Comments on: Stars and Stripes: What Was the Union Flag During the Civil War? http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war Political News & Articles Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:41:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Yankee http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war/comment-page-1#comment-184 Yankee Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:43:02 +0000 http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war#comment-184 Screw that! It's not racist! It's about southern pride, damnit! Screw that! It’s not racist! It’s about southern pride, damnit!

]]> By: showse http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war/comment-page-1#comment-144 showse Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:13:43 +0000 http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war#comment-144 Very interesting article... and I might add that, technically speaking, every citizen is "well qualified to disagree" with anything they find disagreeable, regardless of their race, gender, orientation, etc. I fully respect the fact that this individual does not see the confederate flag as a racist symbol, and respectfully still believe that it is. R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Very interesting article… and I might add that, technically speaking, every citizen is “well qualified to disagree” with anything they find disagreeable, regardless of their race, gender, orientation, etc. I fully respect the fact that this individual does not see the confederate flag as a racist symbol, and respectfully still believe that it is. R-E-S-P-E-C-T!

]]> By: Nathan http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war/comment-page-1#comment-143 Nathan Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:57:23 +0000 http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war#comment-143 Some people may use confederate flags as racist symbols, but here is a man who is well qualified to disagree that it IS a racist symbol: http://www.floridareenactorsonline.com/winbush.htm Some people may use confederate flags as racist symbols, but here is a man who is well qualified to disagree that it IS a racist symbol:

http://www.floridareenactorsonline.com/winbush.htm

]]> By: okay http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war/comment-page-1#comment-112 okay Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:40:02 +0000 http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war#comment-112 As a kid I always thought it was a cool looking flag, never associated it as anything racist. As a kid I always thought it was a cool looking flag, never associated it as anything racist.

]]> By: showse http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war/comment-page-1#comment-105 showse Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:01:46 +0000 http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war#comment-105 Hey FormatMe... isn't it interesting, how Southern Cross flyer often equals jackass? Hey FormatMe… isn’t it interesting, how Southern Cross flyer often equals jackass?

]]> By: showse http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war/comment-page-1#comment-104 showse Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:59:33 +0000 http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war#comment-104 Hey Tweeek, you make some excellent points. My take on it is that regardless of the individual or personal details (and I'm well aware of the fact that neither North nor South were spotless when it came to slavery), when a symbol has evolved to represent something to a majority, there's not a whole lot you can do about it. The swastika was originally a Buddhist sanskrit symbol with a positive meaning, but no one can change or deny what it represents today. I feel the same way about the Southern Cross. While it may not symbolize the support of slavery to everyone, it did stand for that ideal and continues to represent that to a majority of the world's people, which makes it a racist emblem in my book. Hey Tweeek, you make some excellent points. My take on it is that regardless of the individual or personal details (and I’m well aware of the fact that neither North nor South were spotless when it came to slavery), when a symbol has evolved to represent something to a majority, there’s not a whole lot you can do about it. The swastika was originally a Buddhist sanskrit symbol with a positive meaning, but no one can change or deny what it represents today. I feel the same way about the Southern Cross. While it may not symbolize the support of slavery to everyone, it did stand for that ideal and continues to represent that to a majority of the world’s people, which makes it a racist emblem in my book.

]]> By: FormatMe http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war/comment-page-1#comment-99 FormatMe Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:03:44 +0000 http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war#comment-99 My buddy had a confederate flag on his truck growing up. He was a jackass after I got older. My buddy had a confederate flag on his truck growing up. He was a jackass after I got older.

]]> By: Tweeek http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war/comment-page-1#comment-89 Tweeek Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:41:57 +0000 http://politicianscandal.com/199/stars-and-stripes-what-was-the-union-flag-during-the-civil-war#comment-89 The Southern Cross does have a poor image, but I think its been overemphasized to have a relation to slavery. While the South was absolutely wrong about its intent to keep slaves, the real motivation is not unlike modern right-wingers scared of Big Government. The Confederacy was just scared of change (although that doesn't justify as Civil War). The North on the other hand had no real love for freeing the slaves. The real situation was that the amount of immigration into the North was causing lack of jobs for free citizens due to the free labor of slavery. Lincoln also used the Emancipation Proclamation as a military tool to try to cause unrest in the South, not to make a political statement. The Southern Cross does have a poor image, but I think its been overemphasized to have a relation to slavery. While the South was absolutely wrong about its intent to keep slaves, the real motivation is not unlike modern right-wingers scared of Big Government. The Confederacy was just scared of change (although that doesn’t justify as Civil War). The North on the other hand had no real love for freeing the slaves. The real situation was that the amount of immigration into the North was causing lack of jobs for free citizens due to the free labor of slavery. Lincoln also used the Emancipation Proclamation as a military tool to try to cause unrest in the South, not to make a political statement.

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