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Originally Posted by shinerbock
So the fact that white pride was wrongfully shoved down people's throat is a good reason for us to do it now with black culture?
Also, simply because state's didnt bring back the flag until the 50s and 60s doesnt mean it wasnt flown. Lets be honest, if you had lost a war, gone through the difficult and terrible times of reconstruction, it would probably be a while before anyone wanted those flags flown again. The civil rights movement started, and the flags went up again. I think that instance was like the civil war...was some of it racist? Absolutely. Was some of it also a protest for states rights? Yes.
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you're absolutely right that the battle flag was probably flown by individuals for the last 200 years - how the losers get to keep flying their flag is beyond me.
As for the states rights issue, the rights they were upset about violated the Constitution - what are we, are we Americans or are we illinoisians or Virginiains or Carolinians - the rights of the Union should be held first when it comes to the rights of man.