Hundreds of
people have staged rallies across America in support of the Confederate
flag as senators across the south agree to remove it from public
buildings.
The controversial banner has been falling along the Bible Belt since the racist church massacre in Charleston, South Carolina.
And
an activist was arrested on Saturday after climbing up the flagpole in
Columbia, South Carolina, to personally take it down.
But in a show of force, Southerners came out in their droves this weekend to defend the 150-year-old battle symbol.
'We
are being exterminated,' cried Mike Williams, organizer of the
procession in Montgomery, Alabama, which drew scores of men, women and
children on Saturday afternoon. 'Our heritage is being put into museum.
We have a right to honor our history just like everyone else does.'
His words come amid a national push to denounce the flag, which many see as a symbol of racial hatred and pro-slavery.
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That flag is an image of rebellion against centralized government over-reaches and a representation of individual state’s rights. In my mind, it should be used to unite people of all colors and creeds to fight against the imperial power structure that dominates this planet. Rebel! They are not masters; they are the things that go bump in the nite.
ReplyDeleteWell said.
DeleteI bought my first one, and plan on flying it soon.
ReplyDeleteThe more the merrier!
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