I think as a nation we have forgotten what free speech is, as the one statement said, “It may be offensive but.” You see freedom of speech really was mean’t to create dialog, free people saying things to others that brings in discussion. With open discussion comes understanding and change. It’s like this, people are racist at others for one reason or another BUT if we actually speak to the meanings understanding comes in. It’s sort of like the old hippie song “Sign”, the guys hides his hair to get a job but then realizes it wasn’t worth it and in his free speech he say’s “Imagine me, working for you?!” So in his free speech he say’s he won’t change, it is his right BUT he probably starved to death because the managers free speech right fired his butt.
The Confederate Flag is totally different then a Nazi Flag or a Swastika on you license plate. THE CIVIL WAR WAS OUR WAR! It was a fairly new Country dealing with an issue that had very strong sentiment on both sides. We were not fighting a CRAZED DICTATOR! Hell bent on Genocide. This was a HOME BREWED WAR that saw FAMILIES DIVIDED, BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER, FATHER FIGHTING SONS and Battles that would leave some poor farmers Corn Field littered with tens of thousands of DEAD AND WOUNDED. MORE AMERICANS DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR THAN ALL OF THE OTHER WARS COMBINED! It was a Battle for the economic life of the South who was totally dependent on Slaves to do the work in the Cotton Fields. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT SLAVERY HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR WORLD THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THE USA AND THE CIVIL WAR. A LOT OF THE SLAVES THAT CAME TO AMERICA WERE ALREADY ENSLAVED BY BLACK SLAVE OWNERS AND TRADERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES!
I think as a nation we have forgotten what free speech is, as the one statement said, “It may be offensive but.” You see freedom of speech really was mean’t to create dialog, free people saying things to others that brings in discussion. With open discussion comes understanding and change. It’s like this, people are racist at others for one reason or another BUT if we actually speak to the meanings understanding comes in. It’s sort of like the old hippie song “Sign”, the guys hides his hair to get a job but then realizes it wasn’t worth it and in his free speech he say’s “Imagine me, working for you?!” So in his free speech he say’s he won’t change, it is his right BUT he probably starved to death because the managers free speech right fired his butt.
The Confederate Flag is totally different then a Nazi Flag or a Swastika on you license plate. THE CIVIL WAR WAS OUR WAR! It was a fairly new Country dealing with an issue that had very strong sentiment on both sides. We were not fighting a CRAZED DICTATOR! Hell bent on Genocide. This was a HOME BREWED WAR that saw FAMILIES DIVIDED, BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER, FATHER FIGHTING SONS and Battles that would leave some poor farmers Corn Field littered with tens of thousands of DEAD AND WOUNDED. MORE AMERICANS DIED IN THE CIVIL WAR THAN ALL OF THE OTHER WARS COMBINED! It was a Battle for the economic life of the South who was totally dependent on Slaves to do the work in the Cotton Fields. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT SLAVERY HAS BEEN A PART OF OUR WORLD THOUSANDS OF YEARS BEFORE THE USA AND THE CIVIL WAR. A LOT OF THE SLAVES THAT CAME TO AMERICA WERE ALREADY ENSLAVED BY BLACK SLAVE OWNERS AND TRADERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES!