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| explain the cultural integration of the confederate battle flag |
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| Trogtor:
relevant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQOHZEYrXxQ |
| Cheze:
It represents more of southern identity that has common misusages such as the kool kids klub flying it as a "white power!!!!111!!!" thing. It represents how the southern stats wanted to be more of "states rights" instead of a president controlling everything. and before someone says "they wanted to keep slaves as a right", they wanted to keep slaves so the southern economy could survive, they didn't have the power to produce large numbers of crops with only one person back in the 1800s. The most they had for efficiency was the Cotton Gin. |
| Nonnel:
It's possible to have field workers and, y'know, pay them And not whip them and stuff. It was totally unnecessary. |
| Corderlain:
--- Quote from: Cheze on March 27, 2017, 05:01:40 PM ---It represents more of southern identity that has common misusages such as the kool kids klub flying it as a "white power!!!!111!!!" thing. It represents how the southern stats wanted to be more of "states rights" instead of a president controlling everything. and before someone says "they wanted to keep slaves as a right", they wanted to keep slaves so the southern economy could survive, they didn't have the power to produce large numbers of crops with only one person back in the 1800s. The most they had for efficiency was the Cotton Gin. --- End quote --- This is too difficult a subject for people to talk about reasonably on the Internet though. |
| PhantOS:
Its a flag. Nobody should care what flag someone decides to fly. Let them do their own thing in whatever they see fit and you can just ignore it / look the other way. Some people legitimately fly the confederate flag and aren't at all tribal, they just oppose federalism or want to express traditional values and they have every right to do so. America used to condone and institutionalize slavery as a common practice, made laws allowing people to own slaves, kill slaves, etc. etc. The historical context behind the American flag is just as bad as the confederate flag, so if you really didn't like the confederate flag you wouldn't like the American flag either. I personally don't salute or fly the american flag for that exact reason but I also don't crucify people who do, because some people see it as a symbol of democracy, freedom or liberty. |
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