The confederate flag that southerners fly isn’t the official flag of the Confederate States of America. It is one of the many battle flags the CSA used.
Strange as it might seem, here in Brazil there's an annual Confederate Celebration held by descendants of Southerners who emmigrated to Brazil after the Civil War. The Confederate battle flag is their symbol to this day. But they forbid any form of racist or Nazi symbols at the celebration.
@@ankurshah23 , that's a very good question. The Black movements in Brazil have been overtaken by the political left, so I'd say they'd be against it. Nothing has happened here so far, but since the murder of George Floyd the tensions have gone so high, and Brazil has a tradition of copying what other countries do, that I think eventually the radical left will demand the end of the event. Or something of the sort.
"That guy is making it more important for him to express his freedom of speech than for other people to be comfortable here..." His right of expression doesn't end where your feelings begin.
You absolutely have the right to express yourself in any way you see fit. You should also be prepared to face the repercussions of your actions when you do.
Maybe that cow would have been happy if that flag would have been a representation of say, McDonald's or TacoBell or Pizza Hut......shoot, maybe even that multicolored flag.
@@reh3884 ok so please explain the difference between what this dude did in comparison to what others are showing us in the news. Hell that burning and rioting is labeled as freedom of speech and right to protest. He is at least being peaceful about it.
@@reh3884 so you mean it's ok for blacks to fly a blm and its freedom of speech but when us southerners do it's not ok but it hurts your feeling? You are what's wrong with this country. Fuck your damn feelings.
Fox Lover on January 8th 1861 Union troops at Fort Barrancas fired on the local militia in Pensacola. As far as Fort Sumter, Major Anderson was given considerable time to vacate the fort but did not and after the ships sent by Lincoln to resupply Fort Sumter Beauregard opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on April 12th 1861.
@Cristian Martinez And what symbols on that ag represent anything about black people? You are stupid as shit! Your ignorance makes you a hypocrite treating others the way you claim you are standing against. Stop spewing hate and educate yourself!
@Joseph Henderson Immorality? Racism and bigotry? You sound like the bigot. A bigot is someone who want see the other side. That would be you. That symbol has absolutely nothing to do with black people or any specific institutions. It's a symbol of separation from the Union and that is it. You morons are the bigots!
DezuBear your so dumb . Imagine getting ripped away from your home,being sold,being separated from your family ,having to work in plantations picking cotton, removing the cotton seeds from the cotton,or if it wasn’t cotton it was any other agricultural product.Hours on end with no pay and no freedom.
Back in the 1970s and 1980s there were so many Confederate flag beach towels on the beaches here in Va. Also Confederate flag beach towels on the dash boards of cars.
@@junkyard-p1s Southern whites have had 160 years to come to grips with racism and haven't. If they ended racism, no one would mind confederate statues.
Marjorie... Here's a lesson for you. Both flags had slaves under them, both the Northern and the Southern flag had slaves under them. And why should you be proud of the American flag when the South was the one who owned slaves while the North completely MASSACRED a bunch of Native Americans and took a bunch of land from Mexico. So what side do you think is worse
This woman needs to go back to the ocean to be with her family back with the whales. She also needs to mind her own business and leave the confederate flag along and keep her stupid racist comments to her self. I forgot to ask her what species of a whale are you.
Well, this is today and people have decided to look at it with new eyes. I for one have taken a new pride in my ancestors who fought for the Unites States. Joined Sons of Union (United States) Veterans. Take up the issue with the KKK and people against the Civil Rights Act, who hoisted this battle flag as their symbol- that is the primary reason so many find it offensive today.
@@mariobros1190 Displaying the U.S. Flag and Other Flags on Separate Flagpoles of the Same Height When the U.S. flag is flown with other flags on separate flagpoles that are all the same height, the flag code states that all other flags flown with the U.S flag should be flown to the flag’s own right, which is the position of honor. That simply means that the U.S. flag should always be placed on the left as it is most commonly observed (such as from the street or when facing a podium). The U.S. flag should be raised first and lowered last. image-3-separate-poles.png (
There is no such thing as long live the Confederacy - They got their gray asses kicked all over the South thanks to Great Americans like Sherman and Grant. They kicked confederate ass everything. This is not like a football game - --You can't say "wait till next year" You had one chance and got crushed badly on all fronts. The superior led Union Army under Grant and Sherman kicked some serious ass and sent them home with their tails between their asses. Even in the first part of the war with inferior Union Generals the South could not crush the Union Army resolve. By wars end the southern resolve and pride was gone, , Plantations were destroyed and the slaves freed. The wicked slave owning south never to exist again. They brought it on themselves by letting a few rich slave owning thugs rule the governments of the South. The poor southern whites got their ass kicked in battle trying to defend the rights of rich plantation owners to have slave labor, The sad part is that the poor white southerners where conned into fighting for the rich.
