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Originally Posted by shinerbock
Or perhaps they started flying it out of rebellion, as I said before. People get sick of having black pride shoved down their throats. Every town in the United States doesnt need an MLK blvd. I get a little angry when somebody, as mentioned above, like Maynard Jackson gets his name put on the worlds busiest airport. The flags of the confederacy have become both a rallying point for southern pride and a flag to use in protest. I heard somebody mention a while back about how the NCAA is considering expanding a ban on championship sports in SC, because the flag makes black people uncomfortable. To be honest, walking through underground Atlanta and having black power stuff everywhere doesnt make me comfortable, but I have to live with it. Having to drive through an urban public housing district known for violence doenst make me feel very welcome either, but I'm not trying to get the government to burn them down. Those flags are part of our history. They arent put up for black people, they're put up for us. Much of black culture isnt for whites either.
Also, to the PKP person, absolutely God bless this country. I hope God also continues to bless the south and the southern way of life. Thankfully this is part of the country that still encourages kindness, responsibility, family, and faith in God.
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Most Southern states did start flying the battle flag or adding it to their state flag out of rebellion in the late 1950s and early 1960s to oppose desegregation - all the reason to stop trying to use the excuse of heritage!
I agree that every town in the US doesn't need a MLK boulevard - so, which ones do? Who decides? Is it just where he's lived, or where he marched? IS Dr. King only supposed to be a hero to black people or Americans of every color, creed and religion?
I agree that Mayor Jackson's name doesn't need to be on the airport when he wasn't even the best black mayor in the history of Atlanta.
The NCAA told SC that they might not come to the state for Championship events due to the battle flag because of the fact that the only reason it flew and had flown since the 1960s is to call for a return to segregation.
But, "black pride" isn't shoved down anyones throat any more that "white pride" has and had been shoved down the throats of this country for the last 200 years while the work and the work product of other groups has been ignored.