Quote Originally Posted by Graywolf
The stars and bars means many things!

50 plus years ago in high school, I belonged to the "Rebels", whom flew the Confederate bars and stars as our flag, and raised it above the local high school as well as painting it on the school door panels and other civil disobediences.

In reality, we were rebelling against everything teenagers rebel against, not the actual subjects of the Civil War.

It is my perception that it means that you have a fight on your hands once you tell me how it is going to be, regardless of how I may feel or think. Exactly the same issue that caused the civil war in the first place.

In my personal view, only the uninformed and egregiously ignorant on the subject still hang on to the misconception that the civil war was over slavery. It was about the North telling the south how it was going to be and the egregious financial usury involved.

The same thing that caused the Revolutionary war!

The winners of any war write the lies in the high school history texts, but the real winners read between the lines and understand that wars are about one side feeling that the other side is doing their level best to use lies, deceit, and chicanery take advantage to use them against their best interests.

Wide pendulum swings invite the opposite extreme and the civil war is a prime example of why it is a mistake to tell people that their interest and views are inconsequential and subordinate to another special interest view.

The snake flag, with the admonition to, "Don't tread on me", perhaps explained it better.
Hell Yeah! What he said! It would be more to me as a heritage! With the," Don't Tread On Me" Line of thinking! Not at all a racial issue for me... We are all created equal!