All the rednecks are uneducated piece of shit that spend there money on tobacco and confederate flag is not a country and the union is superior than the confederacy USA shits all over the rednecks go USA !
@Wafflesmart this "classic uneducated southerners" knows enough about history that not every state government was pleased with the CSA's Constitution, and that if it wasnt for the war Jefferson Davis would have been Impeached and a new constitution would have been written.... but what would i know, I'm not a stereotyping moron like Wafflesmart who obtains all knowledge from magazines or word of mouth. I just read history books and accounts from people who lived during the area of the civil war
a nation united over bullshit. the us government is very good at hiding their shit and blaming it on others. Contrary to what the majority of Americans believe, the so-called “Civil War” was not over slavery. While majority of slaves were in the south due to its agrarian economy, the South did not secede to protect slavery. In 1827, the South had four times as many anti-slavery societies than did the North. Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee both called slavery a “moral and political evil”
@yonsoon that flag is the confederate flag, it is a symbol of southern heritage, some will have you believe it is a flag of hatred... if you look at history that flag represented small government, states rights and the south.
@CyberKiDxBRnM You know how I know you're white? Because you wouldn't dare call a black person "nigger" to their face because you know it's more than just a word like this flag is more than just a "lattice of cloth".
@DrGodfather14 I find it funny that I'm not white. Does that make you racist? Yes it does.
What I mean is that they're over-thinking of what a flag represents. And I would call an obnoxious (key word here) black person a "nigger" to their face. In fact, I do it almost on a daily basis.
I wouldn't mind if someone displayed the flag of communist Romania here in Romania... hmmm, but to be honest I'm not sure if others wouldn't be offended:-?
@shewholaughs2 It should not be looked at in the context of owning slaves, after all, the US flag was the one that was on slave ships. It should be looked at as a flag that represents states rights, and individuality. Slavery was a horrible thing, but it is not represented by any flag any more than the United States Flag.
That was not the stars and bars. That flag is the BATTLE FLAG of the Confederate Armies during the civil war. The stars and bars was the first official flag to represent the confederate states. THE BATTLE FLAG WAS JUST SIMPLY THAT.... A BATTLE FLAG TO RALLY THE TROOPS. It is NOT RACIST! No surprise the politicians did not know that.
@parish32 you are a moron! there is no proof 9/11 was an inside job! Now stop jerking off to that pic of your hero alex the nutjob jones and get a life!
@parish32 osama looks different everytime so 9/11 was an inside job. the planes were not shot down so 9/11 was an inside job. operation northwoods so obviously 9/11 was an inside job.! I don't know enough about northwoods to comment on it other than the FACT THAT THE PLAN WAS REJECTED in the 60's. osama looking different? If he looks different EVERYTIME we see him how many look a likes does he have? planes were not shot down because we only fly 14 fighters around the entire USA
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Hi - Will someone who is really from the south, PLEASE define "southern heritage" and "tradition" in regards to the flag? I'm reading these posts and I see those words often...elaborate.
The South fought for independence.. it's like the American flag and how it represents a certain heritage. It's not different with the Confederate Flag.. which is not a symbol of racism but a symbol of decentralized government.
well k2burton33, since nobody else is willing to step up, allow me to do so as a representative of the Southland and one who honors "Southern heritage".
Quite simply, the terms you refer to mentioned date back to the origins of most Anglo-Southern people back to Ulster in Northern Ireland and Scotland where most of this group are from.
The flag itself comes from the Cross of St. Andrew, flown by the Scots since the Middle Ages.
@Wafflesmart what no it doesn't retard the nzi swastika is actually a cross and is the symbol for white christian religion also slavery was the straw that broke the camels back not the whole point of the civil war
"the people of this country have decided not to fly that flag"...really? Because last I checked the people of the country who's soldiers flew that symbol DID decide to fly it. Where does Romney get off coming out of New England and telling us what we should and shouldn't do with OUR flag?
@truegwbfan You should look into the history of that flag. It's nothing more than a battleflag of the confederate armies and had nothing to do with anything political.
it is not a flag of racism. the kkk does not speak for every southerner and they sure as hell dont speak for me. it is a symbol of heritage and of the south. many people have personal symbols and the Confederate flag is a symbol for many people in the south and the occasinal northerner with southern family
no my heritage is one of honor and pride. the kkk is not my heritage. many black men earned a place of honor and dignity fighting along side white men in the confederate armies. dont say they didnt fight because even Fredrick Douglass said that black men wore the Confederate gray. granted slavery was wrong but it did bring Christ to many men wemon and childern who never would have come to the Good Lord. and if your not from the south dont tell us what to do with our flag. mind your own buisness
im not saying just southern heritage is racism.. I mean that anybody (anywhere) giving a shit how there lineage traces back is racist and uninteresting. Oh yeah and i dont believe in the "good lord" so thats a stupid point. plus im from the south (irony)
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u know the us flag can stand for racism too u know because when this country was founded there were slaves then washington had slaves so u gona call him a racist too the us flag is used by many white surpremist groups as a sign of racism so quit sayn its racist
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The fact of the matter is none of them answered the question saying what the flag stood for.
One of them should have had the guts to say its a regional symbol of the Southland and a memorial to Confederate dead. It belongs to the South and is as much an American flag as the flag of the United States.
i am from south alabama and now live in indiana, and the thing that seems the funniest to me is that the people that complain about the confederate flag are usually missinformed white northerners who want something to bitch about. i have confederate flags all over my walls and not one of my black buddies has ever been bothered by it. To all of you that know what your talking about thank you, and to all you that say brun the flag you can burn in hell, because thats fucking disrespectful!dumbass!
