How will our current history regarding the Confederate symbols be viewed in the future?

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:50:26 -0400

I wonder if in the future the current mood and actions surrounding the removal of the Confederate flag and all other such symbols be like that of the Salem Witch Hunts or like the Red Scare? It's interesting that some things which were viewed as atrosities and given great importance during their timeframe are now viewed as having been irrelevant or a part of an overreaction to the leadership of the time. How will our actions be judged one hundred years from now? How will the history books label this time frame?
http://www.cbs46.com/story/29547236/confederate-carving-is-center-of-controversy

Atlanta's NAACP targets Confederate flags, carving at Stone Mountain

The debate rages on in Georgia over confederate symbols and whether they should remain or be removed for good. The local NAACP is focusing their efforts on Stone Mountain Park, where the stars and ...

Response by COL Mikel J. Burroughs made Jul 17 at 2015 1:00 PM

COL Mikel J. Burroughs — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:00:49 -0400

CPT Private RallyPoint Member I'm hoping that it will be forgotten here in the near future and that our country and NAACP concentrates on more important issues (like the root causes), not a symbol that was used for a legitimate purpose in our history. Any flag or symbol can be associated with a crime or with hatred if it is allowed to. The Confederate Flag definitely has been used as a symbol by groups like the KKK and others as their rallying flag, but we need to look beyond that symbol and get to the root problem on why these groups even exist and what their agenda is. Why are children brought up to hate other races, colors, or nationalities? How do we stop that grooming process (just like how do we stop the terrorist from educating children from wanting to kill Infidels by the time they are walking). I believe as long as we make the symbols a focal point the real reasons for these issues won't get solved. We will waste money on taking down a stone carving this part of the American Heritage and history over using that money to research, fix, educate, and solve the real issues in this country. I know many won't agree with me, but that is just one person’s opinion!

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Jul 17 at 2015 1:14 PM

SGT Ben Keen — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:14:00 -0400

If some people had their way, there wouldn't be any reference to Confederate symbols to be viewed in the future.

Response by LTC Bink Romanick made Jul 17 at 2015 2:35 PM

LTC Bink Romanick — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 14:35:26 -0400

I am no fan of the confederate flag, nor of the Spanish flu epidemic or the Great Mississippi flood but that doesn't mean that they didn't happen. Rewriting history is shameful and hopefully it will be recorded as such.

Response by Capt Seid Waddell made Jul 17 at 2015 3:09 PM

Capt Seid Waddell — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:09:46 -0400

I think that the current hysteria over the Confederate Battle Flag will be seen in the same light as the Salem witch trials and McCarthyism when sanity is finally restored. The quality of thinking is the same in all of them.

Response by MSgt Robert Pellam made Jul 17 at 2015 3:42 PM

MSgt Robert Pellam — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 15:42:15 -0400

CPT Private RallyPoint Member excellent question. I think all we can do right now is speculate what will be 30 years from now. If you think about History and just the thought process with it, you know the nation changes opinions and rationalities every so often. I know we now live in a time where more information blasts people then ever before. Opinions are taken as fact and fact is pushed aside for sensationalism. The funny thing about History is you can't Hide it. When something happens it happens. It will come out eventually.

Trying hide History or trying to Erase it is like putting cookies in the cookie jar then putting it where the Kids won't find them. Well now the kids will start searching, and while they may not find the cookie jar right away they will find other things that were hidden. Oh and they will get the cookie jar too.

I think History in the future will look back on these days and try and figure out what we were trying to hide. The Civil War took place, Racism exists. We need to educate our children about these things so they can understand and make things better. Right now people are just trying to hide stuff so they don't have to explain. I think that is what History will record. People are not trying to make things better, they are just trying to stick it in the closest so they don't have to deal with it.

Response by Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 17 at 2015 6:33 PM

Lt Col Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:33:57 -0400

We in the U.S. tend to need the pendulum to swing back and forth against the stops to come to an honest and reasonable conclusion on most issues. The Confederate flag has never represented anything particularly positive to me, (it represented the losing side during the Civil War) and has caused me pause when I see it in certain contexts. My elders were oppressed by those who hid behind it, especially when it was part of the justification for their actions. In regards to patriotism or heritage, it holds no such definition for me. I believe it will be relegated to a more appropriate position in the history of our country after the hysteria dies down. I believe that public taxpayer money should not support the presentation of the flag, except in relation to the official status given Confederate grave sites. Private individuals should of course be able to do what they will with it on private land, but don't expect broad public support outside of the group of like-minded individuals. There needs to be continuing discussion on the causes of the animosity for better understanding by all.

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Jan 27 at 2018 3:28 PM

SSG Edward Tilton — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:28:34 -0500

Bulgarians have a solution for Soviet Memorials

Response by MSgt Steve Sweeney made Jan 27 at 2018 5:56 PM

MSgt Steve Sweeney — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 17:56:57 -0500

You mean like this one?