07-11-2015, 04:09 PM
(07-11-2015, 06:38 AM)Duchess Wrote:
Rational people see history for what it is. That flag isn't holding anyone back from living their life nor keeping them from making a success of themselves. A lot of blacks seem to love blaming others for their fucked up existence instead of owning their own bullshit and accepting their lot in life is due to the choices they made not because they are under the thumb of a honky.
Amen!
To me, there is no difference between removing the Battle Flag of the South and the radicalized Muslims, destroying artifacts of ancient civilizations, as these symbols, too, allegedly represented the perversion of Allah and his prophet's teachings.
Yeah . . . I get the fact that flying the flag on State grounds implies, to SOME, wanting to return to the antebellum South and white rule.
However . . . by decree of a legislative body, the flag has been declared an exclusive symbol of racism, slavery and hatred.
My question: Why would any self-respecting descendant of slaves live in a state that flew this symbol?
And those who defend it, like many who disagree with Obama, are branded de facto racists.
Just like a woman wearing a short skirt and a tube top is begging for sex or wants to be raped.