The confederate flag.

[BigBoxaJunk]

My family was here prior to the party. We came over prior to the Civil War. I'll always see Confederates soldiers as those, regardless of their individual motives, sought to prop up a govt that believed in keeping other men in bondage simply due to the color of their skin.

There is that, and I can respect that too.

But the way I see it, like others have said, it's always the common man who does most of the fighting, suffering, and dying for the causes of the rich man.

The common man's motives seem to me to always be more pure than the rich man's sometimes are.

 

[jamil]

My family was here prior to the party. We came over prior to the Civil War. I'll always see Confederates soldiers as those, regardless of their individual motives, sought to prop up a govt that believed in keeping other men in bondage simply due to the color of their skin.

The aristocracy used the common people's pride and prejudice to get them to fight their war. I guess I blame the plantation owners more.

 

[JettaKnight]

My family was late to the party. We came over after the civil war.

But I'll never see the confederate soldier as any less, or any different than any other American soldier from any other American war.

My family was here prior to the party. We came over prior to the Civil War. I'll always see Confederates soldiers as those, regardless of their individual motives, sought to prop up a govt that believed in keeping other men in bondage simply due to the color of their skin.

My family was here, but a bunch of yellow-bellied Quakers.

 

[miguel]

My family was here, but a bunch of yellow-bellied Quakers.

Hey, if they weren't, you might not be here -- always appreciate family!

 

[Kutnupe14]

My family was here, but a bunch of yellow-bellied Quakers.

Actually, Quakers during that era were hardly yellow-bellied. They were instrumental in helping escaped slaves reach freedom often risking their lives. I have always held Quakers (and Shakers) in the highest regards.

 

[Kutnupe14]

The aristocracy used the common people's pride and prejudice to get them to fight their war. I guess I blame the plantation owners more.

True, but what war is any different? We know WW2 wasn't about saving Jews, but if one fought for the Wehrmacht they were assigned blame for those atrocities just the same.

 

[JettaKnight]

Actually, Quakers during that era were hardly yellow-bellied. They were instrumental in helping escaped slaves reach freedom often risking their lives. I have always held Quakers (and Shakers) in the highest regards.

I do jest.

I don't have any evidence, but it's quite possible many of them were instrumental in the underground railroad, as they were in SC at the time.

 

[17 squirrel]

Should this new Southern flag replace the Confederate battle flag? | AL.com

My lesbian sister told me that flag and skinny jeans do the same thing to her. It makes her balls hurt.

 

[17 squirrel]

These are next in the crosshairs.

It's reared its ugly head again in MD and Va about SCV tags. This started in MD back in 1999 and the judge stopped MVA from recalling the plates, the same in Va around 2003.

 

[17 squirrel]

Actually, Quakers during that era were hardly yellow-bellied. They were instrumental in helping escaped slaves reach freedom often risking their lives. I have always held Quakers (and Shakers) in the highest regards.

Not all of them, my peeps came here in 1704, within 10 years moved to Frederick Co MD then my ancestors converted to being Methodist.

 

[HoughMade]

I had an ancestor hanged as a witch in Salem in 1692. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wardwell_(Salem_witch_trials)

I too like to celebrate my heritage:

 

[ArcadiaGP]

This was touched on in this thread, just adding an update.

Suspect in series of St. Louis church arsons arrested - KMOV.com

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

My family was here, but a bunch of yellow-bellied Quakers.

But I do love their cereals.

 

[Cygnus]

I had an ancestor hanged as a witch in Salem in 1692. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wardwell_(Salem_witch_trials)

I too like to celebrate my heritage:

You want me to go htrough an INGO flag or sticker on the Witch Mueseum?

 

[printcraft]

You want me to go htrough an INGO flag or sticker on the Witch Mueseum?

Please do not deface the hillary clinton museum.

 

[KG1]

Please do not deface the hillary clinton museum.

Brilliant!!

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Probably belongs in the facepalm thread. Wow.

Man detonates bomb at Mississippi Walmart after threatening the store for refusing to sell Confederate flags.

 

[IndyDave1776]

Please do not deface the hillary clinton museum.

 

[copperhead-1911]

Probably belongs in the facepalm thread. Wow.

Man detonates bomb at Mississippi Walmart after threatening the store for refusing to sell Confederate flags.

Totally wrong no excuse for it. Unlike the Mike brown crowd I will not even try to defend his actions. If anything this will hurt the southern heritage movement.