Who gives a fuck about the Confederate flag? Free speech. I believe the law says you can fly any flag you choose, so long as you fly the American flag above it. People use it as a symbol of racism, yet again, it boils down to free speech. But at the same time, it does represent an idea of white supremacy and racial pride. It's difficult to say. And idk if one of the guys said this, but it should be left up to individuals to choose to fly the Conf flag or not.
Victors always get the chance to change and rewrite history. The Confederate Flag was about Southern rebellion against an out of control Federal Gov't overstepping its Constitutional boundaries to benefit North at the expense of the South. Nothing more, nothing less. It's not about white power. It's not about slavery. It's not about segregation. It's not about Nazism. People are misinformed. The Klan and the Nazis have their own flags they fly in addition to the Union and Confederate flag.
Well said. I'm sick of the rhetoric, spin, and idiocy of blame that zionist puppets put on ANY TRULY PATRIOTIC AMERICANS THAT DISSENT. This kind of talk is a prelude to thwarting dissent. PERIOD. Too bad the public in general doesn't recognize that type of political jargon.
i don't think the confederate flag was flying during the trail of tears or during the rodney king beating. Racism is a national and global problem but it is always more convient to play the racism card with a southern accent. The Ku Klux Klan burns a cross yet i don't see hear people claiming the cross is a racist symbol. They fly the American flag but thats not considered racist.
people need to stop seeing the stars and bars sa a simbol of hate and racisim, that flag is the same as any outher flag it represents southren heritige, it was a battle flag in the fight between the north and the south.. but so was the american flag that america uses today... it is called the rebel flag beacuse it represents the people who stick it to the man so to speek, and not rednecks.. if you hate rednecks sooo mutch then why did you people vote for bush ...
@wheaton1233 It is a symbol of the propagation of slavery. What does southern heritage mean to you? For most rational people, it is a shameful history that should be denounced lest it be repeated. It is a symbol of insurrection of the south against the United States of America and is therefore unpatriotic not to mention idiotic. Don't you find it ironic that it was used by slave owners who wanted to be free?!
@wheaton1233 Yeah! And I'm a german, and I'm tired of people getting upset about my nazi flag! It represents german heritage and nationalization not burning the jews!
It cracks me up how all these backwards ass red necks are so righteous about that flag, when they probably don't even know that the flag they love so much isn't even the real flag of the confederacy. That is just some battle flag. If you're so pro-rebel and not a racist as you "claim," then at least be smart enough to fly the right flag, and not one associated with so much pain and hate.
what i think all the supporters of the confederate flag are saying is that people need to stop seeing that flag as a flag of ignorance and hate. it really is not and is unfortunate that we as americans have to put up with a media that portrays it as such. yes there are groups(kkk) that use it often however many other southerners feel as though it is a sign of a protest and a rememberance of the ultimate in "fighting the man"
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Leroy is a jagoff. Nobody intelligent cares about that flag. Some wish to keep it....who cares. I don't....and who cares. Democrats are mentally disturbed liberal abortionists. \That should be the discussion how Libs kove abortion.....WAY WORSE THAN SLAVERY!1!
I find it funny how many of the Confederate Flag worshippers and sympathizers talk about everyone else like they are "elitists". It was the Confederate flag wavers who supported Ronald Reagan and George Bush. It was these people who supported the oil/war/military machine and putting America in debt. It was these people who supported tax cuts for the ultra-rich while ending the welfare system because it helped "lazy minorities".
Time to show these rednecks, they no longer control America!
you think we have a class division problem now, just wait till Obama runs us into the ground with his Marxist ideals, that will be the darkest time in our history
From the occupied state of Tennessee. Why force people in a union? Let us go. We don't want anybody to agree with us, we want out. The rest of the country can follow blindly along with the federal government. Unreconstructed partisan.
Hell, I'm the probably the closest thing to being black if you don't count the other races in me and I probably got more confederate merchandise than the average caucasian.
Wow...are people still fighting over this stupid shit? It's a fucking flag people. Slavery happened many many years ago. Yes, some people still how on to slavery this and that, but don't sit there and blame it on the flag. After all, the flag itself is nothing more than fabric with colours that means something to the individual, the flag by itself can do no harm, it's the crazy shit that people associate with the flag that gives the flag a bad name.
That flag is not a symbol of southern pride. It's a symbol of Confederate pride. Displaying your confederate sympathies is no better than the neo-nazis with they're swastickas.
it's not southern flag because it does stand for the confederate beliefs like enslaving blacks. BUT it is a cool as all hell flag, like the sawsticks, why did people have to go and ruin it.
if u call that southern pride u dont kno wat the flag truly represents cuz as much as the south has changed its meaning it still carries that rebellious homegrown terrorist symbol
Stfu. The word terrorism is used today for even picking your nose in public. How orwellian. EVERYBODY and ANY ACT is "the enemy." You may as well be hunting for a witch to burn in Salem.
Great Britain abolished slavery years before the United States so does this mean that the Stars and Stripes is a racist flag? Of course not. It is apart of American history and heritage. Their are too many Liberalists both in Europe and the U.S. taking away peoples freedom of speech by calling them racists if they don't agree with their opinion's, the battle flag of the South is just that, a battle flag.
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Man I hate America so much you guys...the only thing I hate more is black people. I mean can you believe the federal government wants to tell us we can't rape, torture, and murder black people anymore? We should totally abandon our country, scrap the constitution, and become terrorists!
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The Confederate Battle Flag represents all Southern, and even Northern, Confederates regardless of race or religion and is the symbol of less government, less taxes, and the right of the people to govern themselves. It is flown in memory and honor of our Confederate ancestors and veterans who willingly shed their blood for Southern independence.
