Posted on 06/21/2015 7:04:53 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The battle flag of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, which is the flag most commonly referred to as the Confederate flag, has long been a symbol that divides the country. While its display has always been contentious, renewed anger arose after Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old male who posed with the flag several times in his manifesto, went into Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and murdered nine innocent people over their race.
The furor over the flag was more pronounced due to the fact that it still flew high over South Carolina’s capital, less than a two-hour drive away from the massacre, even as other flags throughout the country were brought to half-staff. In response, activists have pushed for “National Burn the Confederate Flag Day.”
National Burn the Confederate Flag Day
Within days of the Emanuel AME Church massacre, an event page sprang up on Facebook promoting June 27 as National Burn the Confederate Flag Day. The page implores people to flood social media with photos and videos of these burnings:
“This is our day to demonstrate that it is no longer acceptable to fly this flag anywhere. Organize a Confederate flag burning event in your area on Saturday, June 27th, and flood social media with pictures and videos using the hashtags #FeelTheBurn and #TakeItDown “
The furor over the flag still flying over South Carolina hasn’t gone unnoticed, even by Republicans. One South Carolina state representative, Rep. Doug Brannon, has promised to pre-file a bill that will remove the flag from the state capital. He said:
“I had a friend die Wednesday night for no reason other than he was a black man. Senator Pinckney was an incredible human being.”
Senator Clementa Pinckney was a state legislator killed in the Emanuel AME shooting, and he also happened to be the reverend at the church. As was expected, Rep. Brannon received considerable backlash on his Facebook page.
Even Mitt Romney, the man who no longer has to worry about impressing the more bigoted base of his party, said that the flag should come down. He sent out this Tweet on June 20:
Mitt Romney
✔ @MittRomney
Take down the #ConfederateFlag at the SC Capitol. To many, it
is a symbol of racial hatred. Remove it now to honor
#Charleston victims.
10:09 AM - 20 Jun 2015
These are Republicans calling for this symbol of hate to be removed, but activists aren’t waiting this long. In fact, there have already been Confederate flag burnings at places like Independence Mall in Philadelphia. With National Burn the Confederate Flag Day right around the corner, though, it’s highly likely that sporadic reports like the one out of Philadelphia will increase greatly.
The Confederate flag is the flag of racial bigotry. There’s no doubt about it. Need a bit of proof, other than Dylann Roof proudly waving it in pictures before committing his racially-motivated crime? Here, look at this timeline… it’s pretty short.
•May 17, 1954: Supreme Court rules in Brown v Board of Education that schools throughout America must desegregate.
•1956: The Confederate flag is added to Georgia’s state flag under Governor Marvin Griffin, who had said “The rest of the nation is looking to Georgia for the lead in segregation” and that he would protect segregation “come hell or high water.”
The flag is about hate. Period. There may be some who say “It’s our heritage,” but really, what heritage is there to be proud of? The heritage of seceding from the Union in order to keep slaves? And I don’t want to hear the argument that the Civil War wasn’t about slavery, because it was. Southern leaders of the time said so in their own words, so there’s irrefutable proof the Civil War was about slavery.
So on June 27, head outside with your camera and light up a Confederate flag. Show the world that Americans aren’t bigoted or hateful. Show them that the majority of us want the Confederate flag wiped away from existence… but we’ll settle for putting it in a museum.
The “Museum of Treason.”
The “We Got Our Butts Kicked Museum.”
The “These Colors Don’t Run, Oh Wait, They Do… That’s What Surrender Means Museum.”
And I’m not sure if any of those museums exist… but they should. If you’re ready to take part in this great new national holiday, visit the event page here. If you need a quick Confederate flag, check out eBay’s page for them… just try not to buy one from a seller who makes any statement close to “South Will Rise Again.”
David Duke eats ice cream.
David Duke is a racist.
Therefore, ice cream is racist. /sarc
“The issue is never the issue. The issue is the revolution.”
—David Horowitz, quoting unnamed SDS leader.
Social media being used for inciting to riot?
Nothing new there.
That is sort of what seems confusing, There are some in the conservative movement who want to claim both Lincoln and the confederacy.
>> Secession, for whatever reason, was legal and should be attempted again. <<
Be careful what you wish for, you may get it:
It won’t. There’s plenty of them posting here.
That is sort of what seems confusing, There are some in the conservative movement who want to claim both Lincoln and the confederacy.
I’ve not seen that. I’ve seen those who despise Lincoln but claim the confederacy...always thought they must be Democrats!
The New Black Panther Party flags, La Raza flags, Muslim Crescent flags, Gay Pride flag, Nazi Flags, Jolly Roger Pirate flag.........
Trash and burn - seems to be the Left’s plan for urban renewal - then they wonder why there’s so many burnt out husks instead of thriving neighborhoods.....
There seems to be some sort of politically correct appeasement in this old word of ours. Now the original flag of England was the Cross of St. George. A red cross on a white background.
To mark themselves as English, soccer fans, some of them rowdies painted the red cross on their faces. A village in England called Radstock, banned the flying of the old St George flag. There were 16 muslims in the village of 5000. Did not want to offend them. Others spoke of removing that old flag from town halls. vis: do not offend muslims with the flag of the Crusaders. Another reason being to do not associate with anything that soccer rowdies use.
So it goes. In friendly fashion I will check back on June 30th.
I don’t believe Texas would secede to join Mexico.
I’m not one of those who claim Lincoln AND the confederacy. Nor do I see where the confederacy has anything to do with being conservative.
I do see where it ties in with fighting tyranny. And tyranny is here, folks! And that is a confederacy I’d be willing to join and hopefully it be a peaceful solution. And it could be unless, of course, there’s another Lincoln in the white house.
As for a re-play? I would hate to see another Civil War. It would be hard to draw lines today.
Where does it tie in with fighting tyranny?
Even Mitt Romney, the man who no longer has to worry about impressing the more bigoted base of his party......seems like an appropriate target for ridicule by astroturf rage directors.
Sounds like a great idea...buy it and fly it! As a poster said yesterday; it’s a great way to flip off the left!
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