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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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What do you mean when you say "black pride shoved down your throat" everywhere? Serious question. I mean, the last time I check MLK was not just a "black" leader but a leader of human rights for everyone that was oppressed as well. And saying that because lots of cities with a street names after MLK is an example of this is like saying white power is shoved down the throats of blacks because every city has streets named after US presidents that owned slaves. Ri-di-cu-lous on all points.
Southern pride is not mutually exclusive to just whites and it bugs me to know when people try to pass it off like that (or maybe just in the mind of those that long for days of the pre-civil rights era which gives southerns a bad name). Kindness, responsibility, family, and faith in God isn't inherent in a "white" south, but the south period.