re: What value does the Confederate battle flag have?

It says screw you. Forget hell. It’s also a fine flag to fight the under. I would guess that it’s made an appearance in every major American conflict since it came out.

The real flag is the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears the single star.

I think the removing of these statues has the whiff of the Taliban to it and if given a voice on such matters, I would not vote in favor of such efforts. With that said, I think the decision to remove these statues should be left to the citizens of the governing entities in which the statues are erected.

If a statue is in a City park, the decision should be left to the residents of that city. The same principle should apply to statues in County, State or National parks. The problem in Birmingham was the State of Alabama passed a law forbidding local governments and municipalities from removing such statues.

I am opposed in principle to such centralized edicts. My default position is that all governing decisions are best made at the local level.

As a resident of Birmingham Alabama, I would respect the opinion of the majority. Though I disagree, I certainly understand the argument that Confederate statues could be seen as a glorification of slavery.

Their tactics come directly from that regions terrorist organizations.

The direct association of the "Confederate Flag" with the CSA is strange to me.

What it represented to me was regional pride against the backdrop of most of the rest of the nation looking upon Southerners as backwards, hillbillies, red necks, cajuns, etc.

I love the Gulf Coast. And I love the South. I don't have to tie my love for it to the CSA.

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keeping them in museums?

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They’re going after them there, too.

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say "unfortunately," because devoid of all connotations and history, I find the flag extremely aesthetically pleasing. It's a terrific design. Just an unfortunate history attached to it.

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#metoo

Love the design

Hate that the kkk and other frick sticks took it over. Wish it could fly free without being a symbol of hate.

Doesn't have to have value. Free fricking speech.

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Do you believe Hitler should be erased from history

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He isn't despite all monuments / statues & most physical remnants of Hitler & his regime being destroyed.

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Their tactics come directly from that regions terrorist organizations.

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Good or bad it's an important part of our history. Americans have the right to worship any God and display any historical or fictional figure they wish. If anyone is offended they have the right to turn away. Rights don't end where feelings begin.

I know several adults who don't believe that blacks owned slaves or blacks fought under the Confederate flag. Although, they are both facts it's not taught in schools. It's not even discussed.

They want to control, remove, destroy, and rewrite history. It is how the left memory holes the truth and spoon feeds their narrative to future generations.

"If you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, then you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong."

The truth is most southerners did not even own slaves nor did they own plantations. Most of them were small farmers who worked their farms with their families. They were fighting for their rights.