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In reply to the discussion: the confederate flag [View all]bluemarkers
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It is difficult to explain how someone like myself - who grew up in the south, yet is not prejudiced nor do I have evil in my heart, can feel a twinge of sympathy for my ancestors who fought in that war. You see, in North Carolina at least, there has always been a sense we were drawn into the war... but anyway... I digress.
The civil war was started by the rich and fought by the poor. Sound familiar? it's an ancient scenario played out even today. The poor dumb Southerners really did think they were fighting for a noble cause - a way of life, a "war of northern aggression", but they weren't. It's easy to blame the South for the countries' woes.... but gosh maybe the Democratic Party needs to look in the mirror. Maybe if they had tried to hold on to the Democratic vote after the civil rights movement, there would be more parity down here. I'm sick to death of what's happened in North Carolina under the dumbazz Tillis gang, but hopefully using information to our advantage, we can vote them out asap! I would love to see a similar strategy in other states as well.
As to the confederate battle flag... to use it in anything but an historical setting is an slap in the face to all Americans, but especially to Africian Americans, whose ancestors suffered tremendously for 250 years. (and there there was jim crow)
(don't throw tomatoes, can't afford to waste food!)