If your neighbor was from Iraq, and felt ill toward the USA, would you remove your American Flag?

Question

Should the south rid of all Confederate Flags then?

I added the second question because many Middle Easterners feel that the U.S. is "evil" just as the confederacy was labeled to be.

Answer 1

I wouldn't remove either flag. If the American flag offends anyone, then I believe they have chosen the wrong place to live. Prehaps they should go back to Iraq and help build a counrty that they wouldn't be trying to run from.

As far as the confederate flag, it represents my heritage. I am so far removed from the days of slavery, that when I see my flag flying...that isn't what it means to me (or what it meant in the beginning).

To a true Southerner, the confederate flag represents our ability to stand against any odds.

Answer 2

Well...it depends what the specific flag represents I guess. I would not like offending my neighbor - we have to live next door to each other. Why hurt his/her feelings on purpose? What's more important to every day peace in your immediate surroundings....defending something that flaps around in the wind or getting along with your neighbors?

I am not exactly sure how those two flags compare...please advise.

I think the Confederate Flag is a symbol of the most terroristic and oppressive period in the history of black people in America. It brings back memories of the pain and the degradation of black people. How is that in relation to someone from Iraq feeling ill about the American Flag?

Answer 3

Two completely different questions. Hell no, I wouldn't remove my American flag. And why would an Iraqi feel ill toward the USA if he/she is living here?

The Confederate flag is a symbol of racism to some.

Answer 4

these are too totally different questions.
As far as removing your American flag because your neighbor doesn't like it, no you shouldn't, patriotism is a personal thing.
As far as the Confederate flag thing goes... well, that depends on where you live and how you are using it. If it is about hate then yes, remove it.

Answer 5

Nope its my property and I can put any flag up and I don't care who likes it or not. And no the south shouldn't have to get rid of all those confederate Flags they have rights to.

Answer 6

no I would buy about 1000 American flags and plant them on his front lawn in the middle of the night,and have a video camera ready for the morning to watch his face. I then would put the tape on Youtube so the world could see how much they hate this country..not only that it would be funny.

Answer 7

If my neighbor was Osama I wouldn't take the flag down . The confederate flag is a different matter, it is a "traitor flag".

Answer 8

No, and HELL NO!

It's my property, I pay taxes on it, I'll hang whatever kind of flag I want to.

As for the Confederate Flag, I'll hang one of them, too. I'm an Alabama girl from the ground up, and I have respect for that flag. It flew over the South for many years, and dammit, it'll fly over it for many more to come.

When I die, there will be one engraved on my headstone, along with the words, "The South Will Rise Again."

Answer 9

Hell NO. I would write by senators and ask why they let this scumbag in the country. I would NOT take down my confederate Battle flag either. I still believe in States rights.

Answer 10

I'd probably suggest to my neighbor that if he was offended by my flag he could always go back to the country he came here from. No one is keeping him here against his will. I think people living in America and enjoying the benefits of democracy should at least respect the country that gives them their freedom.