@Darrin Darrin you must be a liberal because freedom is gone. Now it is all about hurt feelings. The way I look at it is take a way one flag take them all away. Most fundamental religious people are offended by the gay pride flag. An African American can be offended of a 🇭🇹. Chicago 🐻 fan can be offended by a Green Bay Packers flag. Where does it stop? People have a lot of passion for things other people do not understand. We are either The Land of the Free or not. People are allowed to disagree as long as it is done non-violent but within our rights.
Elo Judith except you fly a flag that represents when the south betrayed the union, because they wanted to keep their black slaves. Your flag is literally anti American
The Story of Aj The Confederate government was willing to free all their slaves in order to be recognized as an independent country by Britain and France. The Confederate states even offered to free all their slaves if those countries would recognize them as an independent country. The "Emanicipation Proclamation" was used as a military tactic. Also, there were already 250,000 freed slaves before the war in the south, several black plantation owners even owned their own slaves. Get a better history lesson numb nuts.
“I think it wiser,” the retired military leader wrote about a proposed Gettysburg memorial in 1869, “…not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered.” ~Robert E. Lee
@@funeraloak7422 Oh really. The man who threw the confederacy down the toilet? Who had Stonewall Jackson murdered and Longstreet shot? That slaveowning scumbag sold you out. The south will never rise again until it addresses its betrayal. That's what you get when you follow slaveowners.
@Christopher Del Castillo Really, sad, southern whites, who didn't own slaves, were hoodwinked by slave owners to fight their war. Then sold them out. They still can't figure out what hit them in 1860.
@@tracyjohnson7454 ooo that last sentence though might not have been the best thing to write since Africans didn't choose to come to the U.S they were brought to here by force as slaves.
@@levibaer18 Lol sure bro , except you know immigration laws. Just cause you're an American citizen doesn't mean you can migrate to any country. In fact in some countries they actually want you to stay out because you're a foreigner. ( *cough Japan) Work Visa's a temporary option obviously. But once that time is out you've got to leave. You think we live in a fantasy world where everywhere there's open borders. Nah fam. The world doesn't work that way.
Juan De Los Santos the civil wasn’t a one sided issue, the elements leading up to war wasn’t merely based on race; check out this article to understand what I am referring to amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/277022/
@@MexicanSnicker your correct in that, but hate? If I hate something, I kill it, sell it, or throw it out... Slave owners did not hate their slaves, if they did, there would not have been slavery...
Okay, but of the thousands of years a person's heritage spans, people like this dude decide to specifically be proud of the 4, count 'em, 4 tiny years that their heritage fought for the preservation and expansion of slavery and torture. You do not have to be proud of all of your heritage. There's a small chance, and hear me out, that of your millions of ancestors, one of two of them may have been flaming shitbags. Representing the confederacy because they're heritage is like praising your creepy uncle who used to touch you because he's heritage. Not all of your ancestors were good people and it is a sign of maturity to move on.
Man, I hung a Confederate flag & American flag outside on the 4th of July to celebrate my 21st Birthday & Independence Day. There were No reactions, No complaints, Just a group of Family & friends that came over having a good time & sure did love those flags. Heck, My black buddy was invited over there & he loved those flags & had a good time.
darkless - sure I bet your "black buddy" went out and purchased one he loved it so much......,,,, They would he not love your National symbol of Racism and hate and stupidity
The people who cry racism need to pull their heads out of their asses and resurch the Confederate flag and above all the Dixie Battle Flag and learn the facts about what it stands for.
@@nightreapers3425 I got an A+ in all my history classes since 6th grade. I know about that flag. I couldn't care less what flag he flies, as long as he doesn't shove it in my face and force me to believe in it, I wouldn't care.
@@nightreapers3425 Plus im just like him, I grew up with the flag in my parents pool area, they had one next to all the nascar flags. I was taught that it means rebel all my life
@@autisticpain1960 I'm using my free speech. you guys are the snowflakes getting butt hurt over it. look at what era in time you are in. not slavery or racism time anymore bud. GET OVER IT, IT'S TIME FOR CHANGES
The only flag the Confederates flew that really mattered at all was the white flag of surrender. Grant was far too lenient with the tratiors at Appomattox. Lee should have been half-hung, drawn and quartered. Keep flying the flag of dead losers.
They were true Patriots to their beliefs. Unfortunately for the south, the majority of the nation didn't share the same beliefs and so the south got wiped out. But of course, the South was allowed to re-join the Union.