They were forced to fight for the confederation you idiot. And what exactly happened to the black confederate soldiers? oh yea they were either made slaves again or freed and cheated some other way
If John McCain makes it to be PRESIDENT he will finish off "GEORGE BUSH RECESSION" and take AMERICA into a "GREAT DEPRESSION". The reason why is because he wants to stay in IRAQ and that is the reason why our economy is down. To be truthful "BARACK OBAMA" is the only CANDIDATE that can restore our relations and CHANGE the way eastern countries look at us. Now if we stay in IRAQ and lose more TROOPS and more MONEY we won't be able to fight a war with a super power like CHINA or RUSSIA.
Well tell the GOVERNMENT to stay out of the middle east! Thats why all this bullshit is going on know, they think they are the rulers of the world and they can't even take care of there own home.
I think we SHOULD give a shit what the Middle Eastern citizenry think of us. But then again, what murdering thief who invades your home turf DOES give a damn about WHO their victim is? I hope that makes some of you think. It was meant to.
all i'm sayin' is if u want to walk around with the confederate flag on ur shoulder at least know what it means...if u want 2 leave america than go 4 it-cuz that's wat you're advertising and if so that's fine but u better truly mean it-if u want out and i could c how ppl could than rally up the troops and suceed it's cool with me but don't give me some bull that they have another unique interpretation of what the flag that they can b proud of and still b as american as pie cuz that's b.s.....bra
the one on the left, which the question was about is the confederate flag, the symbol of the confederate states of America. the other one was the texas state flag.
just google the american civil war to learn more about the confederacy, but basically the southern states in america succeeded from the union, mainly because of the issues of slavery and racism, and the disagreements on these issues between the south and the north.
Romney won because he is the only well-rounded conservative with a chance on winning the presidency. He has more executive experience than any candidate. He is a strong social conservative. He has vision for change He can turn around other mistakes made prior to his taking the Job. (Bain Capital, Olympics, MA. Huge deficit, Big Dig Fiasco, and he'll do the same in Iraq) Huckabee is a nice guy... so is Jimmy Carter Mccain is a great american but he continually pals around with Kennedy
To be exact... The flag on the right is the Texas state flag (which was part of the confederacy), which actually does look similar to the CSA 1st National Flag "Stars and Bars". And yes, the flag on the left is the battle flag.
South fought for the state right of slavery. Four of the seceding states, the Deep South states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, issued formal declarations of causes, each of which identified the threat to slaveholders' rights as the cause of, or a major cause of, secession.
Humm our republican candidates need to realize that to shun the Stars & Bars is to shun the south. It's not an issue of racism, it's a matter of Southern pride. We fly that flag proudly regardless of race just was fly the American flag and in my state the Texas flag, proudly beside it.
It is a symbol of We The People against the US Government against illegal taxation without representation. There were more slaves in the North. And, in he South there were black slave owners with both white and black slaves. Slavery is nor a color issue. And, being white my ancestors were white slaves. I want my 8 acres and a mule too.
"Slavery" is a color issue. But the confederate flag is an economic issue. And anyone who thinks there will be prosperity out of slavery is dead wrong -as the south was
Four of the seceding states, the Deep South states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, issued formal declarations of causes, each of which identified the threat to slaveholders' rights as the cause of, or a major cause of, secession.
C.S. Vice President Alexander Stephens, declared that the "cornerstone" of the new government "rest[ed] upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth"
Confederate States Vice President Alexander Stephens, declared that the "cornerstone" of the new government "rest[ed] upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth"
This is another reason the Southern States should be independent - we don't need outsiders telling us which flags or what policies to have. As a culture and a people who are daily abused by an out of control Federal regime, it's time to make a break. It's time for self-determination.
It WAS up to the Southern states. The southern states themselves have voted to not fly the stars and bars anymore. The feds had nothing to do with it.
Actually, they had everything to do with it. Their educational system, their government and their media, etc. has been forced upon us - at the lost of 300,000 Southern deaths & the burning of almost all our cities of size. We voted to leave this foul "union" long ago. We should be independent right now. God willing - we shall be one day. DEO VINDICE!
I guess thats they price they paid breaking apart from the country to save slavery. Four of the seceding states, the Deep South states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, issued formal declarations of causes, each of which identified the threat to slaveholders' rights as the cause of, or a major cause of, secession.
Ron Paul destroys everyone of them on real issues, so instead, they feel like talking about their mansions, how they hunt, and follow up with some baseball.
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I feel like Romney had the right idea, but was unsure whether or not he should have come out and said it- that the Confederate flag should not be shown because of its implications that will never go away, and that his personal beliefs prevent him from hanging up the flag. The candidates that are doing well are the honest ones this election (or at least the seemingly honest)- Obama, Paul, Huckabee...
I'm going to have to agree with that. However, it probably would've been different had Lincoln not been assassinated, as his #1 priority for his plan of reconstruction was to be kind, respectful, and helpful to the south. Yeah without him, we kinda fucked that up.
As for history itself, they always say history is written by the victors. That's why i think the south is always portrayed so horribly in the books.
the south will rise agien
coyote5455 2 months ago
I am a confederate and we don't spend all ar money on tabaccre we just like you yankees
jordankeesy 2 months ago
All the rednecks are uneducated piece of shit that spend there money on tobacco and confederate flag is not a country and the union is superior than the confederacy USA shits all over the rednecks go USA !
giovaniisafag 3 months ago
WE are United? WOW! Where has this guy been??
meetman57 3 months ago
@CWScott24 The Pope and Catholics are NOT Christians. Get a clue.
Sistarovat 9 months ago
@Sistarovat yes they are Catholics are the main route of Christianity all the others broke off and made there own branches
TheMuffinator100 9 months ago
Ya because the confederates were all about abolishing slavery right?
