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Private property (regardless of location-they're popular in rural Australia for some reason) and any ex-CSA city/county/state buildings/flags if the majority chooses.
I'm from New York so I don't care much per se (though I have seen them flying in rural New York), but the above approach gibes with my ideas on freedom of expression and association.
I will say I find the "stars and bars" vastly aesthetically superior to the irritatingly asymmetrical American flag.
I do wonder if you've ever seen a tourist from Mississippi or South Carolina walking the streets of Manhattan with one of the "Rebel" or "Dixie" shirts of ball caps that is very common in the South at least in rural areas. Here in West Virginia you do see much fewer ones in the northern half of the state like around Morgantown and Wheeling than in the southern half. During WV's statehood the majority of power was concentrated in the culturally northern part even though the population wasn't there. So not everyone here even celebrates statehood today because there wasn't actually a referendum before WV split away from Virginia and stayed in the Union.
I do wonder if you've ever seen a tourist from Mississippi or South Carolina walking the streets of Manhattan with one of the "Rebel" or "Dixie" shirts of ball caps that is very common in the South at least in rural areas. Here in West Virginia you do see much fewer ones in the northern half of the state like around Morgantown and Wheeling than in the southern half. During WV's statehood the majority of power was concentrated in the culturally northern part even though the population wasn't there. So not everyone here even celebrates statehood today because there wasn't actually a referendum before WV split away from Virginia and stayed in the Union.
There absolutely was a county by referendum for secession from Virginia. The validity of some of inclusion of some of the Eastern Panhandle and southern counties was questionable, but that was decided by the Supreme Court. Viginia vs. West Virginia 1871.
The northern counties were far more pro-unionist than the southern counties but the north was where everyone lived. In 1890 the Northern Panhandle and Ohio River Valley were the population centers of West Virginia. Wheeling was by far the largest city West Virginia City Populations 1890.
There was no love between the industrial north of WV, the sparsely populated mountain communities, and the planter class pro-Confederates based in Richmond.
Anywhere freedom of speech still exists? I find twerking, reality shows and Justin Bieber all more offensive than the flag of the CSA, and none of those things are illegal. If it offends you, don't look. I find both top 40 and country music annoying, so you know what...I DON'T TUNE INTO STATIONS THAT PLAY EITHER.
The whole culture of "I take offense, therefore someone else must change their behavior" in this country is sickening.
What people put on their own private property or person is none of my business. Battlefields and cemetaries are fine. I will say I found it odd that Washington & Lee removed them from the Lee Chapel. Hey, the man fought for it. It's no hidden secret.
My rebel flag is - and has been for years - proudly displayed on the wall of my bedroom closet. It should be accepted on any private property where a free man chooses fly the flag.
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