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drakonyx (191 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:34 PM Original message |
Confederate Flag a Symbol of Divisiveness, Not Heritage |
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libinnyandia (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's personal |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +100 |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's the flag of treason |
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SoutherDem (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. If the Confederate Flag is a mark of heritage why not the swastika? |
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Lionessa (842 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. Bullshit! It is both a symbol of divisiveness AND heritage. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. LOL. Beat me to it by one minute n/t |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
6. I think it's a symbol of both, actually |
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libinnyandia (526 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Americans first |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I don't know. Would they? |
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Papagoose (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Living in the south, I'm used to seeing it evey day, but I don't get it |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. what they fail to tell you in the South, |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. plenty of white Southerners hate the Confederate flag, too. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. It probably is |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 09:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. plenty of white people in the South opposed the Confederacy |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I see your point |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 09:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. This life-long southerner does |
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Papagoose (361 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
27. My brother who lives in PA flies it in his front yard and has it tatooed on his arm |
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Graveyard (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Confederate Flag represents poor people doing the 1%'s dirty work |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. My great-grandfather was one of them |
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dballance (460 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm From the South and I Despise the Confederate Flag |
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JustAmused (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-03-11 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. Already? |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 01:33 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. What about the incest? |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Some of the Finest people I know are from the South! |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. Criticizing the Confederate flag is not the same as South-bashing. |
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classysassy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
20. I have a Confederate flag |
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Capt. America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
22. If someone flew the Swastika or Rising Sun while WWII vets still live it is offensive, |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
23. I live in Texas but wasn't born here - and I agree 100% |
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JustAmused (261 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Read some history |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
24. I don't care for the flag, but I would like to find a way to gauge the intense dislike for this |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-04-11 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
28. I don't care if people want to fly it, put it on a bumper sticker, whatever. But don't |
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