Current Events > Is the confederate flag a symbol of racism?

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Unsugarized_Foo 08/26/17 12:47:29 PM #51:	Nah, not in my neck of the woods anyway.s Its like the word queer, it can mean 1.homosexuality or 2. odd and around here that flag means a 1. Southern good time and 2. Symbol of racism We just use the underused and queer definition of the flag as we learn it to be a Southern good time a good while before the Civil War is taught in schools. --- "All I have is my balls and my word, and I don't break them for anyone!"-Tony Montana <cite>Unsugarized_Foo posted [p:885484206] in Is the con... [t:75701148]...</cite> <quote>Nah, not in my neck of the woods anyway.s Its like the word queer, it can mean 1.homosexuality or 2. odd and around here that flag means a 1. Southern good time and 2. Symbol of racism We just use the underused and queer definition of the flag as we learn it to be a Southern good time a good while before the Civil War is taught in schools.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Wing_Phoenix 08/26/17 1:59:58 PM #52:	RickyTheBAWSE posted... Wing_Phoenix posted... In the US the most obvious answer IMO is them having ancestors who fought for the south. Or maybe they just don't like how Lincoln is revered. Supposedly honest Abe and his government violated the oath to uphold the Constitution left, right, and center. As for other countries I don't know but its possible they had ancestors from the south who emigrated after the war. apparently Confederados are in Brazil, too. I don't recall the name but I think there was an admiral in one of the South American navies after the war who had been a Confederate naval officer during the war so there being other former confederates who moved to Brazil wouldn't surprise me. --- The most devastating defeat is the one which comes when you have stood on the edge of victory. <cite>Wing_Phoenix posted [p:885487449] in Is the con... [t:75701148]...</cite> <quote><cite>RickyTheBAWSE posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Wing_Phoenix posted...</cite> <quote>In the US the most obvious answer IMO is them having ancestors who fought for the south. Or maybe they just don't like how Lincoln is revered. Supposedly honest Abe and his government violated the oath to uphold the Constitution left, right, and center. As for other countries I don't know but its possible they had ancestors from the south who emigrated after the war.</quote> apparently Confederados are in Brazil, too.</quote> I don't recall the name but I think there was an admiral in one of the South American navies after the war who had been a Confederate naval officer during the war so there being other former confederates who moved to Brazil wouldn't surprise me.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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