The debate over the confederate battle flag has gone on too long. Nobody said that you will not be allowed to fly it. No, you can't fly it on Lincoln's tomb. Quit fucking whining about it. If you want to paint it on your car, go for it! I'll support and defend your right to do that.
I don't care if you call it heritage or southern pride, or even believe that the civil war was about northern aggression or fighting government tyranny. For nearly 100 years, (circa 1948) that flag was rarely even seen until Strom Thurmond and the Dixiecrat movement fought against desegregation. It was adopted by the KKK to represent white supremacy. People weren't flying the stars and bars to honor fallen heroes of the civil war, it was to show that they supported keeping the races separate.
If I see the confederate flag flown anywhere, I immediately assume that they don't like colored people. The reason I assume that, is because it's highly accurate. I understand that some people aren't old enough to remember it being a symbol of racism but I remember. Young people have seen it on The Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee...it wasn't used as a racist symbol anymore.
Look up the "cornerstone speech" if you think the civil war was about state rights. Read Texas' Ordinance of Succession if you still aren't convinced. During the civil rights movement, racists everywhere started flying that flag...not for fallen heroes but to display their racist feeling. If you are proud of that heritage, feel free to fly it. If I see it, it will only support my belief that racism lives on in America. Don't try to say that I'm ignorant of history when I know exactly what that flag meant.
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