often said that history is written by the victors. (That's why the South calls it the War of Northern Agression!) Over the years the pendulum swings from one side to another. Sometimes the Civil War is seen as only about slavery; other times the emphasis is on states rights and industrial states in the north versus the agricultural south. I also remember learning in school that slavery almost died a natural death before the invention of the cotton gin... I lived for many years in a town in PA that had the highest percentage of AA between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. The KKK was alive and thriving. When I was in seminary there was a lot of "literature" blowing around (literally). I would gather it up and stick it in my car because I had a colleague who was writing a paper on the activity of the KKK. My children who were teenagers at the time would take it out and throw it away.

Awwww . . . come on and jump in there and spice things up a little. ;)

I'm a redneck. Grew up between La and Miss and worked lived a dual life of city girl/country girl. I love history. Particulary the Civil War and WWII. The Confederate flag stands for one thing 99.99% of the time and that is the history of oppression and slavery. Sadly, it has been usurped by those who wish to use it this way. How I wish it meant pride in being a Daughter of the Confederacy or pride in being a Southerner, but it doesn't. I love that flag because it is the symbol of my southern culture of living off the land, hunting, fishing, pickup trucks and Sunday church, family reunions, hot summers, cold wooden floors and a host of other southern things. But I can't fly it because it means something entirely different to the culture of today. No matter how much some people want it to mean something else, it doesn't.

Celia - That's unfortunately how it is. If I want to conjure up the "good" south, that flag isn't what I picture. Nope, it's Mark Twain, sweet iced tea, the twang, bluegrass music, gardenias, southern hospitality etc.

And I picture Dukes of Hazzard like MB80sgirl mentioned. :) Think that dates me! I am waiting for someone to ask "Dukes of what??"

i see it everyday here in tennessee....and being from southern california...it still strikes me as odd every.single.time. lol.