You're all classic uneducated southerners
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
@Wafflesmart this "classic uneducated southerners" knows enough about history that not every state government was pleased with the CSA's Constitution, and that if it wasnt for the war Jefferson Davis would have been Impeached and a new constitution would have been written.... but what would i know, I'm not a stereotyping moron like Wafflesmart who obtains all knowledge from magazines or word of mouth. I just read history books and accounts from people who lived during the area of the civil war
CWScott24 11 months ago
@CWScott24 Aww, look at the hillbilly trying to be smart! Isn't it cute?
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
@Wafflesmart Go to hell troll.
CWScott24 10 months ago
@CWScott24 Lol, hell, all you rednecks are so religious
How could you love Christianity so much when the pope is raping children?
Wafflesmart 10 months ago
@Wafflesmart ok the pope is not raping children an excommuncated groups of catholic priest in wisconsin
are raping children not the pope but i would like to know your point of view on the video
TheMuffinator100 9 months ago
Yet southerners act like they are so much more patriotic.
So wtf are they then?
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
a nation united over bullshit. the us government is very good at hiding their shit and blaming it on others. Contrary to what the majority of Americans believe, the so-called “Civil War” was not over slavery. While majority of slaves were in the south due to its agrarian economy, the South did not secede to protect slavery. In 1827, the South had four times as many anti-slavery societies than did the North. Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee both called slavery a “moral and political evil”
oVeRSoLdHD 1 year ago
i fell dumb for not knowing what the fuck that flag is . and i am 12.
yonsoon 1 year ago
@yonsoon that flag is the confederate flag, it is a symbol of southern heritage, some will have you believe it is a flag of hatred... if you look at history that flag represented small government, states rights and the south.
CWScott24 1 year ago
@CWScott24 and slavery
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
Who cares? It's a lattice of cloth and nothing more.
CyberKiDxBRnM 1 year ago
@CyberKiDxBRnM You know how I know you're white? Because you wouldn't dare call a black person "nigger" to their face because you know it's more than just a word like this flag is more than just a "lattice of cloth".
DrGodfather14 1 year ago
@DrGodfather14 I find it funny that I'm not white. Does that make you racist? Yes it does.
What I mean is that they're over-thinking of what a flag represents. And I would call an obnoxious (key word here) black person a "nigger" to their face. In fact, I do it almost on a daily basis.
CyberKiDxBRnM 1 year ago
wth, it's just a stupid flag;
I wouldn't mind if someone displayed the flag of communist Romania here in Romania... hmmm, but to be honest I'm not sure if others wouldn't be offended:-?
bbphnix 1 year ago
@bbphnix go ahead and fly a swatstica
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
That flag is a symbol of states rights as far as I am concerned. Too bad they didn't ask Ron Paul about it; I would have loved to hear his view.
ErikNikolai 1 year ago
It is a flag of freedom and individual rights. Period.
Yall mother fuckers need to get your minds right.
4realz.
parish32 1 year ago
@parish32 Whose freedom?! Oh yeah, the freedom of whites to own slaves. The slave had no individual rights!
shewholaughs2 1 year ago
@shewholaughs2 It should not be looked at in the context of owning slaves, after all, the US flag was the one that was on slave ships. It should be looked at as a flag that represents states rights, and individuality. Slavery was a horrible thing, but it is not represented by any flag any more than the United States Flag.
So your argument is null and void.
parish32 1 year ago
That was not the stars and bars. That flag is the BATTLE FLAG of the Confederate Armies during the civil war. The stars and bars was the first official flag to represent the confederate states. THE BATTLE FLAG WAS JUST SIMPLY THAT.... A BATTLE FLAG TO RALLY THE TROOPS. It is NOT RACIST! No surprise the politicians did not know that.
BIGFOOT425 1 year ago
9/11 was an inside job ... Proof ... youtube.com/watch?v=ssuAMNas1us
parish32 1 year ago
@parish32 you are a moron! there is no proof 9/11 was an inside job! Now stop jerking off to that pic of your hero alex the nutjob jones and get a life!
BIGFOOT425 1 year ago
@BIGFOOT425 I don't listen to Alex Jones. There is all sorts of proof that it was and not so much that it was not.
Did you ever hear of Operation Northwoods?
Notice how Osama continues to look different every time they show him.
Plus, why were the planes not shot down? Things to think about, my friend.
parish32 1 year ago
@parish32 osama looks different everytime so 9/11 was an inside job. the planes were not shot down so 9/11 was an inside job. operation northwoods so obviously 9/11 was an inside job.! I don't know enough about northwoods to comment on it other than the FACT THAT THE PLAN WAS REJECTED in the 60's. osama looking different? If he looks different EVERYTIME we see him how many look a likes does he have? planes were not shot down because we only fly 14 fighters around the entire USA
BIGFOOT425 1 year ago
not the stars and bars
TromboneUSAlabama 1 year ago
right on tapoutspecialforces
danasears1 1 year ago
thats why he didnt win, no body in the south would vote for romeny
kuntryboy1987 1 year ago
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aquaman77310 2 years ago
Stupidest question in the debate.
cpblackangel88 2 years ago
Mitt Romney is not an American by any means he is a cultist and a self important greedy snake
whitetrashoutlaw 2 years ago
Hi - Will someone who is really from the south, PLEASE define "southern heritage" and "tradition" in regards to the flag? I'm reading these posts and I see those words often...elaborate.
k2burton33 2 years ago
The South fought for independence.. it's like the American flag and how it represents a certain heritage. It's not different with the Confederate Flag.. which is not a symbol of racism but a symbol of decentralized government.
luciusETRUR 2 years ago
well k2burton33, since nobody else is willing to step up, allow me to do so as a representative of the Southland and one who honors "Southern heritage".
Quite simply, the terms you refer to mentioned date back to the origins of most Anglo-Southern people back to Ulster in Northern Ireland and Scotland where most of this group are from.
