Confederate flag barred from Knoxville Veterans Day Parade (soldier, government, states)
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The Confederates were not traitors. They left the Union. Nothing treasonous about that.
If you migrate to another country are you a traitor to the country you left. No. Same thing.
When the confederates waged war against their old nation, they became traitors, and IMO, their surrender should not have been accepted for a long period of time after it was offered. In addition, the returning states should have been afforded less than proportinal representation for at least 50-100 years.
This is a holiday to celebrate veterans, not traitors.
Well, then, the descendents of Confederate troops should have stayed away from the parade and all other Veteran's Day celebrations.
Perhaps, to solve the "Veteran's" issue, we should return the day to its original celebration: 11 AM on 11/11/1918; the day and time the Armistice was signed ending WWI.
That's right, it was originally Armistice Day, and had little to do with veterans of ANY war!
google it.
Fort Sumpter was part of South Carolina. S.C. left the Union and joined the Confederacy before the battle took place. Therefore, the South did not invade the North as I said.
If Union troops had been in their own country instead of a foreign one then Fort Sumpter never happens.
The South had zero motivation to start a war. They left the U.S. peacefully. If they had wanted war they would've left violently. The North started the war because they did not like the South's decision. It does not matter who fired the first shot. The North had no business being in a foreign country without permission from said country.
If I remember right, a Union General sent troops to Sumpter on his own making it the North that invaded, not the South.
Well, then, the descendents of Confederate troops should have stayed away from the parade and all other Veteran's Day celebrations.
Perhaps, to solve the "Veteran's" issue, we should return the day to its original celebration: 11 AM on 11/11/1918; the day and time the Armistice was signed ending WWI.
That's right, it was originally Armistice Day, and had little to do with veterans of ANY war!
google it.
No need to google it. Some Senator from Kansas (can't remember which) proposed that instead of Armistice Day the United States should establish Veterans Day on Nov. 11. President Eisenhower agreed. Veterans Day is about honoring all US Veterans, past and present.
The Confederates were not traitors. They left the Union. Nothing treasonous about that.
If you migrate to another country are you a traitor to the country you left. No. Same thing.
It's one thing to leave a country and migrate out.
It's entirely another thing to take the country you're leaving with you when you go.
All secessionists were free to leave the USofA of 1861 any time they wanted to.
They were never given permission to take parts of the nation with them when they left.
Some descendants of East Tennessee Civil War veterans say they aren't being allowed to march in Monday's Knoxville Veterans Day Parade because of the Confederate flag. Parade organizers say allowing the flag in the parade would spark controversy.
Just a comment on the attachment "Liberal Logic". Would it be logical to compare what a a liberal would say in the burning of both flags? Isn't that the more logical comparison?
If anyone wanted to ban the US Flag from a public site, I think most would see that as controversial. Burning of the Va battle flag don't think that would register a blip on the radar screen.
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