Posted by Berry Lincoln at user236.net132.nc.sprint-hsd.net on November 08, 2002 at 10:40:50:
In Reply to: "rebel flags"............ posted by cynicalderek on November 08, 2002 at 01:31:57:
First off, outlawing it is not an option that I would ever consider. Freedom of speech is the best thing we kinda still have.
Anyway, the way I look at it is that they do serve a purpose, and that purpose is that they easily identify people that I probably don't want to associate with.
And also, to paraphrase Malcolm X, "I have more respect for a man says what he believes, even if he is wrong, than a man who comes off as an angel, but is nothing but a devil". This goes along with the absolute racism that I have seen from Northerners who have never been around blacks. They don't have a flag to fly, but the hate is the same.
I also want to state that not EVERY person who displays it is doing it for racist reasons.
: 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?