Posted by MudHippy at st136123.ithaca.edu on November 08, 2002 at 02:03:55:
In Reply to: "rebel flags"............ posted by cynicalderek on November 08, 2002 at 01:31:57:
: Maybe this isn't the place for this kind of post, but oh well. I'm just so fucking fed up with seeing people driving around with confederate flags displayed somewhere on their vehicles. what are these people so fucking proud of? the fact that they're losers? I just don't get it. I believe in free speech and all, but i just don't see a valid argument for them to be displaying this type of separitist and racist shit. I think it should be outlawed. Agree or Disagree?
I just can't buy into the whole "display the flag" thing. And before anybody takes that the wrong way, I totally beleive in being patriotic and all that, and for sticking to your beliefs. A flag is a symbol. Nothing more. It's almost an icon nowadays. I'd rather just hold my beliefs true, and not inflict it on other people.
HOwever, since the confederate flag has been so associated with a different and much more racist time... I don't know, unless you intentionally wanted to put that across, it's really not a good idea to go around displaying it on your car, unless you want trouble... or at least dirty looks.
I dunno... That sparks some real deep thinking. SOmething I do not have the capacity to do.