Confederate Battle Flag

[DC Al Fine]

About the same as this one



i.e. Negative but not super negative.

The way it's used by southerners as a regional flag doesn't bother me too much despite it's odious origins. The vast majority of the people don't approve of slavery unlike the people who use a Nazi Germany or USSR flag.

On another note there was large amounts of support for the Confederacy in Nova Scotia. The line of reasoning was "It'll keep the imperialist Yankees from invading us." These things can be multi-faceted. The Civil War was hardly a good vs evil struggle. It was a bunch of racist guys vs a bunch even more racist guys.

[DC Al Fine]

The idea of Americans calling people who violently secede from their country "traitors" is hilarious.

[DC Al Fine]

The idea of Americans calling people who violently secede from their country "traitors" is hilarious.

What else would we call them?

Not the name, the moral indignation of it all. It's used as an insult in the current context.

[DC Al Fine]

Symbol of racism, should be illegal.

What is your take on our first amendment?

Hate speech Things I don't like shouldn't be covered by it.

[DC Al Fine]

Also other: symbol of treason.

Indeed. Ban the dirty rebel flag!