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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:57 PM Original message |
Poll question: Do you find the Confederate Flag offensive? |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. No, it is not offensive to me. |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. True, but it signifies that those troops were dying trying to keep |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
56. The KKK destroyed it |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
2. The south rebelled because they believed in slavery |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. The people with the power and money did |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. It wasn't just that. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. the south's lack of development was because of slavery |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. It was more than that. |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. The South has plenty of deepwater ports |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, and the new kindler gentler replacement - the SC State Flag. |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. It depends on the context |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. that is a good point |
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ewagner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. More than that even..... |
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auburngrad82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's not the flag, per se, but what the rednecks that worship it have made |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. One more time.... |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I agree to a point. |
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Richardo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. As one of the 'six flags over Texas' they always use the CSA flag |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
29. I think people need to be informed..... |
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Eagle_Eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. It identifies who the idiots are. Saves me the trouble of having |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. Good point... |
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CubsFan1982 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. Rebellion is Treason. |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Actually you do find areas where they fly the swastika. |
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CubsFan1982 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Not in front of the state capitol. n/t |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. good point |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #14 |
36. and coincidentally |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:07 PM Original message |
Go to Bavaria and Austria |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. Rebellion = treason... |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. you know what the difference between revolution and rebellion is? |
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CubsFan1982 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. History is written by the winners, dude. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. Not really for such different reasons. |
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spunky (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. I used to be indifferent, but |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. I can see why your boss is coming from. |
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spunky (469 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:15 PM Response to Reply #25 |
40. That's the nature of symbols, their meanings constantly shift, |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. A-MEN...if the people can be offended by the swastika why can't I |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
15. I personally am not offended by it, |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. which one? |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. On October 20, 1861, Karl Marx said the Civil war was about slavery. |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. So? |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
50. No |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
42. of course he did |
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Zuni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. good point |
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billbuckhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:44 PM Response to Reply #45 |
58. Marx was quite a political observer |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
70. You equate the Union Jack and the Swastika? |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:32 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. when listing flags my ancestors have been killed for |
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tjwmason (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
76. Your exact quote was |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 05:02 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. actually since the Union Jack and the Rising Sun |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. To me it says "We would if we could" |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. On a side note-3/9/1862 Monitor and Merrimac battle |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
24. I am uncomfortable with it because of the slavery aspect, but I understand |
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cmf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
27. Yes, offensive and here's why |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:39 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. You could try this: |
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cmf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Bwah! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. It was one of the best stories I've heard on the show. |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. I heard that one too...hilarious... |
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LostInAnomie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
28. Yeah it's about history... |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm always wary when someone plays the "Southern Heritage" card. |
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Sean Reynolds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I don't know, what's Yankee heritage? |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:17 PM Response to Reply #39 |
44. Yankee..... (sigh) |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. You know what. I will reply to this. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
46. well, you know what 'utah heritage' is code for, right? |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
77. Yeah, Southern Heritage is like saying the White Citizens Council |
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Misunderestimator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
47. Yes, Quite Offensive. |
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last_texas_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
48. Mixed feelings |
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RatRacer (176 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. More like, "eye roll inducing" |
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johnnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
51. I look at it as another attempt to split up everyone |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
53. As a white person with ancestors who fought for the South, |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
55. the civil war was fought for slavery, the flag represents slavery |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
59. No, it reminds me how backwards the south can be |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
61. As a Southerner I find it offensive... |
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guitar man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
63. Something I'm curious to see |
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Divameow77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:04 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. In high school (in Georgia) |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:35 PM Response to Reply #63 |
75. Yes it will, but they ask black students for directions... |
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kick-ass-bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
64. When the asshole down the street from the RBC center flies the flag |
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Sporadicus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
65. Antebellum Southern 'Heritage' Isn't Worthy of Pride |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
67. We fought the civil war over a century ago |
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Lone Pawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
68. The Confederate flag? |
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Jeebo (362 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
71. A flag is just a piece of cloth... |
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tjdee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
72. I'm black--and it scares the shit out of me. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
74. If you mean the Battle Flag: Yes. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
79. Offensive. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
80. Counter question: Can a guy who was born in Germany in 1939 or so |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
81. I've always found it offensive, but couldn't really say why |
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