@Leo Peridot The KKK was a product of the Democrat Party. All of those people marching In white hoods to the National Convention were Democrats. Robert Byrd an exalted Cyclops in the KKK, coalesced around and supported the Democrat Party through the late 2000's. Byrd wasn't just some rank-and-file Democrat either, he was top brass. So just who are we trying to abolish? Hitler took to cues from the Democrat Party for a reason...
The large lady probably was over compensating for her own hidden bigotry. Many do so. It's the rap get on the band wagon thing that floats to the surface of the toilet. I feel sorry for her.
"That guy is making it more important to express his freedom of speech than for other people to be comfortable here, and I think that's a shame." She fails to realize that freedom of speech triumphs over others comfort as what he is doing is not violating anyone else's rights. Most of my family during the civil war were from states like Missouri and Kentucky. I had family that fought for the Union and Confederacy from those states. I'm proud of both sides of my heritage because they fought for what they believed in. While I do personally believe that slavery was wrong, slavery and racism weren't completely what the Confederacy was about. It was about having freedom to live the way they wanted to and to not conform to what 50 percent wanted.
First off the flag he so proudly displays opposite side of the Stars and Stripes did really become a meaning for Southern Pride until about 4 years ago. The South used various different flags but when the Stars and Bars really came into the spotlight is when the KKK adopted it on the MAGA March on the White House in the 20's. Every since it's been their symbol of freedom to kill maimed and force the Black population back into slavery. That my friends is the Southern Heritage that everyone so proudly says the Stars and Bars represents. If you don't believe me fact check it. Oh wait all the fact checkers are liberal I forgot unless it agrees with you. I'm on the ladies side I think it didn't belong at the monuments. The party of Lincoln, I bet old Abe is turning in his grave seeing the Confederate Flags as a symbol for his party.
Yet the heritage he is proud of his a heritage of hate. A heritage of white supremacy, treason and slavery. The confederacy was a white supremacist regime that wanted slavery of Black people to never end in the south
It's a new day and age. General Lee would be ashamed of the people who still wave the Confederate flag. If he could speak from the grave, he would say that he had good intentions, but that what he fought for was wrong.
One time I went to see a lawyer because of a DUI. When I walked in his office, he had two large paintings of the Confederate flag on his wall. I walked back in the waiting room and asked his receptionist to give my money back. She wasn't going to do it until he told her to return all my money. I had heard he was the best in town, but those paintings were enough to let me know I needed to find someone else.
No he wouldn't! Read his own writings, you idiot! "I think it wiser, moreover, not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife..." Robert E. Lee
She said unity so that means everyone is equal and has equal rights so he has a right to fly that flag besides it’s American history that’s been corrupted also
It's a symbol of heritage and history, not slavery, hatred or anything else.. The only ones that see that are the ones that make something out of nothing..
@@Dev-zd3rx Lol. You are an idiot. The Confederate Constitution is proof they were fighting for States Rights. The Confederacy was based strictly on State Sovereignty dumbass. The war was over the Dtates seceding. We all do know that Lincoln said his purpose was to save the Union and not to save or destroy slavery. The war was not over labor, it was over separation of powers. You morons have no clue what you are talking about. You dont know ahit about the separation of powers.
@@Dev-zd3rx Lol. The Confederacy is nothing but proof it was over State Rights. Their govt was nothing but reflecting State Rights. Their Constitution was full of limits and restraints. Their Constitution was clear that each State was acting in its sovereign character. It was all about State Rights. And even if it was all about slavery, slavery was a legal institution that belonged to the States. You are ignorant.
Good for him . I'll never give up my rights because someone is offended , maybe they need to grow thicker skin and stop being offended by everything....
Matt Thompson The only traitors are the ones trying to take this country down today. They will be defeated.Then they take their hurt feelings somewhere else.
It's his right and his freedom of speech, its nothing compared to what the B L M is doing to the communities and monuments they're vandalizing and destroying
@@keith3915 he has a right to display the flag. You don’t have a right to deface public monuments and vandalize statues. He isn’t wrong at all. If I am Catholic and carry a cross am I wrong just because an atheist doesn’t believe the same thing?
@@EZ2XLR8 No your not everyone has a a right to believe whatever they want . Seems like our government wants to take away our freedom . Yet this is supposed to be the land of the free right .
@@EZ2XLR8 No, you aren't wrong for carrying a cross but you would be wrong for carrying a flag that represents an army that killed Americans for the right to own and torture black people. Then again Catholicism has a pretty bloody history too but representing your religion is far different from representing a dead nation that fought for an unjust cause. See the difference?
