Confederate flag

leftism

Social Justice Warrior | SJW

wokeness

is a thing which, when seen flapping from the rear of a pickup truck, hardly invites any association with courtesy, gentility, chivalry, and hospitality.

'Why is it, when I see a Confederate battle flag flapping from the rear of a pickup truck, that I don't axiomatically make the association with courtesy, gentility, chivalry, and hospitality''

heritage

redneck

truck

is not just unpurged and unwashed... it is quite deliberately flaunted by those who still think that the vilest aspects of the old 'way of life' are the ones to be cherished.

'The flag of the Confederate Army is not just unpurged and unwashed'it is quite deliberately flaunted by those who still think that the vilest aspects of the old 'way of life' are the ones to be cherished.'

 originally represented a new nation founded on reverence for slavery.

Now, there are plenty of excellent reasons to oppose the placement of on state grounds: The Union won, as it should have... the Confederate battle flag originally represented a new nation founded on reverence for slavery, a deeply evil institution...

racism

slavery

 was utilized by Southern Democrats as a symbol of resistance to federal desegregation during the Jim Crow era.

the Confederate battle flag was utilized by Southern Democrats as a symbol of resistance to federal desegregation during the Jim Crow era. Blacks in America are absolutely right to feel offended by the flag.

Jim Crow

resistance

segregation

is, in part, justifiable as a reminder to those who look upon it that evil and good live together in every human heart.

By the same token, there are plenty of decent reasons for the Confederate battle flag to stay on longstanding state monuments: to remind viewers of the fact that evil and good live together in every human heart... to remind viewers of the fact that good people did sacrifice on behalf of their states' sovereignty, not merely to defend slavery (most of those who fought and died for the Confederacy did not hold slaves)... as a symbol of Southern military heritage, given that the South has always been overrepresented in terms of its military service in the United States.

monument

is a reminder of a sacrifice on behalf of state sovereignty and not merely to defend slavery (as most of those who fought and died for the Confederacy did not hold slaves).

By the same token, there are plenty of decent reasons for the Confederate battle flag to stay on longstanding state monuments: to remind viewers of the fact that evil and good live together in every human heart... to remind viewers of the fact that good people did sacrifice on behalf of their states' sovereignty, not merely to defend slavery (most of those who fought and died for the Confederacy did not hold slaves)...

sacrifice

is a symbol of Southern military heritage, given that the South has always been overrepresented in terms of its military service in the United States.

as a symbol of Southern military heritage, given that the South has always been overrepresented in terms of its military service in the United States.

[The confederate flag is] basically racism disguised as patriotism

confederate flag, n.All

confederate flag