Confederate Battle Flag

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I believe the "Lost Cause" narrative has very much changed what the battle flag stands for. Racism still exists in the South, but I don't think these people get enough credit for the progress they've made, especially considering the place in history where they're coming from. White men are best friends with their black neighbours. That didn't happen before.

Call it revisionist history, but today, to what I would venture to guess is a majority of Southerners, the Civil War is not something that was about race or slavery. I think this attitude is unfortunate because it disregards the suffering of a lot of people, but, at the same time, it gives Southerners a shared story to look back on in their history. I do think the Confederate battle flag, today, is more about Southern heritage than it is about slavery.

I'd have no business to parade it around myself, especially outside of the South, but I definitely "get it," and I don't believe it is an inherently evil symbol.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

That may be true, barfbag, but meanings can change. And that doesn't make everyone who subscribes to the new meaning an asshole.