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Subject:	Re: What the Confederate flag stands for. (was Re: Just wh...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:49:13 GMT
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Ok this is in reply to all three posts following my original. I guess I should have been more clear. I was explaining why people still cling to the Confederate flag, not attempting to justify it. The line; "Today most people see the flag as a symbol of racism and oppression despite its orgins, much as the swastika no longer represents the circle of life as it originally did.", was meant to put the Confederate flag in the same league of bad symbols as the swastika. I was NOT meant to lower the swastika on the badness scale. Although I believe in the States right to secede and recognize that right was lost in the Civil War, the confederate flag is not a good symbol for that cause because in that instance the Federal Government was right. > I have to say that I find it amusing that anyone would use Farrakan's > support to justify just about anything. > > I know, you threw that out there more as a joke. Sorry for being picky. :-) Yeah that was meant as a joke, however dry and tasteless it may have been. :-) -Mike Petrucelli

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		Re: What the Confederate flag stands for. (was Re: Just wh...)
(...) That's cool, but the bigger issue raised by your post was the claim that slavery was not central to the Civil War. I'd like to hear your further thoughts along that line of discussion, particularly in light of Stephen's comments. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: What the Confederate flag stands for. (was Re: Just wh...)
(...) But it should be noted that the election of Lincoln was the catalyst for the war, despite the numerous other factors that seperated north and south. I can't recall any school teachers that said the Civil War was about freeing the slaves (...) (22 years ago, 14-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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