Comments on Profile Post by synth_apparition

  1. synth_apparition
    synth_apparition
    In short: The flag some of you people on this site are defending is the wrong one. You're defending the war flag (a lot of the time, it is thought by people to be the actual flag of the confederacy) , which I don't see any problems with. The flag people are trying to get rid of is the 'Blood Stained Banner' flag, which genuinely and intentionally indicates white supremacy.
    Jun 27, 2015
  2. Krysyy
    Krysyy
    As someone who lives where people are vandalizing, tearing things down, etc....the flag that people want taken down is the Rebel Flag. Most people don't even know the others...
    Jun 29, 2015
  3. synth_apparition
    synth_apparition
    So the Rebel Flag is what the St. George is to some English and what the Union Flag is to Irish people? :P
    Jun 29, 2015
  4. Krysyy
    Krysyy
    Pretty much. Represents succeeding from and fighting against the Union because they didn't agree with the federal government imposing their laws upon the states unjustly.
    Jun 29, 2015
  5. synth_apparition
    synth_apparition
    Hang on...
    For clarification: The Union Flag is the real name for the Union Jack. The Irish had a war with the British Empire/the UK and basically the Commonwealth in the early 1900s for independence from the UK. They don't have much against the Confederate flag (which, I guess, is called the Union Flag in the US? ._.).
    Jun 29, 2015
  6. synth_apparition
    synth_apparition
    The St. George (England's flag) being vandalised by English people is also due to some thinking that the flag indicates white supremacy and should be changed - IMO it's the flag of Saint George, who according to English stories saved the lives of African/black people from a dragon, so... ._.
    Jun 29, 2015
  7. Krysyy
    Krysyy
    The Confederacy succeeded from the USA (Union at the time) due to unfair taxations and the federal government forcing their laws upon the states. Basically the whole Civil War wasn't necessary about slaves.
    Jun 29, 2015
  8. Krysyy
    Krysyy
    Yeah, slaves were one of the disagreeing points, but most people that fought were fighting to preserve States' rights over federal. They were worried that the federal government was becoming too much like the British Monarchy of the past.
    Jun 29, 2015
  9. Krysyy
    Krysyy
    People want the Rebel Flag/War Flag of the confederacy banned from public property because they see it as anti-slave when really it's anti-federal government.
    Jun 29, 2015
  10. Krysyy
    Krysyy
    The state flag of Mississippi has the Rebel Flag as part of it's state flag. They even put it to a vote for change and it was voted to stay, 2 to 1. The flag debate is all about two different sides seeing an object as representation of two separate things.
    Jun 29, 2015