@@keith3915 only 2 of the first 12 Presidents didn’t own slaves. The whole argument that the stars and bars represents slavery is a myth. The flag they are upset with wasn’t even the official flag. If he actually flew the correct flag of the a confederate states most wouldn’t even be able to identify it. It’s nothing more than virtue signaling. Nobody was worried about that flag a few months ago. It’s simply an opportunity to point fingers at something in an attempt to appear pro BLM or to avoid being labeled racist. Was the Dukes of Hazzard racist? No. People watched the show and never gave it a second thought.
I love the guy with the flag. I'm from the north and I'm ok with it. Fly it high! He can legally fly any flag he wishes. Nothing is stopping him. 100% legal.
@ Mr Mica , You love traitors ?? You love people who hang flags of division ??? THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THAT FLAG WERE TRYING TO CREATE THEIR OWN COUNTRY AND BREAK FROM OURS !!! ITS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !!!! Not the northern states of America
@@yeehawhomie5749 We definitely shouldn't be fighting with them in the south right now! We need to support the Confederate Rebel flag by any means necessary!
We don't record history in our flags. Putting down those flags just means we are choosing not to respect an institution that fought for the expansion of slavery and torture. That history is still in our books, schools, museums, and this little thing called the internet. It is far more ignorant of history to hold up torturers as heritage that should be respected.
Says he does this for his history and heritage. Ask him to explain either and I bet he gets it wrong. Understand what the flag stood for before you talk about heritage.
@Dixon Please atleast get your facts straight. The battleflag was not the 3rd rendition of the Confederate Flags. It was never adopted officially. The first was the Stars and Bars. The 2nd was changed because it resembled the enemies flag on the battlefield and they adopted and it was called "The Stainless Banner" and it had the Southern Cross in its corner with a white background representing the purity they were fighting for. The 3rd was adopted because the "Stainless Banner" draped on a windless day looked too much like a flag of surrender so they put a blood stain Banner on the end of it. This 3rd flag was called "The Blood Stained Banner". The Battleflag was just that, a symbol the troops adopted and fought under. It's only that, a battleflag that means what they stood for.
@@garyjohnson7626 ok but TRUMP says the Confederate flag is a freedom of speech so technically people who support the Confederate flag aren't losers in his eyes
@@landonshanerthebanjokid5906 Trump has said alot of shit that is Not True dude I mean its ridiculous at this point technically he scared he might lose your vote if he says the confederate is a part of hate symbol Mississississppi has remove that Flag let it go
@@keith3915 People talk about this whole theory that the parties switched. Except they can't ever point to any real evidence of it. Exactly when did they switch?
@@Mr.BossHogg Use common sense buddy. I'm not talking about a single point in time but in the 19th century, democrats were conservative. Conservatives believe in small government, state and individual rights, and protecting traditional economic and social values. Democrats succeeded from what they called a tyrannical government because they were worried federal power would take away states' rights to own slaves and expand slavery, which was a traditional function of their economy. Republicans wanted to use federal power to pass progressive legislature limiting the expansion of slavery and states' rights to mandate slavery. If you know what the word "conservative" means, then you know democrats used to be conservative. And plus if people are so hung up on southern heritage, what's their problem with democrats? Little hypocritical.
I see this several years later he's not doing anything bad he's not saying any hateful speech don't like it just don't look at it within the Bill of Rights
It's not a southern flag. It's the flag of the confederacy, the flag of a white supremacist regime that committed treason against the usa and started a war against them over wanting to keep owning slaves
Why does his freedom of speech need to be stifled just because it makes you feel uncomfortable? Think about that. In reality what she wanted to say was he is entitled to his free speech as long as she agrees with it. That’s not freedom.
EZ2XLR8 - "Freedom of speech?" If you're so free to speak, go into a theater and yell fire...better yet, walk into an airport and scream hijack. To many Americans that flag represents the fire in the theater.
@@grapas100 No one cared about that flag a few months ago. Most of the people complaining now are virtue signaling social justice warriors with no legitimate gripe. It’s opportunistic. You are equating the flag with racism. They aren’t synonymous. You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater because it may incite panic resulting in persons being hurt. Walking around with the flag might hurt your feelings but you won’t end up in the hospital or dead. Try coming up with a better justification because this one isn’t working for you.
@@EZ2XLR8 - "No one cared about the flag a few months ago?" Black people have had to tolerate your flags and monuments for as long as we've been in this country. "You're equating the flag with racism?" No, I'm equating the flag with rape, murder, torture, family separation and treason. "Walking around with the flag might hurt your feelings?" No, you walking around with the flag in the wrong neighborhood might get YOU hurt or dead. Unlike you, I don't feel the need to twist myself into a pretzel trying to defend the indefensible.
I love bein' southern and I will proudly proclaim THAT FLAG IS INDEED A BEAUTIFUL FLAG!!!I don't care what people say and I'll just start singin' "Dixie"when they start to complain about it hahaha!!!...
