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tailgater Offline
#1 Posted:
Joined: 06-01-2000
Posts: 26,185
You've probably heard that the "wonderful" state of Mississippi had a vote yesterday to rid their flag of the Confederate Flag symbol. The vote lost and the symbol will remain. I know that I have no say in the matter, being a white boy from the Northeast, but what was the fuss all about? I heard people speaking of the Confederate Flag as a symbol of slavery. They equated the symbol to the Swaztika (spelling?) used by Nazi Germany. I hardly feel that the correlation is accurate, since the Confederate flag stood for a proud group of Americans who offered many positive aspects to our great history. The flag did not stand for the heinous act of slavery, nor for the Ku Klux Klan, and certainly not for the subsiquent lynch mobs. Yes, the latter two groups may have used the flag as some sort of statement, but that does not erase the many good things that the South accomplished and added to our Nation. I must admit that I really don't care what the state flag of Mississippi is, but I do care about all the over-reaction about such trivial things. Somehow I feel that the more people fight over the mundane, the more it de-sensitizes the nation over the real issue at hand which is racism.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#2 Posted:
Joined: 10-01-2000
Posts: 33,248
why do you always cut to the chase and get to the point so succinctly? how the devil do you expect people to post opposing views? let's try to muddy it up next time.
Charlie Offline
#3 Posted:
Joined: 06-16-2002
Posts: 39,751
Damn, all three of us agree on this one.........no fun! I am a native Mississippian, who hasn't lived there since college. Charlie
jjohnson28 Offline
#4 Posted:
Joined: 09-12-2000
Posts: 7,914
Youre right charlie,this is no fun at all.LOL.Although,as you stated Tailgater it has no bearing on me either,I'm glad the vote whent as it did,but I don't think it's over.It won't be over until the crybabies get thier way.
CL Offline
#5 Posted:
Joined: 02-08-2000
Posts: 855
YES, gater. You've got that right, in my book. Some people sure spend a lot of time bitching and moaning over silly little things. How about those bitching about sports teams that use the native Indian as their team logo? Oooh, us insensitive Americans.
CL Offline
#6 Posted:
Joined: 02-08-2000
Posts: 855
Oops! Tail, you're a step ahead of me. I see you touched on the bitching about Native American sports teams about 10 posts ago. It's all part of this issue of cry-babies and sue-happy idiots. While we're on the subject of ridiculous crap, I say we call for a nation-wide ban on hot coffee! And hey, did anyone think to ask the bald eagle what he thought about being on the back of our symbol for greed? Doesn't he at least deserve royalties?
Charlie Offline
#7 Posted:
Joined: 06-16-2002
Posts: 39,751
Maybe we should have a flag with Yellow, Black, Brown, White and Red Bars of equal size! Then I am sure some people would start complaining about the order of the colors being racially biased! We want our color on top, etc.....I like the Flags as they were developed along the lines of heritage and significance to freedom, battles, etc. They should not be changed just because of one group or groups of people-no matter what color! Should California remove the Bear from our flag? Hell NO!
BrentM01 Offline
#8 Posted:
Joined: 05-30-2000
Posts: 343
I heard they spent close to a million dollars trying to topple the present flag....what a waste of amillion bucks, send it to me!....Brent
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