Confederate Flag

What does Confederate Rebel Flag means to you?

  • A symbol of Civil War History

    Votes: 41 25.8%

  • A symbol of racist

    Votes: 44 27.7%

  • A symbol of Heritage (Civil War Veteran Generation)

    Votes: 60 37.7%

  • Others - please specify

    Votes: 14 8.8%
  • Total voters
    159
I voted symbolism of racism because I interpreted the question as "How do I view the flag being used for?"

Ideally, the flag is a symbolism of heritage.
In reality, most likely it's used as a symbolism of racism.

People keep referring to the 'South' (which I live now coincidentally) when talking about displaying flags. Yes, it's displayed here a LOT. However, this is not where racism is BLATANT. I used to live in upstate NY, and went to a lot of tractor shows with my boyfriend at the time, and you guessed it... a lot of young men there wore T shirts displaying the confederate flag with slogans like "We Rule". My ex-boyfriend knew a lot of the men and they were born and raised in Connecticut. Something tells me that they aren't THAT proud of the South's heritage...
 
Daredevel7 said:
I voted symbolism of racism because I interpreted the question as "How do I view the flag being used for?"

Ideally, the flag is a symbolism of heritage.
In reality, most likely it's used as a symbolism of racism.

People keep referring to the 'South' (which I live now coincidentally) when talking about displaying flags. Yes, it's displayed here a LOT. However, this is not where racism is BLATANT. I used to live in upstate NY, and went to a lot of tractor shows with my boyfriend at the time, and you guessed it... a lot of young men there wore T shirts displaying the confederate flag with slogans like "We Rule". My ex-boyfriend knew a lot of the men and they were born and raised in Connecticut. Something tells me that they aren't THAT proud of the South's heritage...
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Having lived in the south myself, I think the type of racism one encounters there is more covert than the racism encountered in the states north of the Mason Dixon Line.
 
Daredevel7 said:
I voted symbolism of racism because I interpreted the question as "How do I view the flag being used for?"

Ideally, the flag is a symbolism of heritage.
In reality, most likely it's used as a symbolism of racism.

People keep referring to the 'South' (which I live now coincidentally) when talking about displaying flags. Yes, it's displayed here a LOT. However, this is not where racism is BLATANT. I used to live in upstate NY, and went to a lot of tractor shows with my boyfriend at the time, and you guessed it... a lot of young men there wore T shirts displaying the confederate flag with slogans like "We Rule". My ex-boyfriend knew a lot of the men and they were born and raised in Connecticut. Something tells me that they aren't THAT proud of the South's heritage...
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:laugh2: how oxymoronic
 
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Oi, Byrdie, why come back and explain the meaning of Gay's flag? Gay's flag has do nothing related to this thread.

BTW, The Conderate flag fly first in 1860's, the gay flag haven't fly until in 1960's.
 
For culture, Alabama and Texas has similar since some aren't but same at majority, I already saw on my own.

Otherwise, that's your opinion.
 
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Byrdie714 said:
Uhh...how can Texas and Alabama be similar as they are three states away from each other?
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Both of them are politically conservative, used to be part of CSA, people are similar when come in appearance and behavior, similar home design (except of some part like in West Texas), alot of pick-up and SUV and southern cuisine, such as sweet tea.
 
I live in Texas in my whole life and yes, Texas has it own cultures and rights even if they have the right to secede from the United States, however, there are lot of small towns in Texas are proudly fly the Confederate flags. Even in my county's court house fly the first Confederate flag along the Old Glory flag.
 
Foxrac said:
Both of them are politically conservative, used to be part of CSA, people are similar when come in appearance and behavior, similar home design (except of some part like in West Texas), alot of pick-up and SUV and southern cuisine, such as sweet tea.
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Texas was a charter member of the CSA--not involved 100% in the Confederacy and wasn't a state of the Confederacy.........

Texan Guy said:
I live in Texas in my whole life and yes, Texas has it own cultures and rights, however, there are lot of small towns in Texas are proudly fly the Confederate flags. Even in my county's court house fly the first Confederate flag along the Old Glory flag.
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Well buddy then they ain't real Texans as real Texans don't consider themselves part of the South or the Southwest--JUST TEXAS.

YEE-HAW! :lol:
 
Byrdie714 said:
Texas was a charter member of the CSA--not involved 100% in the Confederacy and wasn't a state of the Confederacy.........



Well buddy then they ain't real Texans as real Texans don't consider themselves part of the South or the Southwest--JUST TEXAS.

YEE-HAW! :lol:
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Texas was part of CSA, I already learned from history class and you don't make any sense.
 
Byrdie: Alright, man, that's your opinion on my great home state of Texas. To each his/her own opinion.
 
Texan Guy said:
Alright, man, that's your opinion on my great home state of Texas. To each his/her own opinion.
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Yup, I'm let them to follow on their own.

I'm not going feed them because don't want this thread to be locked.
 
Foxrac said:
Texas was part of CSA, I already learned from history class and you don't make any sense.
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Texas was a charter member of the Confederacy. It wasn't a Confederate state as Texas didn't have the same rights as Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia in terms of voting rights in the government process.

Basically being a charter member just means that you support the ideaology of the government with intentions of becoming a Confederate state.

Texas--never had the chance to become a state in the Confederacy as it was a charter member.

Secondly--while the southern states were readily admitted back into the Union after the war--Texas had to wait for 5 more years due to the instability of the state government and was re-admitted back into the Union in 1870.

Not 1865 like the rest.
 
Food for thought:

If the confederate flag has NOTHING to do with racism and is a symbolism for being proud of the South's heritage, why don't we see black southerner's displaying them? Aren't black people a big part of the South? After all, isn't soul food a big part of the Southern cuisine?

(Oh yea.. I think it might have to do with that little painful reminder called slavery.)
 
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