Posted by Something-Like-37 at cache-rk04.proxy.aol.com on November 08, 2002 at 01:58:32:
In Reply to: "rebel flags"............ posted by cynicalderek on November 08, 2002 at 01:31:57:
These people are losers and morons, but stupidity shouldn't be outlawed - if it were you'd see half of this board in jail.
Thanks for calling it the "Confederate Flag," though. I get so sick of hearing people call it the Rebel Flag. Anyway, my reason for posting is to let you know that the Confederate Flag doesn't stand for racism. Blacks faught for the South during the War Between the States - the CSS Shanindoa (spelling?) had something like 1500 Confederate soldiers on it, and only 400 or so were whites. Just because the KKK and a few other redneck assfucks use it to mean something doesn't mean that it is that. The KKK also uses the Christian Flag, and the American Flag - I don't think either one of them are racist.
I've done a lot of reading - a lot of what you read in History books is either twisted or bullshit ... and don't even get me started on Ol' Abe.
Tyler.