The flag itself comes from the Cross of St. Andrew, flown by the Scots since the Middle Ages.
These traditions go back deep.
darthroden 2 years ago
@darthroden the nazi swatstica comes from the indians
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
@Wafflesmart what no it doesn't retard the nzi swastika is actually a cross and is the symbol for white christian religion also slavery was the straw that broke the camels back not the whole point of the civil war
TheMuffinator100 9 months ago
@TheMuffinator100 I have a word for you.
Punctuation.
Wafflesmart 9 months ago
Why is this a "presidential" question? Clearly the kid has an opinion and already expressed a choice. Did he want presidential confirmation?
Ennui83 2 years ago
How the FUCK is america and Britain 'succeeding' in iraq?! its been a FUCKING TRAVESTY!!
chloerasb 2 years ago 7
@chloerasb not really though
you have to remember it's a war what happens in war people die
i fell bad that my countrymen are dieing and families are mourning but one death is not a travesty
now if like jepps full of men were getting killed everyday it would be a TRAVESTY
TheMuffinator100 9 months ago
DR. RON PAUL 2012 THE REVOLUTION
legacy6684 2 years ago
"the people of this country have decided not to fly that flag"...really? Because last I checked the people of the country who's soldiers flew that symbol DID decide to fly it. Where does Romney get off coming out of New England and telling us what we should and shouldn't do with OUR flag?
godchaser0407 2 years ago
your damn right. northerners need to stay out of our buisness. our flag. our pride. it aint goin away
Robconfederatepride 2 years ago
its not our flag, its a minority flag that has no place on government installations.
truegwbfan 1 year ago
@truegwbfan You should look into the history of that flag. It's nothing more than a battleflag of the confederate armies and had nothing to do with anything political.
BIGFOOT425 1 year ago
@truegwbfan thank you
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
it is not a flag of racism. the kkk does not speak for every southerner and they sure as hell dont speak for me. it is a symbol of heritage and of the south. many people have personal symbols and the Confederate flag is a symbol for many people in the south and the occasinal northerner with southern family
Robconfederatepride 2 years ago
why do you care what your grandparents did? thats the problem ( not to mention the least interesting thing about you) heritage is racism.
Dizzzaniel 2 years ago
no my heritage is one of honor and pride. the kkk is not my heritage. many black men earned a place of honor and dignity fighting along side white men in the confederate armies. dont say they didnt fight because even Fredrick Douglass said that black men wore the Confederate gray. granted slavery was wrong but it did bring Christ to many men wemon and childern who never would have come to the Good Lord. and if your not from the south dont tell us what to do with our flag. mind your own buisness
Robconfederatepride 2 years ago
im not saying just southern heritage is racism.. I mean that anybody (anywhere) giving a shit how there lineage traces back is racist and uninteresting. Oh yeah and i dont believe in the "good lord" so thats a stupid point. plus im from the south (irony)
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awsomeman181 2 years ago
Leroy ... it does not stand for racism.
PapagenoJuan 2 years ago
Idk what the hell these idiots i will keep on flyin' the stars and bars until the day i die
HuntinDeerDrunk 3 years ago
u know the us flag can stand for racism too u know because when this country was founded there were slaves then washington had slaves so u gona call him a racist too the us flag is used by many white surpremist groups as a sign of racism so quit sayn its racist
bigdogredneck 3 years ago
c thiss pisses me of its a flag its part of our history i fly it for my ancestors who died fighting for the csa
bigdogredneck 3 years ago
The flag represents the CSA which no longer exists, and frankly was a great enemy of the USA.
dragster178 2 years ago
We are still here , and breeding .I allmost feel sorry for you. you dont have a clue of whats going to happen in a short time from now . We have owned the military for years .
tonydingler 2 years ago
Alright, whatever you say, rednecks cannot do shit.
dragster178 2 years ago 5
Flag supporter/enthusiast does not equal redneck. If you meant idiot, please just say idiot.
Ennui83 2 years ago
lol
truegwbfan 1 year ago
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@tonydingler lol dumb ass!
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
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daniliver 3 years ago
what the hell is he talking about!?
American People in the south didn't choose the Union flag over stars and bars.
The were conquered. No democracy involved
gathalion7 3 years ago
Now you know why their asses didnt win in South Carolina or carry hardly any southern states
darthroden 3 years ago
The fact of the matter is none of them answered the question saying what the flag stood for.
One of them should have had the guts to say its a regional symbol of the Southland and a memorial to Confederate dead. It belongs to the South and is as much an American flag as the flag of the United States.
darthroden 3 years ago
Lol. mindless
Painful16 3 years ago
then yankees have slavery and still do so becarefull what you wish for senitor
hilsenberg2010 3 years ago
have we forgot, blacks also fought under that flag. it has NOTHING to do with being racist. look what the flag were flying had done for us!
ccrinc 3 years ago
i am from south alabama and now live in indiana, and the thing that seems the funniest to me is that the people that complain about the confederate flag are usually missinformed white northerners who want something to bitch about. i have confederate flags all over my walls and not one of my black buddies has ever been bothered by it. To all of you that know what your talking about thank you, and to all you that say brun the flag you can burn in hell, because thats fucking disrespectful!dumbass!
BamaCSA01 3 years ago
Who gives a fuck about the Confederate flag? Free speech. I believe the law says you can fly any flag you choose, so long as you fly the American flag above it. People use it as a symbol of racism, yet again, it boils down to free speech. But at the same time, it does represent an idea of white supremacy and racial pride. It's difficult to say. And idk if one of the guys said this, but it should be left up to individuals to choose to fly the Conf flag or not.
hogger129 3 years ago
@hogger129 True, fly whatever fucked up flag you want. Being a racist isn't against the law
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
Victors always get the chance to change and rewrite history. The Confederate Flag was about Southern rebellion against an out of control Federal Gov't overstepping its Constitutional boundaries to benefit North at the expense of the South. Nothing more, nothing less. It's not about white power. It's not about slavery. It's not about segregation. It's not about Nazism. People are misinformed. The Klan and the Nazis have their own flags they fly in addition to the Union and Confederate flag.
