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It's just offending to a lot of people. End of story.
~Some people think as it as "The Old South", quaint and proud of there culture
~And some people think of it as what it represented.. Fighting to be it's own country, and to keep slavery going.
It can be both... IT IS BOTH
Before the next argument appears.. Yea the North had mild slavery but they weren't fighting pro slavery.
I don't believe that hating one's own countrymen is an admirable "value" or "ideal." Are all good ol' southerners supposed to hate "them Yankees"?
As a born and raised white southerner, I find it "weird" that anyone, regardless of race or geographic location, would want to fly that flag. I don't understand the "heritage" behind it. IMO, people who wave that flag around just want attention and to stir controversy.
Agreed, just look at these folk from PA in this Confederate Pennsylvania video. I just looked this up to see if it was true that multi-generation Northerners would fly this flag. I realize that they have a right to fly it but I'd be weary of them if I crossed them.
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The Confederate flag looks pretty cool, unfortunately many do associate it with backwardness and racism. Hey, I would fly it if I wanted to...Southern pride is awesome, lol.
So I'm still wondering, would it be acceptable to fly a Confederate flag in a "border state" like Maryland, West Virginia or Kentucky or Delaware?
I don't know the answer to your question but I've seen the confederate flag on a home in a rural part (farm area) of Maryland (other side of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge) not too far from Delaware and the Amish area.
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