Hey folks
I just wanted to pop in and comment-
The synosism of Racism and the Confederate flag isn't due to the fact that they were slaves in the south. The North had just as many slave owners (The southern owners just had more) even the friggin' White House had slaves. (yep, even good ol' Abe)
The main reason it becomes such a big issue is because of the KKK. People saw them marching with that flag, and the reaction was heated, instantaneous, and ignorant.
What people fail to see was the honor and glory of the men who fell fighting a war who just wanted to be left alone. It was the war of Northern Aggression.
Another thing people turn a blind eye to was that during the biggest growth of the KKK, it wasn't the Confederate flag at the head of the parade.
It was the same flag that still waves over the White House.
The KKK has been deformed from a private social club hell bent on making lives of the occupying Northern forces "intresting" (They weren't burning crosses or anything back then- they were "haunting" them with the ghosts of the Confederate dead) to an institution hell bent on destroying the honor and sacrifice that legions of men who fell for what they believed in.
It's a total crime, a shame, and outright embarrasing to give such an institution this kind of power. These objections shouldn't be worth the paper they're written on simply because of a (relatively small) group of guys and gals just looking for attention.
The KKK is the king of Trolls.
Think before you flame.
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-Rebel
"You Rebel Scum"
