saltwind 78 wrote:
I live in South Carolina, and I would like to know what y'all on OPP feel about demands of both liberals and conservatives in the state, that the Confederate battle f**g that flies at the South Carolina State House be taken down. It seems this demand is being repeated all over the South.
It's a f**g like any other f**g, a symbol that represents "The South" and southerners take p***e in that, because it's a symbol that distinguishes them as Southerners of the USA.
I see nothing wrong with that, how is that different than the Lone star f**g of Texas or any other state or national f**g. There are so many groups and organizations that have f**gs, someone can probably come up with reasons to dislike any f**g, and that doesn't make them right or wrong, they're entitled to their opinion.
BUT it ain't right for them to want your f**g to disappear while they fly theirs, hypocrisy to be sure.
I do understand that to some maybe even many African-Americans it's a negative symbol of s***ery, however I don't believe that that's the intent of it's symbolic meaning, It represents "The South" as a region a group of Americans, and of course in history it was at one time a symbol of distinction between the confederate states and the union states.
I propose that any "African-Americans" opposed to the confederate or battle f**g, recognize the fact that their term African-Americans distinguishing & segregating themselves is a hypocrisy, laws should be passed banning or using that term. I certainly don't like it. Also while we're at it lets ban anything symbolic of the Black Panthers as it represents h**e, I also suggest we ban the NAACP as it also represents race and segregation. Sounds fair to me, "what's good for the goose is good for the gander"
I am a Yankee, born in NYC living in NJ since 1961, My mom was 1 of 13 kids born in Carrollton Ga, I have lots of family/rebels in the south, and I have spent a lot of time in the south in the 50s and been back many times visiting my relatives there.
This country and the south in particular have come a long way in diminishing segregation and r****m and by law banned it, I am a first person witness from both sides of the Mason Dixon line, and proud of that as an American.