It just seems like noone can handle it in any way shape or form be it history or just on a shirt. People say its racist, but if you group the people who fly it into just a bunch of rednecks, are you not as bad as them?
The more people complain about it the more powerful it becomes. It seems people are just putting too much into the symbol and not the people behind it.
2006-07-24 17:19:13 · 9 answers · asked by hapeeg 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No.
If you ban this, what's next? The U.S. Flag? Need I remind you that slavery existed longer under the U.S. flag (legally) than it did under the Confederate States Flag. Not to mention, the flag that most people object to is actually the Battle Flag, not the flag of the Confederacy.
2006-07-24 17:25:56 · answer #1 · answered by Hk45Tactical 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As a black person a lot of people (especially my own people) may be surprised to hear me say this...but no, it should not be outlawed.
My Civil War ancestors were Creek Indian. And what a lot of people don't know about some Indian nations is that they fought with the Confederates. The reason was because they were fighting against the same government that was taking their land and killing their people. So some nations sided with the Confederates.
When the war was over, some of these nations married inter-racially (some were black), and a lot of bloodlines went off either into the black race or the white race or the mexican race. Most of the people who claim the "stars and bars" as their heritage have the right to do so. Even more than that, the Confederate history includes more than just southern whites, as many people believe. To outlaw the flag would be to outlaw history, and that is just not possible.
The problem with the Confederate Flag is that it is mostly used by southern whites as a banner for their hatred of blacks (or at least dislike of blacks), and their "southern pride." My family comes from the deep south, so I'm speaking on what I know.
I also know as a black person that there is no amount crying that is going to bring down the Confederate flag. I believe that the Confederate flag is more than just a relic of history, I believe that it has always been a symbol of oppression. And if people choose to fly it and claim it as their heritage, then there's nothing anyone can do about that but ignore it.
2006-07-25 00:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I so agree with you there. What's the point of outlawing a piece of history. I am not from the deep south, but for a lot of people in those states the flag is more about what they still believe in and not who they are against. It's not a statement like Nagin made about his chocolate city. (Should we outlaw him to?) It's a part of history and that history is not a big book of the joy of slave ownership, that's just stupid. People have tried to ban the American flag and public prayers because they're offensive to someone. When does this country go from a democracy to communism? Freedom of expression was not given to some select people but for the rest. Soldiers have not fought for the freedom of the north but not the south, the black but not the white, the rich but not the poor.
2006-07-25 00:51:18 · answer #3 · answered by womanfromok 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
>>The more people complain about it the more powerful it becomes. It seems people are just putting too much into the symbol and not the people behind it.<<
Well said. If we ban every symbol, etc. that represents something bad at some point in the existence of the symbol, we'd have no symbols, flags, etc.
2006-07-25 00:26:28 · answer #4 · answered by wheezer_april_4th_1966 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if we got rid of the Confederate Flag, what's next? The flag with 13 Star Flag, MIA/POW flags, State flags, Military flags, the Presidents Flag, even our National Flag. It may offend people, I am white and am offended by the racism that happened back in that time, but if we get rid of one what happens to the rest?! They are all in just as much risk.
2006-07-25 00:29:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it's apart of my history and it is my state flag...and that doesn't make me a red neck , racist or any other stereotypical term...and isn't stereotyping a type of discrimination or something..so yea that makes them just as bad as the people they are calling racist...I think that people who start yelling racism are they themselves racist because they are the first ones to bring it up...
2006-07-25 00:29:46 · answer #6 · answered by delta_college_chick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, if we outlaw the stars and stripes at the same time. Both are vile.
2006-07-25 00:27:08 · answer #7 · answered by Beorh House 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-07-25 00:22:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we should not.
2006-07-25 00:32:28 · answer #9 · answered by boogiewunker 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