The Flag is increasingly representing freedom to me.
As to 'woven cloths' ... the world has managed to turn the "It is Good" symbol (Swastika) that has been used for 7000 years into a racist symbol.
FYI, The Finnish Air Force adopted and used the symbol from 1918 to 1945, because the Swedish count, Eric von Rosen, that donated the first planes to Finns in 1918, used it as his personal good luck charm.
Yup, anything can be turned into representing racism, just as anybody in America can, and are, being declared as domestic terrorist. C'est la vie n'est-ce pas?
I have a post/pictures of the Finnish Air Force and as I remember it is still used in a reserve unit. You see the Swastika at Buddhist temples in Vietnam, also.
I'm quite certain the question was meant to inquire whether people think flying the Confederate flag suggested racist symphaties - but I might be wrong.
As to the Flag, I've never considered the Flag of the United States as a piece of colored cloth. Plenty of people have died, and are dying, for that (and the Confederate Flag) "piece of cloth" - literally - what it represents.
I got neighbors whom fly it and it bothers me not. Hell as a kid I woreit sewn on my jean coat. What I find racist is the niggers who fly their fake afro flag, and the damn illegales who fly their mexican flag in B'ham.
Personally, I don't see anything wrong with being racist, prejudiced, biased, bigoted, sexist, chauvinistic, homophobic, ageist, and/or practicing discrimination and segregation.
I am in Western North Carolina where they are flying the Confederate Battle flag on the back of truck beds. After seeing one today, I was asked what the flag meant to me. Without missing a beat, I said it stood for the people willing to stand up and defend their state's rights.
Many years ago I recall seeing a white man in Boston attempt to spear a black man with an "American" flag on a flagpole over the issue of supreme court mandated desegregation of the schools and school bussing. Did that incident make that particular flag or flag pole guilty of racism? Flags are easier to attack than the real issue. So if you have an issue with the confederate flag, put your points together, and learn how to debate. We will be happy to engage you and present our point of view as well.
it is just cloth with no brains
ReplyDeletehow can a woven coloured cloth be racist?
Wildflower
Kinda' like "gun" violence.:)
DeleteNo
ReplyDeletexII
DeleteThe Flag is increasingly representing freedom to me.
ReplyDeleteAs to 'woven cloths' ... the world has managed to turn the "It is Good" symbol (Swastika) that has been used for 7000 years into a racist symbol.
FYI, The Finnish Air Force adopted and used the symbol from 1918 to 1945, because the Swedish count, Eric von Rosen, that donated the first planes to Finns in 1918, used it as his personal good luck charm.
Yup, anything can be turned into representing racism, just as anybody in America can, and are, being declared as domestic terrorist. C'est la vie n'est-ce pas?
Fly it proudly.
Tino
I have a post/pictures of the Finnish Air Force and as I remember it is still used in a reserve unit. You see the Swastika at Buddhist temples in Vietnam, also.
Deletewhat the question was "is the flag racist"
ReplyDeleteno it is just coloured cloth
it is the person whom can or cannot be racist not a flag
otherwise is a rock a democrat?
or spongebob a rebublican
silly humans
Wildflower
"or Spongebob a republican"
DeleteBoehner is pretty spongy on most things, so maybe.
silly humans
Delete& devious.
I'm quite certain the question was meant to inquire whether people think flying the Confederate flag suggested racist symphaties - but I might be wrong.
ReplyDeleteAs to the Flag, I've never considered the Flag of the United States as a piece of colored cloth. Plenty of people have died, and are dying, for that (and the Confederate Flag) "piece of cloth" - literally - what it represents.
Silly humans ... racist paintings, racists calls, racist expression, racist symbols ... racist flowers (Edelweiß) ...
Tino
I'm quite certain the question was meant to inquire whether people think flying the Confederate flag suggested racist symphatie
ReplyDeleteI am sure as such come out constantly it seems.
I got neighbors whom fly it and it bothers me not. Hell as a kid I woreit sewn on my jean coat. What I find racist is the niggers who fly their fake afro flag, and the damn illegales who fly their mexican flag in B'ham.
ReplyDeleteI had a large Swastika on the back of my jeans jacket as a kid, but it meant nothing other then being rebellious.
DeletePersonally, I don't see anything wrong with being racist, prejudiced, biased, bigoted, sexist, chauvinistic, homophobic, ageist, and/or practicing discrimination and segregation.
ReplyDelete:).
DeleteI think it's called a survival instinct.
ReplyDeleteI guess that would be the strongest instinct of all.
Deleteif it be a flag that represents the "most racist tag" there be the top contender is the flag of the united states of america
ReplyDeletefollowed by the british commonwealth union jack
the confederate flag would be down around #39 on the list
real history can be a boner...
Wildflower
You'll probably like this then.:)
DeleteMy Suggestion For Equal Time For The S&S
http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=287&highlight=stars+stripes
I am in Western North Carolina where they are flying the Confederate Battle flag on the back of truck beds. After seeing one today, I was asked what the flag meant to me. Without missing a beat, I said it stood for the people willing to stand up and defend their state's rights.
ReplyDeleteWell said and very good news.
DeleteMany years ago I recall seeing a white man in Boston attempt to spear a black man with an "American" flag on a flagpole over the issue of supreme court mandated desegregation of the schools and school bussing. Did that incident make that particular flag or flag pole guilty of racism? Flags are easier to attack than the real issue. So if you have an issue with the confederate flag, put your points together, and learn how to debate. We will be happy to engage you and present our point of view as well.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Sir.
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