Paul and Confederate flag

[TSOL]

The fact remains, that the vast majority of people who "show off" the confederate flag are racists. I live in a southern town, and personal experience can vouch for that.

Unfortunately I have experienced the same sentiment. People I have met, who fly this flag are 'Good Ol'e Boy's', for lack of a better term. And the N Word is very much a part of their Vocabulary.

 

[raiha]

Slight nitpick - it should actually be called the War for (or against) Southern Independence. That is the most accurate and unbiased term.

I quite enjoy being nit-picked. I guess I'm biased!I really have to control myself not to call it the "War of Northern Aggression."

Oh and on the racism theme, when i learnt about so-called 'Reconstruction' and what Southern folk had to endure at the hands of the reconstructionists only 150 years ago, many pennies fell into place as to how the stereotype of the so-called racist South was crafted and spun by the victor. One of my favourite books on the subject is: "Complicity -How the North Promoted, Prolonged and Profited from Slavery" by Anne Farrow, Joel Lang and Jenifer Frank.
Don't read this as sympathy for white supremacy either. It is just a highly developed irascibility i experience when i come up against simplistic thinking in the guise of saintly North v. sinner South.

The white supremacist Great Emancipator had non-saintly plans for the ex-slaves so they would not end up marrying white girls from Illinois. Send them back to Africa where they don't speak the language or own anything. At least the well-known abolitionist, Lysander Spooner, called him on his double standards. And Lincoln's Haitian deportation experiement ended up in a whole heap of ex-slaves dying miserable deaths also.

Although of course, me saying this is probably like telling your grandmother how to suck eggs...sorry, it's one of my pet topics. I'll try and not say any more on the subject.

 

[JosephTheLibertarian]

Unfortunately I have experienced the same sentiment. People I have met, who fly this flag are 'Good Ol'e Boy's', for lack of a better term. And the N Word is very much a part of their Vocabulary.

True. But I don't care if they are, that's their own issue lol

 

[Man from La Mancha]

Unfortunately I have experienced the same sentiment. People I have met, who fly this flag are 'Good Ol'e Boy's', for lack of a better term. And the N Word is very much a part of their Vocabulary.

That n word is pretty much used also by much of the black culture too. Chris Rock discusses n....http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8137531711214832797&q=chris+rock+nigger&total=80&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

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[Matt Collins]

I quite enjoy being nit-picked. I guess I'm biased!I really have to control myself not to call it the "War of Northern Aggression."

That's what I call it around my fellow Southerners but when there are Yanks present I try to be a bit more palatable about it

 

[Abyss19562]

I have a confederate flag hanging in my room that I'm in right now

I don't think Ron Paul has ever stated his opinion on the confederate flag to be honest.

 

[SovereignMN]

I have a Confederate Battle Flag inside. I wouldn't fly it outside though...it's just too devisive and it's not feasible to give all my neighbors an education lesson. Outside my home I will fly the Christian Flag, Gadsen "Don't Tread On Me" Flag or the Bonnie Blue Flag. It sends the same anti-Big Government message.

 

[confederatepatriot1025]

One way to detox the issue would be to start using one of the three Confederate national flags instead of the battle flag.
But the national flags are hard to get; frankly, I've never seen them for sale.
Anybody have a source?

i have the final version of the first national flag try ebay thats where i got mine

 

[confederatepatriot1025]

Slight nitpick - it should actually be called the War for (or against) Southern Independence. That is the most accurate and unbiased term.

i prefer "War of Seccession"