[MinnesotaLibertarian]

I know that the Civil War was about more than slavery, and that Lincoln was not the great civil rights crusader he's painted as today. However, as you yourself admitted, slavery was still a key factor. The Confederacy was fighting for, among other things, the right to keep legalized slavery, and they lost that fight.

People who wave the Confederate flag are reminding us of the last time the states stood up against the federal government. The one thing they certainly are not doing is agitating to bring back chattel slavery; rather, they are protesting against the slavery that now exists.

This is laughable. Do you really think every person displaying the Confederate flag is waging a thought-out protest against the power of the Federal Government? If so, I've got some bridges you can buy.

It seems to me there are mainly three types of people who display the Confederate flag: 1) people from the South who see it as a symbol of regional pride, 2) white supremacists, and 3) teenagers or immature adults who think it's "rebellious" or who use it for shock value, as was the case with these kids in Bloomington.

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It seems to me there are mainly three types of people who display the Confederate flag: 1) people from the South who see it as a symbol of regional pride....

As a southerner with more than my own share of regional pride, I may point out that concern about overreaching Federal power is a major constituent of same.

Not that I am a Confederate flag waver. I have never owned one. And what it may or may not signify to people from other regions or cultures is their own business.

This is laughable.

Glad to have put a little mirth in your day.

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This is laughable. Do you really think every person displaying the Confederate flag is waging a thought-out protest against the power of the Federal Government?

While it's not advisable to try to speak for any large demographic group, I can tell you that for many southern people, this is exactly the case.

I can also make a good case that southerners understand American history more deeply than notherners. I've lived in Massachusetts, where I met a good deal of ignorant, racist and frankly, historically miseducated people. I've also spent time in Seattle, where the libs blather on about racism, and guess what, there aren't any black people there!

So think before you judge what we mean by displaying our history.