Here is a link. Go check it out, and report back here for discussion.
http://news.yahoo.com/rebel-flag-still-flying-black-sc-neighborhood-075154630.html
If you did not go see that story, what it says is, a Summerville, South Carolina woman who lives in a predominately black neighborhood has been, for who knows how long, flying the Confederate flag in her front yard. Her local government has stated that she indeed has the right to do so, just as her neighbors have the right to protest.
She claims to not be a racist, but I gotta tell ya, lady, you sure look like one. Anyone dumb and insensitive enough to fly that flag.... Look. Its a bitchen symbol, just like the swastika. But the events of history have altered those symbols meanings. The swastika is originally and Eastern Indian symbol for good luck. But, in the United States of America, Europe, and most if the rest of the world, do you think that wearing a swastika is wishing good luck? Why, no! By wearing one, you would be saying, Hello! I'm a nazi asshole!
Same with flying that flag. It has become a symbol for slavery. Didn't start like that, no, but that's what it is now. The economy of the south was built on making shit, and they could not have afforded to make shit without slaves. Cheap labor. Cheap, unethical labor.
Anyway, its just turned into a pissing contest between her, her neighbors, and assorted hangers on. Cuz that's all it is. Goddamn people refusing to see another point of view. She claims that it's a symbol of her heritage, and she loves her heritage, and who would argue that? I get that. But shit, dude. You live in a SOCIETY, and if you want to be part of that society, you kinda agree to a social contract, that basically says that you'll have some fucking respect. Nope. Not this asshole.
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