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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.
Very cool.
I have a huge portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman hanging on my wall.
What part of southern heritage is the Confederate flag representing? I have to ask because of this. 6 out of 10 African-Americans live in the South. A lion's share of the African-American population was born and raised in the South. And most African-Americans in this nation have southern roots(consider the Great Migration from the South to the North and West). And yet, I never see Blacks identify with the Confederate flag. In fact, most southern Blacks I've come in contact with don't like it at all. One has to consider why this is so. I'm sure that most Blacks in the USA could be considered southerners, but I don't see them identifying with it at all.
One Black man out of how many of the millions of Blacks in the USA? That one video does not refute that most Blacks do not identify with the Confederate flag. It does not refute that many don't like it. That video talks about that one man. What about the rest of the 40 million African-Americans in the USA? What about the estimated 22-25 million Blacks who live in the South?
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.
I didn't work in the tourist area of Manhattan, so no. Perhaps you'd see them near Times Square though.
The rebel flag (Battle Flag of Virginia) doesn't represent the heritage of most southerners. Not the majority of whites who were poor backwoodsmen and sharecroppers, and certainly not the heritage of blacks who are just as much Southerners. It represents the power structure that exploited all of those people to maintain their economic and social superiority. In 2014 there are a lot of mixed feelings among southerners about that flag. It's nice to have a symbol, a representation of you distinctiveness, but that symbol's association with the defense of slavery, and with the Confederacy as a whole makes for some mental discomfort in a lot of people. Frankly, these days in the South the display of the flag is advertising one's politics and level of education.
The confederate apologist are a largely dying breed and you're probably more likely to see confederate flags in Ohio and Indiana than in Atlanta or Charleston.
What part of southern heritage is the Confederate flag representing? I have to ask because of this. 6 out of 10 African-Americans live in the South. A lion's share of the African-American population was born and raised in the South. And most African-Americans in this nation have southern roots(consider the Great Migration from the South to the North and West). And yet, I never see Blacks identify with the Confederate flag. In fact, most southern Blacks I've come in contact with don't like it at all. One has to consider why this is so. I'm sure that most Blacks in the USA could be considered southerners, but I don't see them identifying with it at all.
I don't identify with fat backs and chitlins. So what...
I don't like the flag, but it can be displayed anywhere its owner has rights to.
I am bothered much more by sagging pants.
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Where geographically do you consider the rebel flag acceptable?
