Dakstang

I love the Confederate flag and it has nothing to do with being racist.

I had ancestors who fought for the Confederacy and I see it as a way of honoring them.

Some people who fought for the Confederacy wasn't fighting for slavery. They were fighting for state's rights. The South exercised their right at the time to secede from the Union and the North invaded them. Some Southerners were just fighting for their sovereignity. Abraham Lincoln himself said he would never interfere with slavery. That wasn't why the war was fought. It was fought because they didn't want the South to secede.

I understand why some people think the Confederate flag represents being "racist" because it has been used by some White Supremisist groups. That doesn't mean that the flag itself represents racism. The KKK carries the American flag as well. Why does just the Confederate flag get a bad name?

Also our history books have demonized the Confederacy and the Confederate flag throughout history. I urge everyone to study for themselves what really happened. It sure didn't happen the way our history books say.

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