Be proud of the Southern Cross. It does not represent hate. It represents the South’s independence from the North in a time when the North was taking advantage of the South monetarily and economically
Southern Gent that’s what I was saying all the flag was created for was so they could tell their fellow soldiers. I actually do know a lot about this war. I’m not against the flag.
The Khans our founding fathers we’re also traitors but we all celebrate Independence Day. The south put the draft system to work. Slavery was important to the wealthy plantation owners who did not fight. Most were farmers. A lot of Southerners suffered and even if you wanted to defect you couldn’t. And I support no Federal government and states making their own decisions. Let me give you an example. California is a “marijuana” legal state. The people spoke but the Federal Government has it as a class A felony ( which is a joke in itself) so they have the legal right to raid and punish anyone at these locations. That’s not really free now is it?!
Andrew Barnett I understand. People since the 20th century have wanted to change American’s beliefs and conform society to think as one, to feel as one, to be one, and if you won’t than you are a bad person. No white people have hard lives and just being white means we are privileged. NOT!!
You are completely wrong. Every year at Gettysburg they have a big Remembrance Parade and they always have plenty of Flags of the Army of Northern Virginia. Guess what? One day of the battle of Gettysburg was on the Fourth of July. Learn some History.
@@kurtsherrick2066 The Confederacy never celebrated the 4th of July during the entire duration of its brief existence. Learn some history.
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@@kurtsherrick2066 The confederate flag then and now represents treason as the confederates were trying to leave this GREAT UNION known as the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!! And did you know that in Germany the swastika is against the law so all of the white supremacists carry confederate flags as it represents the same thing!!
@ The Stars and Bars was flown at our Camps in the Korean war because the Stars and Stripes was not allowed. When Patton crossed Africa to Italy through to Germany thousands of his tanks Flew the Stars and Bars. The Battle Flag of Northern Virginia is as much as a American Flag as the Stars and Stripes. Christ is what the Stars and Bars all about. The Blue represents the Purity of Christ. The Red represents Christianity and the blood of Christ. The Crossed Bars are from the Saint Andrew's Christian Flag. So how can the flag be about hate when it is about the One that love came from. You are ignorant to the South fought against a invader and over powerful Central Government. When a raping, murdering, burning and pillaging Army comes to your area does it matter why they are there? Hell no it doesn't. You fight those bastards. Not one State came Voluntarily to the Union knowing if things went bad for their state and wanted to leave they would be invaded by a tyrannical Federal Government. The Stars and Stripes represents Treason if you want to look at our Forefathers fighting to leave the British Empire for much less than how the South was treated by the Northern Representatives and Protectionist Policies that were hurting the South.
The Confederate (Naval Jack) Flag represents the independent, determined spirit of the South. The War Between the States resulted primarily from unfair tariffs imposed on the South, the role of states rights (as opposed to the Federal Government) and the invasion into southern states by the north. There were slave holders and abolitionists on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson were Confederate leaders who saw slavery as evil. When people wave any of the flags of the Confederacy, they are declaring their independence and being patriotic.
Of the thousands of years a person's heritage spans, people like you and this dude decide to specifically be proud of the 4, count 'em, 4 tiny years that your heritage fought for the preservation and expansion of slavery and torture. You do not have to be proud of all of your heritage. There's a small chance, and hear me out, that of your millions of ancestors, one of two of them may have been flaming shitbags. Representing the confederacy because they're heritage is like praising your creepy uncle who used to touch you because he's heritage. Not all of your ancestors were good people and it is a sign of maturity to move on.
The confederate flag that southerners fly isn’t the official flag of the Confederate States of America. It is one of the many battle flags the CSA used.
True. But doesnt mean it's cool. If someone flies the flag of the luftwaffe with the swastika it's still a symbol of hate.
Thank you your right
What does the American flag really represent? If you'd think about it honestly...
@@CC-bf7gg The United States of America
She doesn't even know the meaning of the flag. It is only a symbol of racism if you see it that way. He was not causing any trouble.
Strange as it might seem, here in Brazil there's an annual Confederate Celebration held by descendants of Southerners who emmigrated to Brazil after the Civil War. The Confederate battle flag is their symbol to this day. But they forbid any form of racist or Nazi symbols at the celebration.
How does the black community feel about it down there?
@@ankurshah23 , that's a very good question. The Black movements in Brazil have been overtaken by the political left, so I'd say they'd be against it.
Nothing has happened here so far, but since the murder of George Floyd the tensions have gone so high, and Brazil has a tradition of copying what other countries do, that I think eventually the radical left will demand the end of the event. Or something of the sort.