RebRebel1 3 years ago 2
Well said. I'm sick of the rhetoric, spin, and idiocy of blame that zionist puppets put on ANY TRULY PATRIOTIC AMERICANS THAT DISSENT. This kind of talk is a prelude to thwarting dissent. PERIOD. Too bad the public in general doesn't recognize that type of political jargon.
blaziermissy 3 years ago
i don't think the confederate flag was flying during the trail of tears or during the rodney king beating. Racism is a national and global problem but it is always more convient to play the racism card with a southern accent. The Ku Klux Klan burns a cross yet i don't see hear people claiming the cross is a racist symbol. They fly the American flag but thats not considered racist.
Rickduden 3 years ago 2
@Rickduden the confederate flag is the flag of a group that supported slavery as much as the nazis supported the extermination of the jews.
You wouldn't fly a nazi flag would you?
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
answer the fucking question and stop beating around the bush.
Macanic5 3 years ago
stars and bars!! fuck liberals!!
tapoutspecialforces 3 years ago 2
fuckin hoorah!!
TheOneAndOnlyScottY 3 years ago
@tapoutspecialforces Fuck you too you moronic hateful redneck piece of shit.
shewholaughs2 1 year ago
the cherokee's land not the pilgrims enough said
liamui 3 years ago
people need to stop seeing the stars and bars sa a simbol of hate and racisim, that flag is the same as any outher flag it represents southren heritige, it was a battle flag in the fight between the north and the south.. but so was the american flag that america uses today... it is called the rebel flag beacuse it represents the people who stick it to the man so to speek, and not rednecks.. if you hate rednecks sooo mutch then why did you people vote for bush ...
wheaton1233 3 years ago 2
yeah, it's now a symbol of hate & racism because of Media!...
weird is'n it!?
coolzed92 3 years ago
@coolzed92 Yeah because it represents the side that defended racism
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
@wheaton1233 It is a symbol of the propagation of slavery. What does southern heritage mean to you? For most rational people, it is a shameful history that should be denounced lest it be repeated. It is a symbol of insurrection of the south against the United States of America and is therefore unpatriotic not to mention idiotic. Don't you find it ironic that it was used by slave owners who wanted to be free?!
shewholaughs2 1 year ago
@wheaton1233 Yeah! And I'm a german, and I'm tired of people getting upset about my nazi flag! It represents german heritage and nationalization not burning the jews!
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
democrats dividing this country? Looks more like its the other way around.
glddraco 3 years ago
It cracks me up how all these backwards ass red necks are so righteous about that flag, when they probably don't even know that the flag they love so much isn't even the real flag of the confederacy. That is just some battle flag. If you're so pro-rebel and not a racist as you "claim," then at least be smart enough to fly the right flag, and not one associated with so much pain and hate.
olakunde 3 years ago
what i think all the supporters of the confederate flag are saying is that people need to stop seeing that flag as a flag of ignorance and hate. it really is not and is unfortunate that we as americans have to put up with a media that portrays it as such. yes there are groups(kkk) that use it often however many other southerners feel as though it is a sign of a protest and a rememberance of the ultimate in "fighting the man"
fmdpole1324 3 years ago
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Leroy is a jagoff. Nobody intelligent cares about that flag. Some wish to keep it....who cares. I don't....and who cares. Democrats are mentally disturbed liberal abortionists. \That should be the discussion how Libs kove abortion.....WAY WORSE THAN SLAVERY!1!
lanainfla 3 years ago
well - i hope so - still better then amerikas world leadership ....
CapitanoGUC 3 years ago
I find it funny how many of the Confederate Flag worshippers and sympathizers talk about everyone else like they are "elitists". It was the Confederate flag wavers who supported Ronald Reagan and George Bush. It was these people who supported the oil/war/military machine and putting America in debt. It was these people who supported tax cuts for the ultra-rich while ending the welfare system because it helped "lazy minorities".
Time to show these rednecks, they no longer control America!
Zegon976 3 years ago 3
TWO AMERICAS RICH N POOR....fuck mitt..
megapraimturvo 3 years ago 5
you think we have a class division problem now, just wait till Obama runs us into the ground with his Marxist ideals, that will be the darkest time in our history
tapoutspecialforces 3 years ago 2
STFU you say Marxist ideals and you have no idea what you are talking about
Please stop trying to sound smart
You just say Marxist so people will associate communism with Obama
Please just stop your embarrassing yourself
J575 3 years ago
From the occupied state of Tennessee. Why force people in a union? Let us go. We don't want anybody to agree with us, we want out. The rest of the country can follow blindly along with the federal government. Unreconstructed partisan.
brainerdrebel 3 years ago
You lost the war. Get over it.
mexprince1 3 years ago 7
romney is and idiot
wgm72 3 years ago 4
A hillbilly readneck from texas named Leroy....how fitting.....
one america.....tell that to the poverty stricken you rich bastard.
madembalmer2007 3 years ago
hey can you actually spell REDneck not READneck you retard
usapatriot502 3 years ago
Hell, I'm the probably the closest thing to being black if you don't count the other races in me and I probably got more confederate merchandise than the average caucasian.
Paine1888 3 years ago
@Paine1888 Well then that makes you an idiot
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
@Wafflesmart the american flag flew over slave ships while the confederate flag never did.....go away troll.
