06-25-2015, 04:15 PM
(06-25-2015, 03:27 PM)JsMom Wrote: This whole flag bullshit has me confused. Most of my black friends are just as pissed, they are having to do away with the Confederate flag, as the whites (I hated History). Now, If it truly did stand for any kind of racism; why would they be pissed? Must just be a heritage thing to them? Questions, Questions...
Answer -- it doesn't stand for racism to your black friends, and only they can tell you what it means to them.
It's not confusing. Unless they work/live on specific government grounds and that flag becomes prohibited from being flown there, your black friends won't be having to do away with the Confederate flag.
The government isn't sending anyone to private property and asking citizens to surrender their Confederate Flag collections, or their guns (if they have any), or their white friends, or their Dukes of Hazzard lunch boxes or anything like that.
Soothe their minds Js. Explain to your black friends that the worst that could happen is analogous with going to a NASCAR race or a Skynyrd concert. NASCAR official materials and venues don't display the Confederate flag any longer, nor does the band Lynryd Skynryd. They want to be all-inclusive, so the American Flag or the state flag is used (if any). Still, there are sometimes more Confederate flags on display by private citizens who attend those events than American flags, state flags, or most anything else.