Somebody stole the Confederate flag (Atlanta, Stone Mountain: storage, park, place)

[arjay57]

Wonder if it was a pro-flag or anti-flag person or maybe just a plain old thief?

Atlanta News: Confederate flag at Stone Mountain Park stolen | www.ajc.com

[midtown mile girl]

Who knows, but Stone Mountain is a Confederate memorial and stealing the battle flag is not going to get the same result as South Carolina. I have read and seen so many comments on the flag issue and so many people are mistaking the battle flag for the flag of the confederacy, which looks completely different.
Instead of stealing flags, maybe people need to talk and try to understand each other and understand that some history is not a warm and fuzzy disney production.

[flamadiddle]

Put a new one up and electrify the pole. Problem solved.

[ATLTJL]

True, but there's a difference between keeping a flag in a case for people to look at and flying it on a pole.

Does the Nazi flag fly over Auschwitz?

I find it humorous that the flag was immediately replaced. How many of them do they have in storage?

I think there are plenty of ways to memorialize the Confederacy instead of proudly flying its flag.

I'm going to start a petition to fly a Japanese flag at Pearl Harbor and an al-Qaeda flag at ground zero. Why not? History isn't a warm and fuzzy Disney production.

[Iconographer]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

True, but there's a difference between keeping a flag in a case for people to look at and flying it on a pole.

Does the Nazi flag fly over Auschwitz?

I find it humorous that the flag was immediately replaced. How many of them do they have in storage?

I think there are plenty of ways to memorialize the Confederacy instead of proudly flying its flag.

I'm going to start a petition to fly a Japanese flag at Pearl Harbor and an al-Qaeda flag at ground zero. Why not? History isn't a warm and fuzzy Disney production.

These are absurd comparisons.

[midtown mile girl]

Originally Posted by ATLTJL

True, but there's a difference between keeping a flag in a case for people to look at and flying it on a pole.

Does the Nazi flag fly over Auschwitz?

I find it humorous that the flag was immediately replaced. How many of them do they have in storage?

I think there are plenty of ways to memorialize the Confederacy instead of proudly flying its flag.

I'm going to start a petition to fly a Japanese flag at Pearl Harbor and an al-Qaeda flag at ground zero. Why not? History isn't a warm and fuzzy Disney production.

The Civil war was very different than those situations.

[ATLTJL]

Not so different to a lot of people.

[tikigod311]

Historic site, fine. State/court house, NO.

Someone just wanted to make a scene, whatever.

[ATLHRLGUY]

While I applaud the effort in Stone Mountain, let's try some other things first like protesting, signing a petition, VOTING, before we go around stealing confederate flags and needlessly getting arrested. On the flag issue itself I'm glad it came down in South Carolina. Who knows if Mississippi follows South Carolina's lead (doubtful) and we know Georgia isn't going to change its current Confederate Flag. Will this moment in SC spark change on other fronts, at least in that state? Not holding my breath. The cynic in me hopes I'm wrong. I just know that the same tactics used to divide us and delay progress today are the same tactics that were used a hundred plus years ago, because unfortunately they work.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by tikigod311

Historic site, fine. State/court house, NO.

Someone just wanted to make a scene, whatever.

Stone Mountain isn't a historic site (I initially thought it was), just the site of a monument/memorial.