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I know that's right ... and while I was making a joke of those who continue to hold a misleading belief of the rebel flag, Wounded Knee was no joking matter.
No worries. I'm also a native Southerner, so I have my own views on the rebel flag--starting with the fact that it's not even the right flag.
Amazing how so many of you rip Kaepernick so called disrespecting our flag and soldiers, but you defend to the death the right of a man to fly the flag of a terrorist nation that attacked this country and killed hundreds of thousands of loyal Americans that were trying to defend this country and keep it from being destroyed.
And you think he should he should be able to fly it in place of the flag that 6300 New Jersey Union soldiers died to defend? No way. It needed to come down. Maybe not placed in the garbage, but whatever.
Amazing how so many of you rip Kaepernick so called disrespecting our flag and soldiers, but you defend to the death the right of a man to fly the flag of a terrorist nation that attacked this country and killed hundreds of thousands of loyal Americans that were trying to defend this country and keep it from being destroyed.
And you think he should he should be able to fly it in place of the flag that 6300 New Jersey Union soldiers died to defend? No way. It needed to come down. Maybe not placed in the garbage, but whatever.
I couldn't give two sh*ts about what Kaepernick--or any other person--does regarding the sky cloth.
Private property is private property--PERIOD. The property owner would have been within his rights to shoot to kill if he had been so inclined.
Really ? tears? lol Do you need a tissue?
Stop with the hystronics.
It's been closed for over a year. No one knows who put it up. Odds are some kid thinking it was funny.
You have no problem with a Cherokee going to that same flag pole and ripping down the American flag, right?
Good to see your true colors and that you have no problem stomping on the rights of property owners.
Yeah, well it’s better than stomping on YOU, isn’t it?
Oh, so now you’re in solidarity with the Cherokees?
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While I respect my brother, the guy took down a flag on a flag pole that nobody seems to claim and nobody tried to stop him, I guess we have a different definition of courageous. I sure hope you had a Kleenex nearby.
We all know damn well what that flag represents - bigotry, slavery, and hatred of this nation and anyone who's different - and it is laughable to pretend otherwise.
The U.S. flag also represents bigotry, slavery, and hatred. Like I said--go to the nearest rez and ask an Indian what the U.S. flag represents.
lol... Misplaced emotion. The flag was private property, the man is a thief and a vandal, and what this nation "stands" for is primarily freedom of political expression.
If you think that "tens of thousands" (try upping that by a factor of ten) mid 19th century mostly impoverished white men died to ideologically defeat what you think that flag stands for then you're merely guilty of rewriting history.
They no more fought the south to end slavery then the american army in wwii, comprised mostly of men of very recent german heritage, fought the germans to end the political dominance of germans.
The vast majority of white soldiers in this nation have historically fought for a paycheck, and sometimes due to very simple and historically inaccurate propaganda that attempted to convince their uneducated rear-ends to fight.
My father, very unfortunately, fought (and died of injuries sustained) in vietnam to try to live up to the shadow of his (high school educated) german father who coasted on wwii greatest generation propaganda until he died.
Our ethnic vulnerabilities to propaganda, the need for a paycheck, and our facility with weapons and the historical price that we have paid for this combination do not equate to your ideological victory nor a righteous ability to politically wield our price.
I find myself wondering what the northern soldiers would think of modern society.
Take down the flags AND the monuments. THEY LOST!!!!
They don't have to. Private property, freedom of expression and all of that. In fact, in many states you'd be risking your life to walk on someone's lawn to steal property.
Meh, you’re a Neo-Confederate. Your side lost...deal with it.
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LOL... misplaced emotion. The flag was private property, the man is a thief and a vandal, and what this nation "stands" for is primarily freedom of political expression.
If you think that "tens of thousands" (try upping that by a factor of ten) mid 19th century mostly impoverished White men died to ideologically defeat what you think that flag stands for then you're merely guilty of rewriting history.
They no more fought the south to end slavery then the American Army in WWII, comprised mostly of men of very recent German heritage, fought the Germans to end the political dominance of Germans.
The vast majority of White soldiers in this nation have historically fought for a paycheck, and sometimes due to very simple and historically inaccurate propaganda that attempted to convince their uneducated rear-ends to fight.
My father, very unfortunately, fought (and died of injuries sustained) in Vietnam to try to live up to the shadow of his (high school educated) German father who coasted on WWII greatest generation propaganda until he died.
Our ethnic vulnerabilities to propaganda, the need for a paycheck, and our facility with weapons and the historical price that we have paid for this combination do not equate to your ideological victory nor a righteous ability to politically wield our price.
I find myself wondering what the Northern soldiers would think of modern society.
I never said a word about slavery. But since you brought it up, that IS what the Southern soldier was fighting for.
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