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Showing Original Post only (View all)The flag of the Confederacy should be flown. On state grounds if they so choose. It's their right. [View all]
I'll even pay for the pole.
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The flag of the Confederacy should be flown. On state grounds if they so choose. It's their right. [View all]
Glassunion
Jun 2015
OP
The Confederate flag was a stain on the body politic. Slavery was and is wrong.
freshwest
Jun 2015
#45
Of course from scratch. Buttermilk. Butter. Soda. YELLOW. No flour. No sugar!
freshwest
Jun 2015
#78
OOPS! I thought I was gonna have to 'Stand My Ground' and shoot it full of holes, because...
freshwest
Jun 2015
#26
Oh they will be flying that flag soon enough okay not really soon enough, but...
Kalidurga
Jun 2015
#31
Don't mistake a surrender flag for a sheet from the clothesline. They may not have
jtuck004
Jun 2015
#54
I can't have been the only one to open this thread with a headful of steam
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2015
#58
Personally, I think it should be flown on private property like home and cars only.
deafskeptic
Jun 2015
#63
Err, maybe it's not a good idea to let Confederate flag fans near white fabric ...
Arugula Latte
Jun 2015
#74
I am disappointed to see a post like this on a so-called politically liberal message board.
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#75
Why would you think it appropriate to continually mock the South for losing the war?
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#110
When you mock the Confederacy's loss you mock the South. Yes they lost and they paid dearly for it.
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#105
Your OP doesn't discuss the rebel flag but shows a flag of surrender. I have no problem
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#120
You're disappointed to see a post on a liberal board celebrating the surrender of the Confederacy?
NuclearDem
Jun 2015
#89
Fact is, the confederacy lost their rebellion and surrendered. How is that a cheap shot?
Pacifist Patriot
Jun 2015
#92
Mocking the loss by the South is not the actions of open-minded liberals. Let's move on.
rhett o rick
Jun 2015
#108