Some Confederates fled to Brazil to avoid being tried in the U.S. for treason.
@@kevinrockford9826 As did the Nazi to South America in general.
Funny as it seems, I may flee to south America myself when I retire....lol
"That guy is making it more important for him to express his freedom of speech than for other people to be comfortable here..." His right of expression doesn't end where your feelings begin.
You absolutely have the right to express yourself in any way you see fit. You should also be prepared to face the repercussions of your actions when you do.
It's not a free speech issue Trumptard when it involves just citizens.
Maybe that cow would have been happy if that flag would have been a representation of say, McDonald's or TacoBell or Pizza Hut......shoot, maybe even that multicolored flag.
@@reh3884 ok so please explain the difference between what this dude did in comparison to what others are showing us in the news. Hell that burning and rioting is labeled as freedom of speech and right to protest. He is at least being peaceful about it.
@@reh3884 so you mean it's ok for blacks to fly a blm and its freedom of speech but when us southerners do it's not ok but it hurts your feeling? You are what's wrong with this country. Fuck your damn feelings.
It looks to me like only one person had a problem with it
That may be due to the fact that you're blind.
Confederate flag only belongs in a museum in and not in peoples homes and Confederate flag stands for slavery.
@@mrx-od3ji if you don't believe in free speech for people you disagree with you don't believe in free speech
@@coyoteblue9733 i believe in free speech thats why i speak my mind.
@@mrx-od3ji then if I want to fly a Confederate flag in front of my house you should support my right to do that
You’re speaking your mind. He has a right to speak his. He can fly his confederate flag and you can fly your rainbow flag. End of discussion
Atleast our flag represent the principles of the American founding.
Flag flags are only for sexual orientation. People are stupid as shit to compare.
@@dixiecrat97 wrong on who started the war. I bet you'll respond.
Fox Lover on January 8th 1861 Union troops at Fort Barrancas fired on the local militia in Pensacola. As far as Fort Sumter, Major Anderson was given considerable time to vacate the fort but did not and after the ships sent by Lincoln to resupply Fort Sumter Beauregard opened fire at 4:30 a.m. on April 12th 1861.
@Cristian Martinez
And what symbols on that ag represent anything about black people?
You are stupid as shit!
Your ignorance makes you a hypocrite treating others the way you claim you are standing against.
Stop spewing hate and educate yourself!
@Joseph Henderson
Immorality?
Racism and bigotry?
You sound like the bigot. A bigot is someone who want see the other side. That would be you. That symbol has absolutely nothing to do with black people or any specific institutions. It's a symbol of separation from the Union and that is it.
You morons are the bigots!
Stop making everything about race
What do you think the confederacy was fighting for.
@DezuBear I have no idea how you can use so many words and say absolutely nothing. Like, are you alright?
@DezuBear ur a ignorant dumbass pls stfu
DezuBear No it’s not okay
DezuBear your so dumb . Imagine getting ripped away from your home,being sold,being separated from your family ,having to work in plantations picking cotton, removing the cotton seeds from the cotton,or if it wasn’t cotton it was any other agricultural product.Hours on end with no pay and no freedom.
Back in the 1970s and 1980s there were so many Confederate flag beach towels on the beaches here in Va. Also Confederate flag beach towels on the dash boards of cars.
I used to wipe my ass with confederate colored toilet paper.
Symbols don't hurt people, people hurt people.
who did it hurt did he hit someone with it
Clearly hurt your butt to hear her say it
Black lives Matter t -- shirt ? ? ?
Lady them twenkies are hurting u worse then that Confederate flag
Yo! Yo! Baby, got back! She has definitely got too much junk, in her trunk!!!
200 years later, and now the flag is hurting you?? Wazzz up wit dat? Let's keep it real dog. Stop playin...
@@junkyard-p1s Southern whites have had 160 years to come to grips with racism and haven't. If they ended racism, no one would mind confederate statues.
@@Itsatz0 You should consider OTHER 'S "racism".
Trevor Phillips twenties hell chocolate cakes lol lol
Boo hoo it's his right stop crying about it
Roger Cannon exactly
@Arrmin Leal not hard to talk shit on the internet
@@rogercannon5993 they should rise the Mexican flag instead.
The Confederates had enough balls to stand up to the government;!! True Americans
I suppose you would love to meet our True Germans, then?
And they lost, all because they wanted slaves. Fuck outta here jerry.
They were neutered by the Americans that stomped on their balls.
How were they Americans? They fought against the principles of liberal American democracy?
@@Sophiedorian0535 I would. Have you seen Europe lately? Do you really believe the good guys won WWll?
