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A little history lesson, the Confederate flag many wish to remove was merely a battle flag, and looked nothing like the Confederate/ Rebel flag we see flown today. This battle flag was flown in efforts to determine who's who on the battle, because the Union, and Confederate flags were so similar it was hard to differentiate the two in battle. Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
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Posted 9 y ago
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Beyond the word play or how you want to spin the topic, my issue with this whole thing is simply this; the Confederate flag is part of our nation's history. Good, bad or indifferent it is part of who we are. Removing it is along the same lines as removing it from our history books? What is going to happen to history lessons and art work? Are we going to see the Confederate flag replaced by a black box? There are flags such as the ISIS Battle Flag and the flag of the Nazi Party that are still around and these flags bring up more hatred than the Confederate flag. I think the call for it's removal was nothing more than a knee jerk reaction to a terrible incident.
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Actually, the flag you have labeled as the Confederate flag (square flag with red field, blue x-cross with stars) was the Flag of The Army of Northern Virginia, which was Gen. Lee's unit. The Rebels needed a means to which identify their forces as the first flag looked too similar to the Union flag. Lee's men adopted this new flag going into the Battle of Manassas and it remained a long-term fixture of the unit, Confederacy and south ever since.
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1SG Michael Blount
SSgt Charles Edwards - SSgt - I'm not going apologize for being offended by something as rampantly racist as the Confederate flag. To me, it's a package deal. Part of the Southern "heritage" is the self proclaimed right to own others. That somebody's proud of that "heritage" is a head-shaking shame.
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MAJ Stephen Barnard
1SG Michael Blount - Ah come on, get over yourself. You have a right to be offended; someone else has the right to cause offence. Live with it.
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