Quote Originally Posted by Torog
Howdy Y'all,

This is what gits my dander up:

"Leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People said they had no problem with the memorial service, just with Blunt's decision to fly the Confederate flag."

"We recognize citizens have a right to honor their ancestors and heroes," said Harold Crumpton, president of the St. Louis branch of the NAACP. "But they don't have the right to use state funds and property to pass on the venom of their symbols of hatred."

Well...how gracious of the NAACP,to allow us to honor our fallen Confederate soldiers..they seem to forget,that many a black man,volunteered to serve in the Confederate army,in the fight for State's rights and self-determination. Many 'slaves' were freed by Southerners,so that they could join the fight against the North.

The NAACP,has declared on it's own,that the Confederate flag is a symbol of hatred..I think that there's more hatred and racism coming from the NAACP,than from the families of Confederate soldiers.

Just to give y'all a clue,about how we feel about the Confederate flag in my part of the woods,there's a feller that lives next door to our county jail,which is downtown,in the county seat and across from the courthouse,that flys a Confederate flag,24/7,365. Ain't no sap-sucking liberals or hate-filled NAACP'er's,coming around to demand that he stop flying it..nor have the cops and sherrifs or judges. There's plenty of Confederate flags being flown in this county,right out in the front yards of folks,proudly displayed,right next to the American flag and Texas flag.

The NAACP,can kiss my hairy,pimpled,ass !
I see where you're coming from. I'm black so lemme get my two cents in. When you fly your Confederate flag alot of people are going to be offended. Blacks were slaves for over 400 years and that sucks. Whenever a person sees the Confe. flag but isnt rooted with tradition they see it as a bunch of rednecks drinking beer and talking about them "naggers" or "them there coloreds". I think yeh, not all people who fly the flag are rednecks but then not all people who wear Black Panther t-shirts are violent. It's about the movement behind it. You may think that you are honoring your forefathers but like it or not, they fought for the right to own slaves and to not live in cohesion with the North. There was alot of propaganda involved so alot of southerners weren't necessarily fighting for that purpose BUT that's what the history books say. In our current environment i just dont think we're ready for that re-integration of the flag yet. Wave em as much as you want though it's your right as an american citizen.

Also: Alot of blacks fought for the south because the south told them that any man who bears arms against them would be killed. Living in the brutal south at that time with no interaction with northerners PLUS propaganda showcasing the north as weak and the south as the best...do you REALLY think blacks would take a chance fighting for an army they know nothing about? And I dont think they had the leisure of reading carefully Union legislation.