God Bless That Guy,
Marjorie... Here's a lesson for you. Both flags had slaves under them, both the Northern and the Southern flag had slaves under them. And why should you be proud of the American flag when the South was the one who owned slaves while the North completely MASSACRED a bunch of Native Americans and took a bunch of land from Mexico. So what side do you think is worse
That women saying that it's racist is hurting me by looking at her body.
ha ha ha ha ha ...Really!!
This woman needs to go back to the ocean to be with her family back with the whales. She also needs to mind her own business and leave the confederate flag along and keep her stupid racist comments to her self. I forgot to ask her what species of a whale are you.
Wait till she falls on you
@Marvin Bennett dawg,thats cold
@Mark Belk shes the,white castle🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
First of all, there is nothing wrong with the Confederate/rebel flag. Second, that isn't the Confederate flag, that's the Virginia battle flag!
T.J. Boismier the Virginia battle flag was square the rectangular version is just cooler
Steampunk Terminator It was made rectangular for manufacturing.
I believe the flag that he was using was used in Tennessee I believe it was used in the Navy to if I'm wrong correct me
No Chris its the Army of Tennessee Battle Flag
Their was only 1 Confederate Navy flag and it has a circle of stars.
ask that lady where did the flag hurt you
Levi Bailey well that pig should leave the US if she can't accept our history
Levi Bailey her answer would be uuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
She’s a libtard. Just wants to cry
Fr and those people waving the confederate flag have the most respect for America 🇺🇸
Levi Bailey are u racist
It is dumb. 20 years ago my truck had a Rebel flag on it and it was no big deal.
My truck still has a rebel flag on it I don't care who don't like it it's none of there business it's mine.
Well, this is today and people have decided to look at it with new eyes. I for one have taken a new pride in my ancestors who fought for the Unites States. Joined Sons of Union (United States) Veterans. Take up the issue with the KKK and people against the Civil Rights Act, who hoisted this battle flag as their symbol- that is the primary reason so many find it offensive today.
It is a big deal when the Confederate flag is raised higher or at the same height as the American flag.
@@mariobros1190 Displaying the U.S. Flag and Other Flags on Separate Flagpoles of the Same Height
When the U.S. flag is flown with other flags on separate flagpoles that are all the same height, the flag code states that all other flags flown with the U.S flag should be flown to the flag’s own right, which is the position of honor. That simply means that the U.S. flag should always be placed on the left as it is most commonly observed (such as from the street or when facing a podium). The U.S. flag should be raised first and lowered last.
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@Daniel Garcia That's very unfortunate and I hope the people harassing him, at some point got what they deserved....
People need to grow some balls
Stonewall Brigade amen brother amen
yes I agree
★ Froggie Animation ★ What does stfy mean?
I agree they need to grow some balls, lay down the confederate flag and live in the 21 Century and place Southern racism and treason in the past.
There is no such thing as long live the Confederacy - They got their gray asses kicked all over the South thanks to Great Americans like Sherman and Grant. They kicked confederate ass everything.
This is not like a football game - --You can't say "wait till next year" You had one chance and got crushed badly on all fronts.
The superior led Union Army under Grant and Sherman kicked some serious ass and sent them home with their tails between their asses.
Even in the first part of the war with inferior Union Generals the South could not crush the Union Army resolve.
By wars end the southern resolve and pride was gone, , Plantations were destroyed and the slaves freed. The wicked slave owning south never to exist again.
They brought it on themselves by letting a few rich slave owning thugs rule the governments of the South. The poor southern whites got their ass kicked in battle trying to defend the rights of rich plantation owners to have slave labor, The sad part is that the poor white southerners where conned into fighting for the rich.
It wasn't hurting people
@Darrin Darrin you must be a liberal because freedom is gone. Now it is all about hurt feelings. The way I look at it is take a way one flag take them all away. Most fundamental religious people are offended by the gay pride flag. An African American can be offended of a 🇭🇹. Chicago 🐻 fan can be offended by a Green Bay Packers flag. Where does it stop? People have a lot of passion for things other people do not understand. We are either The Land of the Free or not. People are allowed to disagree as long as it is done non-violent but within our rights.
Darrin Darrin if it hurts someone’s feelings then boo boo they can go fuck themselves
@Darrin Darrin
Who gives a rat's ass about people's feelings? I'm not even from the United States but I support the flag as well.
Deadpool 34 same with my black panther flag
I'm in Canada,i have a Rebel flag on my wall for years.If you feel brave,you may try to take it down.
I will.
@@daphnelynn3809 let us know how it fans out okay
Big talk when no one knows your name or address. Be a man and post it
It's not your heritage.. you're not an American... so why do you have it??
Halima Saad Cause he’s allowed to own it if he wants. Who are you to say he can’t? It’s his right.