CWScott24 11 months ago
@CWScott24 Meanwhile... in the future:
The confederate flag acts as the battle flag of a group who's primary intent is to preserve the existence of slaves
you can't explain that
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
@Wafflesmart your right i cant explain a lie that you made up... would you like to?
CWScott24 11 months ago
@CWScott24
Ya because the confederates were all about abolishing slavery right?
You're the classic uneducated southerner.
Wafflesmart 11 months ago
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@Wafflesmart nah he may just know more about history then you.
CWScott24 11 months ago
Wow...are people still fighting over this stupid shit? It's a fucking flag people. Slavery happened many many years ago. Yes, some people still how on to slavery this and that, but don't sit there and blame it on the flag. After all, the flag itself is nothing more than fabric with colours that means something to the individual, the flag by itself can do no harm, it's the crazy shit that people associate with the flag that gives the flag a bad name.
Paine1888 3 years ago
That flag is not a symbol of southern pride. It's a symbol of Confederate pride. Displaying your confederate sympathies is no better than the neo-nazis with they're swastickas.
MacabreTurtle 3 years ago
im black..&& some of my fam is from south carolina (the deep south), ive worn the rebel flag before..i dont think it's rasict, it's southern pride
myekal80 3 years ago
it's not southern flag because it does stand for the confederate beliefs like enslaving blacks. BUT it is a cool as all hell flag, like the sawsticks, why did people have to go and ruin it.
ArrowLance 3 years ago
if u call that southern pride u dont kno wat the flag truly represents cuz as much as the south has changed its meaning it still carries that rebellious homegrown terrorist symbol
bill1240 3 years ago
I see...
dalejrfan800 3 years ago
well i don't see
chevyoffroad4x4 3 years ago
Stfu. The word terrorism is used today for even picking your nose in public. How orwellian. EVERYBODY and ANY ACT is "the enemy." You may as well be hunting for a witch to burn in Salem.
blaziermissy 3 years ago
You don't even know me bra
bill1240 3 years ago
its a historical battle flag..black people" that are uneducated say its rasicts but they frankly dont understand its a symbol of pride and heriitage.
redneckbrady 4 years ago
So a nazi flag is a symbol of heritage?... and yes its the same thing. redneckbrady is the epitomy of what is wrong with our country today
904tony 3 years ago
The Nazi flag was a political flag of the NSDAP totally different from the Confederate battle flag which was a state war flag of the C.S.A.
gobbiner 3 years ago
Great Britain abolished slavery years before the United States so does this mean that the Stars and Stripes is a racist flag? Of course not. It is apart of American history and heritage. Their are too many Liberalists both in Europe and the U.S. taking away peoples freedom of speech by calling them racists if they don't agree with their opinion's, the battle flag of the South is just that, a battle flag.
gobbiner 3 years ago
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Man I hate America so much you guys...the only thing I hate more is black people. I mean can you believe the federal government wants to tell us we can't rape, torture, and murder black people anymore? We should totally abandon our country, scrap the constitution, and become terrorists!
nissykayo 4 years ago
i hope you're not for real.
morgsmitty 3 years ago
OHH man , I wanted to vote for you as a good comment, but it was disable.
Tereeb 3 years ago
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Destiny51556846846 4 years ago
we get bollocked for flying union jack flags in england because it upsets the muslims and illegal immigrants....how fuckin stupid is that?
firearmsforkids 4 years ago 7
@firearmsforkids Are you joking or serious?
theskiesbelowme 1 year ago
Check out my videos. Search: BLACK CONFEDERATES here on Youtube.
The Confederate Battle Flag represents all Southern, and even Northern, Confederates regardless of race or religion and is the symbol of less government, less taxes, and the right of the people to govern themselves. It is flown in memory and honor of our Confederate ancestors and veterans who willingly shed their blood for Southern independence.
HeritageNotHateProd 4 years ago
They were forced to fight for the confederation you idiot. And what exactly happened to the black confederate soldiers? oh yea they were either made slaves again or freed and cheated some other way
904tony 3 years ago
Lets see you put a gun in someones hand and then make them do something.
rebelscott1865 3 years ago
visit texasconfederateveterans dot com
michaelshays 4 years ago
Hi my name is leon brooks and im a total fag
magicalwesto 4 years ago
blablabla! the whole world should stand up and send u to the moon!
IronthrowZion 4 years ago
hell yeahhh
nunofleal 4 years ago
If John McCain makes it to be PRESIDENT he will finish off "GEORGE BUSH RECESSION" and take AMERICA into a "GREAT DEPRESSION". The reason why is because he wants to stay in IRAQ and that is the reason why our economy is down. To be truthful "BARACK OBAMA" is the only CANDIDATE that can restore our relations and CHANGE the way eastern countries look at us. Now if we stay in IRAQ and lose more TROOPS and more MONEY we won't be able to fight a war with a super power like CHINA or RUSSIA.
seay812 4 years ago
Who the hell cares how we look to the "eastern countries" .....thats what the hell is wrong with you. Get the troops out for sure.
kncook50 4 years ago
Well tell the GOVERNMENT to stay out of the middle east! Thats why all this bullshit is going on know, they think they are the rulers of the world and they can't even take care of there own home.
seay812 4 years ago
I think we SHOULD give a shit what the Middle Eastern citizenry think of us. But then again, what murdering thief who invades your home turf DOES give a damn about WHO their victim is? I hope that makes some of you think. It was meant to.
blaziermissy 3 years ago
all i'm sayin' is if u want to walk around with the confederate flag on ur shoulder at least know what it means...if u want 2 leave america than go 4 it-cuz that's wat you're advertising and if so that's fine but u better truly mean it-if u want out and i could c how ppl could than rally up the troops and suceed it's cool with me but don't give me some bull that they have another unique interpretation of what the flag that they can b proud of and still b as american as pie cuz that's b.s.....bra
bill1240 3 years ago
WATCH CFR/NAU
densefawg 4 years ago
What do those flags mean?
