http://donklephant.com/2008/01/22/the-confederate-flag-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:37:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://donklephant.com/2008/01/22/the-confederate-flag-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/#comment-389447 History Buff Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:44:22 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/01/22/the-confederate-flag-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/#comment-389447 What isn't mentioned in the video is the fact that the flag is at a privately funded monument to South Carolina's Confederate soldiers. The flag was taken down from the statehouse in 2001. At that time, all the interested parties expressed that they were content with that. Now there is controversy again. If it's not proper to fly the Confederate soldier's flag over a Confederate soldier's monument, where is it appropriate to fly it? What isn’t mentioned in the video is the fact that the flag is at a privately funded monument to South Carolina’s Confederate soldiers. The flag was taken down from the statehouse in 2001. At that time, all the interested parties expressed that they were content with that. Now there is controversy again. If it’s not proper to fly the Confederate soldier’s flag over a Confederate soldier’s monument, where is it appropriate to fly it?

]]> http://donklephant.com/2008/01/22/the-confederate-flag-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/#comment-389444 David Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:47:45 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/01/22/the-confederate-flag-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/#comment-389444 The war was actually about those things, as well as economics (all wars are) but as someone who has lived in the south most of his life, I can tell you that almost none of the people with the stars and bars on their porch or pickup know that. They are just ignorant biggots and think it's cool. The war was actually about those things, as well as economics (all wars are) but as someone who has lived in the south most of his life, I can tell you that almost none of the people with the stars and bars on their porch or pickup know that. They are just ignorant biggots and think it’s cool.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2008/01/22/the-confederate-flag-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/#comment-389443 Funky Dung Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:04:51 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2008/01/22/the-confederate-flag-on-martin-luther-king-jr-day/#comment-389443 What most Northerners (including myself until recently) fail to understand is that there were and are a lot of Southerners who never saw the War Between the States as being about slavery. It was about states' rights, respect for constitutionally limited government, and recognition that the constitution was ratified voluntarily by the states and states should be free to reject it voluntarily. To many in the South, the Confederate flag represents those ideals, not racism. What most Northerners (including myself until recently) fail to understand is that there were and are a lot of Southerners who never saw the War Between the States as being about slavery. It was about states’ rights, respect for constitutionally limited government, and recognition that the constitution was ratified voluntarily by the states and states should be free to reject it voluntarily. To many in the South, the Confederate flag represents those ideals, not racism.

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