The first attachment is slightly flawed, since it only represents the Republican (D) flag....that's it on the right....but not the Democrat (C) flag.
The second attachment corrects that oversight....that's it on the right.
There are a few of 'God's special snowflakes' who claim to find the Confederate Battle Flag offensive, while there are very many who find these other two flags offensive....and then there are the Marines who are righteously pissed-off at the desecration of their memorial, as are many other veterans.
Oh, yeah...almost forgot...the third attachment is from ALL of us who served, serve, and will serve, to the "progressive" [read: Communist] America-haters.
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You need to study the history of slavery before you drape yourself in the Confederate flag. Like most, you cling to the "state's rights" argument as the basis of your enchantment. What seems to escape most supporters of the confederacy, however, is that the right they wanted to keep was slavery. Slavery was an issue at the Constitutional Convention. Yes, THE Constitutional Convention. I believe England had already outlawed slavery so the issue was well known. There was a burgeoning abolitionists movement within the colonies but it did not have the voice or clout to call for a decision on slavery at the Constitutional Convention. If outright banning of slavery was not on the table, the importation of slaves was a legitimate concern. Georgia and South Carolina, however, refused to sign the constitution unless they were guaranteed the right to continue importing slaves for another thirty years. They got their way of course. The issue of slavery would smolder for eighty more years before the Civil War broke out. The South built their economy around a cruel, immoral system. Many became rich. The mansions and plantations of those wealthy slave-owners can be toured today. We have several here in Charleston. By 1860, with so much money on the table, the South couldn't turn away from slavery, so they chose to fight when it became clear that they were losing the political battle. At the time of the civil war their were six million slaves in the south out of a population of thirteen million. Nearly 50% of the ante-bellum south was made up of slaves. Not only was slavery a diabolical institution that finally ended after Appomattox, but what is the legacy? The legacy is 150 years of civil strife, resentment, hatred and lack of harmony. Yes, the Sharptons, Jacksons, and Obamas out there have turned black emotions into a political weapon making things worse for race relations. Had it not happened however, they wouldn't be here and their would be no unrest. My point is that we have not had a moment's peace in this country, all due to the South's decision to build their economy around slavery. More, I find it mind-boggling that with all the harm caused by this institution, that so many cling to romantic ideas of the Confederacy. The Confederacy was Team Loser in a war fought to preserve an aberration, a scourge, a pox on the United States that even 150 years after it ended we deal with everyday. Why?
I don't expect it to be approved. Mine never are approved. I just wanted you to read it and learn something.
The Left just woke up to the fact the Confederate Flag is offensive? Did a dictate get sent out from a Communist HQ?
The Confederate Flag is no more a symbol of slavery as the German Flag is a Nazi symbol, no more than Islam a symbol of ISIS & AQ.
Freedom of Speech is the Immune System of Society. Defend it.
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