Wow - God bless this country!
Only in America can the losers of a war, especially a war of rebellion and secession still fly their "battle" flag and it be proclaimed as "heritage". My take on the Battle flag has always been the same - if it wasn't about prejudice, bigotry and hate, why didn't you start flying it until the Civil rights movement got started - if it was really about heritage, you would have flown it for the last 141 years instead of just the last 46. That's why I have no problem with people dressing in Confederate uniforms and celebrating their heritage that way, but, in my humble opinion, waving the Battle flag is an act by people who know they are trying to start a confrontation.
Free speech only goes so far. Does this pass the line - i don't think so, but it's obvious that the people that did it knew what they were doing and why they were doing it.
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Marc A. S. Dumas...
IL Zeta '93
The Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
[B]"Let us be who we say we are...a FRATERNITY, not a club; run by MEN, not boys; and based on IDEALS, not expediency."[/B]
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