Does the Confederate Flag represent treason, a failed coup, and the assassination of President Lincoln?

Answer 1

I think it represents what unifies the people of the south who wanted their way of life to remain as it was.
Right or wrong is in the eye of the beholder.
I mean think about it. If you were born to believe the way they lived was normal or right it would be worth fighting for if that's what you felt was right. If your government told you it was wrong you'd fight to preserve it right?
I don't think slavery was right but many of the southerners did. They based their economy around it. I think they were just trying to preserve their lively-hood.
Sounds like a familiar theme...yeah!?

People can deny all they want that our leaders aren't trying to secure their economic base with the oil in the Middle East but anyone who takes an honest look can see the truth!
I guarantee you in 5 or 10 years you will see the Bush family and others involved as CEO's in companies invested in the oil companies in the Middle East.
Anyway I got off course.....I think the south wanted to do as they saw fit and hoped to unify their people!
It is interesting that they remained in the Union.
I am actually surprised (but glad) that as large as our country is that it hasn't broke off into seperate nations a couple of times.

ASIDE: At 39 years old today I am celebrating my birthday on Y/A.
Happy Birthday to me! LOL!!!
Sorry I have been drinking a little!
Good to talk to you Chi!

Answer 2

It represents many things, and I am not qualified to state them all, but I'll give my versions of the same:
It represents treason, yes. A portion of our country tried to (not just spoke about it) secede from the Union.
It is not a symbol of a failed coup, because they didn't attack the North, the North attacked the South.
The insane actions of even the most rabid follower of an ideology should not reflect upon the entire group that follows that ideology. That is bigotry. If the ideology says, "It is O.K. to assassinate the President" then it is O.K. to judge the ideology accordingly, and the individual isn't an issue still.

It also represents racism. It represents state-rights vs. federal-rights. It also represents the culture that was lost (the good and bad) with the fall of the South. In it's most benign form it represents the identity of the Southerner.

There may be many more. Reducing it the very worst and only the worst in presentation is much like people try to do to you each day. You and I know there is much more to you than they will ever try to present in their arguments.

Fight the aspects that are worthy of a fight.
Understand the depths of devotion (which you and I don't share) that people have for a lost Eden (slavery or no slavery).

Answer 3

1 yes, 2 it didn't really fail, and 3 no. It definitely represents treason. The coup was quite successful for a while. The Confederacy didn't really order Lincoln's assassination. I do think that the flag, though a part of history, is a part of history best well left in history. You don't really see too many Nazi flags in Germany, do you? It's a part of their history.

Answer 4

It represents many stuff, and that i'm no longer qualified to state all of them, yet i'm going to provide my variations of a similar: It represents treason, particular. A element of our united states tried to (no longer in basic terms spoke approximately it) secede from the Union. this is not a logo of a failed coup, because of the fact they did no longer attack the North, the North attacked the South. The insane strikes of even the main rabid follower of an ideology shouldn't mirror upon the total group that follows that ideology. it relatively is bigotry. If the ideology says, "it relatively is O.ok. to assassinate the President" then it relatively is O.ok. to choose the ideology as a effect, and the guy isn't a controversy nonetheless. It additionally represents racism. It represents state-rights vs. federal-rights. It additionally represents the way of life that fluctuate into lost (the reliable and undesirable) with the autumn of the South. In this is maximum benign variety it represents the identity of the Southerner. there may well be many greater. reducing it the very worst and in basic terms the worst in presentation is very like human beings attempt to do to you daily. You and that i comprehend there is lots greater to you than they'll ever attempt to modern-day of their arguments. combat the aspects that are worth of a combat. comprehend the depths of devotion (which you and that i do no longer proportion) that persons have for a lost Eden (slavery or no slavery).

Answer 5

No it does not. Have you people ever read a history book? The confederate flag doesn't stand for any of that. The confederate states were not behind the assassination of President Lincoln. Get your facts straight.

Answer 6

Actually, it stood for rebellion against what was perceived as excessive power in the hands of the federal government, and trampling of states rights. Both sides thought they were right in the Civil War, and remember that Lee released his slaves BEFORE Grant did. Far more slaves ships came to America flying old glory than the stars and bars.

The confederate flag has become a symbol of evil because racist retards have used it as their banner.

Also, the Southern USA didn't invent slavery. Arabs were actually the first to purchase African slaves (from their fellow Africans) and there is still slavery to this very day in Haiti and West Africa to name a few places (again, it's blacks owning other blacks.)

Answer 7

Yes, I think it represents something to that effect. But to those who fly it I think that it symbolizes their culture. The south is quite different from the coasts of the US. Basically, the coasts and some other states are of one type of view and culture and the south and the rest of the US are of another. I think that the confederate flag is a symbol of this separate southern culture and ideology.

Answer 8

For me and many others, yes. For Southerners it represents their individuality and the rebels they are. The flag existed before the Civil war and many people from Dixie don't see it as racist. However, the swastika used to mean peace and prosperity before the Nazis hijacked it. Not a lot of people wearing Swastikas.

Answer 9

it represents the failed culture war of the past. We won and the southern Dem's lost. I believe it's a reminder of the southern democrats atrocities to the black race.
It should also be a reminder of the longest filibuster ever held and broke . Dems fighting against the civil rights bill of 1964.

Answer 10

Yes on all three counts.

Sedition is best defined by the events of the American Civil War. Whether it was about slavery or the rights of states over a federal government, it was not the right of these people to deny others their hard earned rights by the sacrifices of the generations that came before them.

The stars and bars deserve no place anywhere in the United States.