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Let's get to basics. What's the word prejudice mean? I assume it means the same in Scotland as it means in America. It means prior judgment or judging absent facts or truth or knowledge; an opinion or judgement formed before the facts are known; preconceived idea, usually unfavorable and more often opposite the truth. The person who claims to be from Scotland has no factual basis for her commentary, therefore, she is prejudiced. Nothing more, nothing less.
Although I'm Scots-Irish, I've never worn a skirt (well, to my recollection). And what if I were to judge that activity.....or form an opinion of it absent facts or knowledge. Lord only knows what I might come up with.
Where's that head-banging-on-brick-wall icon?
Aw, I were jist pullin' yer laig there, laddie.
No need for a head-banging. Have a wee dram of Lophraig, instead!
My husband and I were driving around today, looking at neighborhoods we might buy a home in. In a driveway we saw a car parked with a Confederate flag sticker on it. My husband said, "No way am I living in a neighborhood where someone has a Confederate flag displayed." I don't want to live around racist people either, but perhaps the person isn't racist, but is just really into the Civil War. And also I think it's impossible to find a neighborhood without any racist people, so unless every house has the Confederate flag hanging up, there is no reason to believe this neighborhood has more racist people than any other neighborhood.
What does the Confederate flag mean to you?
on the flag
i think the south messed up. i think the flag is a symbol to proudly tell everybody, hey i messed up.
i love the south dont get me wrong. but starting a civil war was a bad bad power assessment.
pride cometh b4 a fall.
i know i know i am a lousy southerner but i am on a learning curve.
work with me
stephen s
san diego ca
I'm sure this has been pointed out, but this thread is ridiculously long, so I don't know if I can go through it all just now...
The Confederate flag that you see most often, and that once flew from the dome of the SC State House, is not the flag of the CSA. It's not even the battle flag of the CSA, as some claim. It's a naval jack. A naval jack 100+ miles from an ocean. Lovely.
The CSA battle flag, like the naval jack, is a St. Andrew's cross, but the battle flag is square while the naval jack is rectangular. The confederates opted against using the actual flag of the CSA, the "Stars and Bars" (though some mistakenly apply that name to the battle flag/naval jack), because the flag was too similar to the US flag.
I'm sure this has been pointed out, but this thread is ridiculously long, so I don't know if I can go through it all just now...
The Confederate flag that you see most often, and that once flew from the dome of the SC State House, is not the flag of the CSA. It's not even the battle flag of the CSA, as some claim. It's a naval jack. A naval jack 100+ miles from an ocean. Lovely.
The CSA battle flag, like the naval jack, is a St. Andrew's cross, but the battle flag is square while the naval jack is rectangular. The confederates opted against using the actual flag of the CSA, the "Stars and Bars" (though some mistakenly apply that name to the battle flag/naval jack), because the flag was too similar to the US flag.
It has been pointed out, NUMEROUS times...some are just too stubborn to listen.
When you have time you might want to read thru the rest of the thread. Some of us have tried to educate and enlighten. Others hold on to stubborn beliefs that have no basis in historical fact.
It is not a symbol of treason or any other thing. It is a symbol of Independence though. That would be something that many in this thread have no idea about. If you think it is a symbol of treason and such then you have to also think that the American flag in all of its glory is also a symbol of treason since Jefferson and the rest of the founding fathers were willing to commit treason for the Indepedence of this once great country. You see, you see it the way you want to see it and not the way it truly was and/or is.
I will display the Confederate Flag wherever I damn well please and I hope that it upsets the likes of so many of you that have no real understanding about it or the ar for Southern Independence. Learn your history before you condemn people for something you have no understanding about. I am half Apache and still proudly display the Confederate Flag because I was raised in Missouri and luckily I got an education, something many in here could use. I also proudly display the American Flag and my Tribal Flag. Don't like it? Move the hell out of the country then because it is against our Constitution for you to keep saying that people should not be allowed to display a flag that is part of the history of this country. Personally, I wish the South would have won and stayed independent from the damn Yankees and all of their LIES and liberalism and PC crap ways. BTW, this has nothing to do with racism, as so many of you think because when you say that it shows your lack of education about that time in our history.
TREASON. The ORIGINAL ANTI-AMERICANISM. DISLOYALTY TO THE UNION.
Nothing more, nothing less.
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you might want to read thru the rest of the thread. Some of us have tried to educate and enlighten. Others hold on to stubborn beliefs that have no basis in historical fact. 