We didn't hang that flag, say fraternity/Greenville, NC - Page 2

shinerbock · #1 08-07-2006, 02:40 AM

Haha, we fly bonnie blue too. Much less controversy, and those who care about the south, know what it is.

PKPILZ003 · #2 08-07-2006, 05:31 PM

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.

JonoBN41 · #3 08-07-2006, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Jill1228

Several Greenville community groups marched from Greensprings Park to Greenville City Hall to support renaming East Fifth Street to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
"The Confederate battle flag, coupled with the derision and epithets, was alarming to many of the marchers," Hall said in a letter.

I'm still wondering what the reason for the march was in the first place. Was it to gather more support? If so, the marchers must have known that not everyone was in favor of the name change and no doubt expected a few protesters.