Big Mike wrote:The flag you all are referring to ,( Red with the Blue cross (X) with white stars) as the Confederate flag is a misnomer . In fact , that flag was the battle flag of the confederate army, not the flag of the Confederate States of America . Another fact, that flag ( the battle flag) was not even flown over the capitol of South Carolina until nearly 100 years after the civil war, 1961, at the height of the civil rights movement. Clearly that flag is nothing more then a symbol of racism and hatred.
Which Flag was flying in the Court House when the Dred Scott decision was handed down? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html
The war was not fought over slavery it was fought on secession. Even the emancipation proclamation, by Lincoln, did not free the slaves.
"The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Most important, the freedom it promised depended upon Union military victory. "
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featur ... clamation/
Do you think there will be less black on black crime in Chicago or Baltimore once the Confederate flag is burned?
Race Baiters are going to bait and you suckers fall for it every time. Set the hook and reel them in.