Comments on: The Confederate Flag: A Short History

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:31:12 +0000

ok im sorry but the rebel flag is no where near the swastika. I was born and raised in the south and i love it. i fly both full size american and rebel flags off my truck. Hell there is the biggest flag on america that is the rebel flag off the interstate.It is just that is the most recognized southern label. SO you can hate all you want and call it a swastika. but for the people who know what it is and love it just as much as i do they wouldnt mind people like you post a blog on what they learned off of google.

By: Robert Donald

Robert Donald — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 05:12:05 +0000

Considering you are not a fan of the “Confederate Flag” I think your article is most gracious. You make the point no other region of the U.S. has a flag. No other region of the U.S. is this country’s scapegoat. All other regions, the media and African-Americans with an agenda enjoy unlimited freedom to degrade us without mercy. People outside the south decided the song “Dixie” is racist. The NCAA has required Mississippi host regional playoffs
in a state whose flag has a design they approve. Slavery was an American issue.Few people know “The Emancipation Proclamation” freed slaves only is states, and in some cases, portions of states, declaring independence from the Union. Racism is not a southern issue. I think race relations in today’s South are the most progressive in the country. How can anyone truly believe the Confederate Flag and the song Dixie be banned and not have the same opinion of Old Glory and The National Anthem? Do you think American Indians or slaves equate either with freedom?
It’s the hipocrisy I resent.

By: Ann

Ann — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:59:24 +0000

I never knew that about the Bonnie Blue flag and we have visited almost every historical site in the southeast. Thank you for an informative post!

By: Benjamin9

Benjamin9 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:35:10 +0000

“Southerners no longer need their own flag. Like their fellow Americans in the North, Midwest, West and Pacific Coast, the Stars and Stripes ought to suffice as symbol of heritage and patriotism.” –>

If someone wants to exercise the 1stA by their display of the flag of their choice, so be it. I see many flags of nations that the US has fought, Mexico, Italy, etc.

“Southerners no longer need …”

BTW: Thats why its called the Bill of Rights, not the Bill of needs.

By: Benjamin9

Benjamin9 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:26:52 +0000

Hey JohnDWoodSR …

As long as American ideals and our Constitution are the pillars of said world, its cool with me. Anything else is useless.

By: ghost

ghost — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:16:42 +0000

Let’s review the symbols of the KKK:

The first edition of the Klan used the Cross.

The second used the United States flag…and the Cross.

The Confederate flag doesn’t show up until the 1950s with the third edition…but they still used the US flag and the Cross.

Why the selective denunciation of only one symbol?

By: JohnDWoodSR

JohnDWoodSR — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:35:18 +0000

Jon,thanks for a beautifully written and educational essay. I learned something today.
Tell the truth, I look forward to a time when all flags, which are nothing more than symbols of separation and divisiveness, disappear altogether, maybe to be replaced by a “world” flag that represents all people under one banner.

By: nikolai

nikolai — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:30:56 +0000

Personally, flying the Confederate flag doesn’t bother me. If someone wants to fly it (or wear it on a t-shirt, or decal on a truck, etc) so be it. Maybe this is a good thing, you know, a warning to minorities and/or educated folk. I don’t really care for the south, so since I don’t go there (except occasionally for work) I couldn’t care less if the damn thing were flying from every flagpole; they can have it, they are there, and I’m here, so I don’t have to tolerate it and therefore I don’t care. I don’t care that some people fly the American flag at every opportunity either, but I look at it about the same as the southerners who fly the Confederate flag every chance they get. Worshipping a flag and swearing alliegence to it? Ridiculous no matter which flag!
THAT’S what REALLY bothers me. Fly your stupid flags all you want, but DON’T expect me to salute them!