The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

One Small Victory for the Flag

A student at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale saw a university employee with a Confederate flag on his shirt and found it to be offensive. He was a member of the student governing body and put forth a resolution asking that it be banned.

In his resolution, some of his whereasses:

Whereas: the Confederate flag is understood amongst most Americans to be a symbol for inequality, prejudice, and hate.

Whereas: the Confederate flag is used as a symbol for most white supremacist groups and organizations.

Whereas: Some view the Confederate flag as a symbol of terror and oppression.

The student body government put it to a vote this past Wednesday and it DID NOT PASS.

The Confederate flag has come under way too much attack of late. Quite often, it loses out and is removed. To me, it is the symbol of a country which wanted its independence from what it regarded as an oppressive country, just the same as thirteen former colonies did back in 1775.

I do agree that too many hate organizations do use the Confederate flag, but it is their right to do so.

The war has been over now for 142 years, but yet, it isn't.

Time to Stop the Attacks on the Flag. --Blockade-Runner

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