re: How long before the SEC forces people to take down their Confederate Flags

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Is this an educated way to voice your opinion that every person that owns a Confederate flag is a racist redneck?

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It's my way of saying that the VAST MAJORITY of those who feel the need to display Rebel Flags on their person, vehicle or homes are ALSO pretty racist. I've never once met one that felt the desire to start talking about state's rights or heritage or any of the countless excuses trotted out when called to give one. On the other hand, if I had a dollar for every time one ALSO said nagger in a conversation with me because I'm white also and I must also feel the same way they do, then I'd be typing this from a slightly nicer office chair.

In my 44 years of living in S LA I've yet to run across anyone who was doing any of those things AND was not also pretty open with their dislike of all things dark. It's anecdotal evidence for sure, but I'm comfortable with adhering to that profile.

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For me, It's just a way to say "Hey, Yankee, I'm from the south. Deal with it.

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Alrighty I guess.

As am I. And like you said, it's 2014. Even if I was able to trace my ancestry back to when that flag had an actual meaning (I can not, my family came to America in the 1880's from Germany) it would still be meaningless to me because despite the fact that I currently occupy the same land they once did, in almost no other way am I similar to someone from 1860. I have no ties to that era other than common geography. I have to need to even use the term "Yankee" as if it's some slur.

That flag doesn't blanketly represent "The South." It represents a certain segment of The South.

When I feel the need to tout my love of being Southern, I run out my SEC cred. That's far more important to me than that idiotic flag.