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In reply to the discussion: the confederate flag [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)45. Don't know the history of the Gadsden flag, do you?
It was the one of the first flags used by the US marines and the US navy, dating back to the Revolutionary War.
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How long has your family been in Texas? I have family that has been in NY since the 1670's.
hrmjustin
Oct 2013
#12
Cool. The last to get here was my Great Grandparents on my mother's side that came from Italy.
hrmjustin
Oct 2013
#20
My mothers parents got married in the 40's and to some people irish/itialian marriages were taboo
hrmjustin
Oct 2013
#28
Like ALL Wars, the Civil War was fought by the Working Class Peasants to enrich the 1%.
bvar22
Oct 2013
#126
The First Amendment is a bigger "fuck you" to Nazis than banning a symbol ever could be.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2013
#83
4 years of Teahadist taint does not erase ~250 years of American historical significance.
DRoseDARs
Oct 2013
#38
OK. There are also those who tell us the confederate flag was used by Jesus or some such junk.
Hoyt
Oct 2013
#88
When they wave it, it is, especially when along side the confederate and Gadsden flags.
Hoyt
Oct 2013
#91
"When they wave it, it is, especially when along side the confederate and Gadsden flags."
DRoseDARs
Oct 2013
#93
I'll be sure to let the Navy personnel know that their patch is offensive...
Decaffeinated
Oct 2013
#84
They try to hide it and try to make other voters accept them. But some of their
bluestate10
Oct 2013
#8
It lives on as an ensign of the Teahad...rebelliousness, just like the Gadsden flag
HereSince1628
Oct 2013
#9
welcome to DU-- WHY should that flag be flown anywhere, especially "certain government buildings
niyad
Oct 2013
#62
WTF? Why fly the flag of a defeated traitorous people who fought to keep slavery?
Arugula Latte
Oct 2013
#96
Recently went to S Carolina for 2 weeks and never saw a CF or decal the entire time.
grantcart
Oct 2013
#11
Regardless, it is part of the history of this country, and so is the racism that also occurred in
lostincalifornia
Oct 2013
#39
One place that I can think of they didn't/aren't losing is breaking unions.
4bucksagallon
Oct 2013
#40
Here's the picket sign I made for a newspaper strike my Teamster union participated in:
NBachers
Oct 2013
#63
Yeah scabs were a major problem in strikes. They also work for a lot less money.........
4bucksagallon
Oct 2013
#73
R#51 & K for, who are you "arely staircase' and why do I agree with you so much? n/t
UTUSN
Oct 2013
#51
The public is with us. Which is why this is considered to be hilarious...
Spitfire of ATJ
Oct 2013
#55
As a Kentuckian, I will no longer tolerate the assholes waving around symbols of hatred
BluegrassStateBlues
Oct 2013
#60
I live in Southeastern PA, and on a very convenient route to and from my homeo
Dark n Stormy Knight
Oct 2013
#72
I really wish they would've banned it before allowing the Southern States back in.
dballance
Oct 2013
#81
yeah except Texas still exists and hasn't had slavery for most of its existence
arely staircase
Oct 2013
#133
The Standard of losers, traitors, and people who can't let go of the past or their special rights
ck4829
Oct 2013
#101
"Slaveocracy" is a term that is self-contradictory. It would be better to use a different neologism.
xocet
Oct 2013
#117
ah. I guess it would seem to imply a system in which the slaves are in charge.
arely staircase
Oct 2013
#131