Feb 19, 2008 09:29PM GMTFebruary 19, 2008 21:29:50
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Do you think the Rebel Flag is a racist symbol?

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raves +4   by Zombie

Answered No

it's a symbol of the south, not racism!
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  • raves     [-] by maegan

    Answered Undecided

    i think it can be just all depending
  • raves     [-] by mikebyrd

    Answered Yes

    moderated...
  • raves     [-] by mikebyrd

    Answered Yes

    moderated...
  • raves     [-] by Sav

    Answered No



    It has been taken too far and cast into a negative light only because slavery existed under this flag. However, so did many other things. How about the downfall of the CSA?
  • raves     [-] by Ben

    Answered Yes

    very much indeed
  • raves     [-] by Sav
    How??
  • raves +1   [-] by fournee_j

    Answered No

    it a part of my history so i wil continue to fly it
  • raves +1   [-] by Working Mother of 2

    Answered No

    People take offense to things to easily, and make huge issues out of nothing. People should be concentrating on our FUTURE.
  • raves     [-] by American Nate

    Answered Undecided

    yes and no. it is because you guys werent alive when it happened and that country hated blacks and most the ppl that have confedrate r racist. kkk use the confedrate flag and all they care about is white ppl. but its not racist is because you just dont like the usa and want to be apart from the union and say your a redneck and proud.
  • raves     [-] by Lyssa

    Answered No

    It's a symbol of independence
  • raves     [-] by biracial_southern_belle!!:)
    its a symbol of persecution
  • raves     [-] by Lyssa
    So, if I'm follwoing your line of thinking correctly, wouldn't the American flag be a symbol of persecution as well?
  • raves     [-] by المحارب العدل. ...

    Answered Yes

    Of course its a racist symbol they fought for slavery and oppression, my whole family fought against them and everything they stood for! I think it should only be in a museum since its part of a lost past!
  • raves   -1 [-] by Lyssa
    The civil war began because the south didn't want to industrialize like the north. Legislators in the north are the ones that actually made slavery an issue. The south just wanted to be able to continue farming because that's what made them so rich. Industrializing would have ruinded that. Freeing the slaves wasn't brought up until later in the war.
  • raves     [-] by المحارب العدل. ...
    Did I mention a certain time or date? No! Ease off before I put my boot where the sun dont shine!
  • raves +1   [-] by Vastrightwingconspiracy
    Grow up, you're not putting your little boot anywhere. The south fought AGAINST oppression. It's what the war was all about. Lincoln brought slavery into it as an issue to hide the bigger objective. Think for yourself instead of your public education canned answer. Oh, by the way, I had family on both sides, including Marse Robert.
  • raves +1   [-] by fournee_j
    try putting a boot where the sun don't shine on me and i'll show you how far a southern boot will go up your stupdi a$$
  • raves     [-] by Sav
    The fight wasn't ABOUT slavery... it was about many other things as well. Did you realize New York was a HUGE slave state??
  • raves     [-] by monster

    Answered Undecided

    On one hand, it's just a flag. On the other hand, it's stll pretty racist ...
  • raves     [-] by EyesofSilver

    Answered Undecided

    Racist? I can't comment.... ANTI-American? Definitely.
  • raves     [-] by Sav
    It's a VERY American flag. It was the flag of the Confederate States of America and a huge part of America's history. It's American..
  • raves     [-] by Peace

    Answered Yes

    It's a symbol of Hate, which outweighs any other symbolism it might hold
  • raves     [-] by moe

    Answered Yes

    I think it's still used in some forms as a tool to promote racial sentiments. As long as it evolks an emotional reaction in blacks as a racial symbol, it ought to be treated as more criminal than possession of any illegal drug ever has.
  • raves     [-] by thunderbean

    Answered Undecided

    I know most yall rebs love that flag. I hope people see these polls so they know that yall mean no offense when yall fly it. I like it too.
  • raves     [-] by I LOVE JOE JONAS *(FRESHMAN)*

    Answered No

    it's just a symbol for the south just like the northern states have there own flag
  • raves +1   [-] by biracial_southern_belle!!:)
    really how come i dont see them waving in the air( i have lived in the NW and the south!!
  • raves     [-] by I LOVE JOE JONAS *(FRESHMAN)*
    because we just DON'T we wave the american flag i live in new york this is our flag wave american flag live york flag we just wave THIS FLAG wave american flag live york flag wave flag
  • raves +2   [-] by Jen**GPAC**

    Answered Yes

    Sorry.. I was about to put undecided..but the flag existed when the southern states seceded from the Union.. partially b/c they wanted to have slaves.. every time that symbol is used it must be like a slap in the face to Black Americans..
  • raves     [-] by Whispers

    Answered No

    confederate flag.
  • raves +2   [-] by Terry ~NObama~

    Answered No

    The Confederate flag is not a racist flag. It stands for their southern heritage . Why is so wrong for southerners to support their heritage by waving the Confederate flag?

    Their are idiots, like the KKK who uses it for hate. And the southerners should be angry at idiots like them for using the Confederate flag in such a way. I was born in the deep south and I like the Confederate flag, because of my southern heritage.
  • raves     [-] by American Nate
    i know and they give christians and americans a bad name
  • raves     [-] by biracial_southern_belle!!:)
    blah blah blah if you know that it stand for hate then y fly it around and secondly I have southern roots to! half the blood that runs through me are from my mother( who is white) and when i say this i mean it I love the whole me and i wouldnt trade it for the world yet you dont see me wearing a confederate flag , nor do you see germans or jews wearing the swastika( unless they are racist!)

    That part of the southern roots should not be worshipped
  • raves +1   [-] by Ichigo

    Answered No

    It's just a stupid flag.