Sorry for my ignorance....I'm not american
adiv07 4 years ago
the one on the left, which the question was about is the confederate flag, the symbol of the confederate states of America. the other one was the texas state flag.
just google the american civil war to learn more about the confederacy, but basically the southern states in america succeeded from the union, mainly because of the issues of slavery and racism, and the disagreements on these issues between the south and the north.
RPforprezz1776 4 years ago
Romney won because he is the only well-rounded conservative with a chance on winning the presidency. He has more executive experience than any candidate. He is a strong social conservative. He has vision for change He can turn around other mistakes made prior to his taking the Job. (Bain Capital, Olympics, MA. Huge deficit, Big Dig Fiasco, and he'll do the same in Iraq) Huckabee is a nice guy... so is Jimmy Carter Mccain is a great american but he continually pals around with Kennedy
mydodgers1 4 years ago
what does that question have to do with anything????
TheHanzoMK1 4 years ago
To be exact... The flag on the right is the Texas state flag (which was part of the confederacy), which actually does look similar to the CSA 1st National Flag "Stars and Bars". And yes, the flag on the left is the battle flag.
RebelliousHutterite 4 years ago
South fought for the state right of slavery. Four of the seceding states, the Deep South states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, issued formal declarations of causes, each of which identified the threat to slaveholders' rights as the cause of, or a major cause of, secession.
RebelliousHutterite 4 years ago
Where the hell did they get these losers! Ron Paul is the only normal one up there.
des070776 4 years ago
Ron Paul 08!!!
iTellYouNoLie 4 years ago
Humm our republican candidates need to realize that to shun the Stars & Bars is to shun the south. It's not an issue of racism, it's a matter of Southern pride. We fly that flag proudly regardless of race just was fly the American flag and in my state the Texas flag, proudly beside it.
job1181 4 years ago
It is a symbol of We The People against the US Government against illegal taxation without representation. There were more slaves in the North. And, in he South there were black slave owners with both white and black slaves. Slavery is nor a color issue. And, being white my ancestors were white slaves. I want my 8 acres and a mule too.
VJRevelation 4 years ago
"Slavery" is a color issue. But the confederate flag is an economic issue. And anyone who thinks there will be prosperity out of slavery is dead wrong -as the south was
cqyuesefu 4 years ago
Four of the seceding states, the Deep South states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, issued formal declarations of causes, each of which identified the threat to slaveholders' rights as the cause of, or a major cause of, secession.
RebelliousHutterite 4 years ago
C.S. Vice President Alexander Stephens, declared that the "cornerstone" of the new government "rest[ed] upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth"
RockingHardV2 4 years ago
Confederate States Vice President Alexander Stephens, declared that the "cornerstone" of the new government "rest[ed] upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery—subordination to the superior race—is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth"
RockingHardV2 4 years ago
WATCH AMER0
densefawg 4 years ago 2
Irrelevant South Carolina Primary wedge issue.
SuperTuesday543 4 years ago 4
A guy named Leroy has a flag like that??? Nooo thats unusual.
riserunrest 4 years ago 6
You lost, get over it.
clintonportis200722 4 years ago 4
stupid southern hicks
bdol2103 4 years ago
Hi come to Jesus tonight is the best policy for the USA.
71Warrior4Jesus 4 years ago
This is another reason the Southern States should be independent - we don't need outsiders telling us which flags or what policies to have. As a culture and a people who are daily abused by an out of control Federal regime, it's time to make a break. It's time for self-determination.
RedShirtArmy 4 years ago
It WAS up to the Southern states. The southern states themselves have voted to not fly the stars and bars anymore. The feds had nothing to do with it.
alteregodude 4 years ago
Actually, they had everything to do with it. Their educational system, their government and their media, etc. has been forced upon us - at the lost of 300,000 Southern deaths & the burning of almost all our cities of size. We voted to leave this foul "union" long ago. We should be independent right now. God willing - we shall be one day. DEO VINDICE!
RedShirtArmy 4 years ago
I guess thats they price they paid breaking apart from the country to save slavery. Four of the seceding states, the Deep South states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia, and Texas, issued formal declarations of causes, each of which identified the threat to slaveholders' rights as the cause of, or a major cause of, secession.
RebelliousHutterite 4 years ago
Ron Paul destroys everyone of them on real issues, so instead, they feel like talking about their mansions, how they hunt, and follow up with some baseball.
PreservingLiberty 4 years ago 3
Preach it brother!
Ron Paul '08
orion9812 4 years ago 3
hahahaha
k7twenty2 4 years ago
The only reason to fear history is if you can't learn from it.
johanwolfe 4 years ago 3
true -- and the nazi concentration camps never existed either. oh, and the KKK was simply bible study group
bcs311 4 years ago
"It has always better to have no ideas than false ones,to believe nothing,than to believe what is wrong".......-Thomas Jefferson-......Contempt prior to investigation is the enemy of critical thought,the seed of all bigotry,and the weapon of tyranny
bar730 4 years ago
I feel like Romney had the right idea, but was unsure whether or not he should have come out and said it- that the Confederate flag should not be shown because of its implications that will never go away, and that his personal beliefs prevent him from hanging up the flag. The candidates that are doing well are the honest ones this election (or at least the seemingly honest)- Obama, Paul, Huckabee...
SKVNGE 4 years ago
I'm going to have to agree with that. However, it probably would've been different had Lincoln not been assassinated, as his #1 priority for his plan of reconstruction was to be kind, respectful, and helpful to the south. Yeah without him, we kinda fucked that up.
As for history itself, they always say history is written by the victors. That's why i think the south is always portrayed so horribly in the books.
ndu192 4 years ago 2