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All this does is fuel a situation that is already out of control. It is shameful to portray the flag in this manner. It is not a symbol of hate it is a misused symbol in the same way the image of Elvis Presley is misused. Those of us who support the flag and know it for what it is and it’s real history are offended when it is portrayed like this. The Confederate Battle FLag had a specific use during the Civil War. It was created to be as different as possible from the American FLag for easy recognition on the battle field. It ceased to have any function when the Confederate Armies surrendered in 1865. After that it was a symbol to the Southerners who went through the loss and grief of having their home devastated. Only 8% of Southerners owned Slaves. It was part of the life of the wealthy and not the working poor who were the ones who fought the Federal Army on their home ground for four years. The Confederate Battle flag is soaked in the blood of these Southerners who stood up and faced and tried to stop what was to them in their time an invading Federal Army. A better supplied, better equipped, and better trained Army with 3 to 1 odds. It is the courage and devotion to the South that the Flag represents. Not you version, and not the KKK or an other hate group that has misused it. Those of us who value our history and the memory of the bravery of our ancestors who fought for the South do not condone, do not recognize, and do not acknowledge any other use of the flag except as a symbol of our kin and the courage they showed fighting under it. It is just a few yards of cloth with the soul, heart, spirit, and blood of our ancestors contained in it’s folds. Please Stop misrepresenting it in your drawings. The people served under it are not here to tell their story.
Clearly William and Anonymous are delusional. Read the words of the creator of the flag. It was clearly a symbol of white supremacy. But the two above comments represent exactly how many have been chained to an ideology of racism and denial.
Anonymous/William: Anytime you have to give such an agonizingly confusing and misleading explanation you should know you’re on the wrong side of an issue. It was a flag for a Confederacy fighting for slavery. It’s pretty hard for us to get past that, regardless of all your factual gymnastics.