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To you it is idiotic, to them who knows. The point is, they have as much right to their heritage as anyone else. I don't agree with what the CSA stood for or fought primarily for. Most who fought and died had never owned a slave and probably never would have. The CSA flag is no longer the flag of a nation or a battle flag. It has no real significance what so ever. To get ones bowels in an uproar over a piece of cloth is just as ludicrous.
What "heritage?"
So if I move to Alabama tomorrow (due to a fresh bout of insanity), then the Confederate Flag becomes part of my heritage?
Do you remember all of the posters of Che that were in Obama campaign offices in the 2008 election? Che, of course, was a mass murderer and a homicidal maniac.
The left loves Che (who was responsible in his life for more deaths and torture than the Confederate army), yet hold contempt for Confederates and the Confederate flag. Keep in mind that the Confederates, after their defeat, went on to be productive US citizens.
So why the love for a mass murderer and contempt for the Confederacy?
Those Che posters were only found in some Florida offices.
Florida has a lot of Cubans.
Che is a Cuban revolutionary that is a bit of an icon among the Cuban community.
I'll let you do the math and connect the dots.
Che is not a liberal figure, it's really a Cuban thing. My guess is you will see Che posters in some Jeb and Rubio campaign offices come this election year.
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Well, how about we compare what the Confederate government supported, vs what the Union government did to the American Indian tribes in this country. Slavery was evil and wrong. There isn't any doubt. What the union soldiers did was evil and reprehensible. It's just a matter of who the minority is, as to how revisionist history treats the subject.
I'm sorry but you can't split the Confederates from what the "Union" did to the Natives.... both the North and the South own that since they were of the same Union when those things were done. In fact most of the support against some of the acts towards the Native Americans (such as the Cherokee) was centered in the North in New England.
Those Che posters were only found in some Florida offices.
Florida has a lot of Cubans.
Che is a Cuban revolutionary that is a bit of an icon among the Cuban community.
I'll let you do the math and connect the dots.
Che is not a liberal figure, it's really a Cuban thing. My guess is you will see Che posters in some Jeb and Rubio campaign offices come this election year.
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Florida Cubans tend to be exiles or relatives of exiles who came here because of Che and Fidel. They hate him, not endorse him.
Well, how about we compare what the Confederate government supported, vs what the Union government did to the American Indian tribes in this country. Slavery was evil and wrong. There isn't any doubt. What the union soldiers did was evil and reprehensible. It's just a matter of who the minority is, as to how revisionist history treats the subject.
Ummm....yeah. Cause the Confederates were wicked nice to the Indians.
Well, how about we compare what the Confederate government supported, vs what the Union government did to the American Indian tribes in this country. Slavery was evil and wrong. There isn't any doubt. What the union soldiers did was evil and reprehensible. It's just a matter of who the minority is, as to how revisionist history treats the subject.
And what many southern haters refuse to accept is that the NORTH was well into slavery themselves.
So, just how many innocent people does someone have to slaughter before left wing nut jobs will condemn him? Heck, I'm surprised they haven't put up statues in Seattle or San Fran for the murderous scumbag.
What are you saying? That Che just took 10 random people off the streets and executed them?
Lefties love Che, Lenin, Mao and Pol Pot who were the world's greatest mass murderers.
If killing millions and millions is perfectly fine for the left, why does one quibble and fuss over the Confederacy, who were represented by educated Americans who pined for states rights?
Answer- liberals LOVE central government and the suppression of rights by a strong central authority. A few million lives are nothing when the objectives of the state are at stake!
Libs- Read "Animal Farm", "1984", and "Farenheit 451". You are on the side of evil, suppression of individual liberties, and the tyranny of the state.
Simply take a look at the parallels of the Taliban and ISIS vs the American Liberal- both are hell bent on imposing thier views on the populace, destroying historical icons, and suppressing dissenting views. Fascists come from all stripes. Calling oneself "liberal" does not immediately confer one wed to the prospects of liberty. In fact, the opposite is true.
Liberalism = Fascism
I read your link as far as the Che enslaved the population into a totalitarian state that was worse than the previous one silliness. Cuba was the poorest country in the western hemisphere under Batista but now they are far down the list from those bastions of freedom like Nicaragua, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Honduras, etc. Cubans now have food to eat and good medical care. Schools too! Actually, Cuba isn`t on the list and hasn`t been for several decades.
I personally would never fly the Confederate flag, as my family has been northerners since they arrived in "the US" in 1632. My oldest son, who is a country music fan, wanted a Confederate flag to hang in his college dorm when he was a freshman. After a little discussion, he agreed not to do so. The rebel flag is not a part of our heritage (quite the opposite), thus my opposition.
However, liberals never seem to mind Mexicans illegals in the US flying the Mexican flag (keep in mind we were in a war with them in the past as well).
Further many liberals carried North Vietnamese flags when "protesting" the Vietnam war.
Former Confederates helped build the nation. How much did Mexico or the VC /NVA ever do for America?
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