I can say the people including me who wave the southern flag have the most respect for America 🤷🏽♀️ y’all know it’s true, we love our country 🇺🇸❤️
Elo Judith except you fly a flag that represents when the south betrayed the union, because they wanted to keep their black slaves. Your flag is literally anti American
The Story of Aj The Confederate government was willing to free all their slaves in order to be recognized as an independent country by Britain and France. The Confederate states even offered to free all their slaves if those countries would recognize them as an independent country. The "Emanicipation Proclamation" was used as a military tactic. Also, there were already 250,000 freed slaves before the war in the south, several black plantation owners even owned their own slaves.
Get a better history lesson numb nuts.
@@reclaimamerica9527 ty. Also I agree
Yea right bitch.
Only if you white huh
“I think it wiser,” the retired military leader wrote about a proposed Gettysburg memorial in 1869, “…not to keep open the sores of war but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife, to commit to oblivion the feelings engendered.”
~Robert E. Lee
Nice words by one of the men who sold out the confederacy.
@@Itsatz0 He saved 20k men you dumbass. God bless Robert E Lee.
@@funeraloak7422 Oh really. The man who threw the confederacy down the toilet? Who had Stonewall Jackson murdered and Longstreet shot? That slaveowning scumbag sold you out. The south will never rise again until it addresses its betrayal. That's what you get when you follow slaveowners.
@Christopher Del Castillo Really, sad, southern whites, who didn't own slaves, were hoodwinked by slave owners to fight their war. Then sold them out. They still can't figure out what hit them in 1860.
This is why I just like staying home anymore!Tired of people and they're feelings!
Same here
yup I feel that
I know that's right everything's a damn issue these days...
Being comfortable vs. Freedom of speech?
I'll take freedom of speech, thank you
Fly the Confederate flag and fly it proudly!!Those who don't like our Southern heritage need to go back where they came from
@@tracyjohnson7454 ooo that last sentence though might not have been the best thing to write since Africans didn't choose to come to the U.S they were brought to here by force as slaves.
@@tracyjohnson7454 I agree with u man strongly exept that last sentence that was kind of screwed up
theartisthasarrived
Everyone has a choice to leave. No one is forcing anyone to stay.
@@levibaer18 Lol sure bro , except you know immigration laws. Just cause you're an American citizen doesn't mean you can migrate to any country. In fact in some countries they actually want you to stay out because you're a foreigner. ( *cough Japan) Work Visa's a temporary option obviously. But once that time is out you've got to leave. You think we live in a fantasy world where everywhere there's open borders. Nah fam. The world doesn't work that way.
freedom Emily get over it...
Me being a black guy I don't have a problem with that flag
Hating the Confederate Flag is way overrated!
Yeah, pretty sad, but that's what you get when you trust slave owners.
She should probably take a history class her reaction is so over-the-top and unnecessary
Seems like you need it more than her.
Juan De Los Santos the civil wasn’t a one sided issue, the elements leading up to war wasn’t merely based on race; check out this article to understand what I am referring to
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@@pvillaluna1 read Apostles of Disunion
He has a right to fly that flag .
HERITAGE NOT HATE LEARN YOUR HISTORY BEFORE YOU START JUDGING ON SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT
The flag was used by the states who seceded from the Union because they wanted the rights for states to have slaves.
@@MexicanSnicker your correct in that, but hate?
If I hate something, I kill it, sell it, or throw it out...
Slave owners did not hate their slaves, if they did, there would not have been slavery...
@Lenny Molnar that may be true, but we aren't talking about the American flag...just saying...
Okay, but of the thousands of years a person's heritage spans, people like this dude decide to specifically be proud of the 4, count 'em, 4 tiny years that their heritage fought for the preservation and expansion of slavery and torture. You do not have to be proud of all of your heritage. There's a small chance, and hear me out, that of your millions of ancestors, one of two of them may have been flaming shitbags. Representing the confederacy because they're heritage is like praising your creepy uncle who used to touch you because he's heritage. Not all of your ancestors were good people and it is a sign of maturity to move on.
Josh Lanzer AMEN BRO cause their people sold them to slavery
Man, I hung a Confederate flag & American flag outside on the 4th of July to celebrate my 21st Birthday & Independence Day. There were No reactions, No complaints, Just a group of Family & friends that came over having a good time & sure did love those flags. Heck, My black buddy was invited over there & he loved those flags & had a good time.
darkless - sure I bet your "black buddy" went out and purchased one he loved it so much......,,,, They would he not love your National symbol of Racism and hate and stupidity
J BEST ruclips.net/video/nl3VYTL6wj0/видео.html And suddenly you feel stupid.
It's not hate. It may hurt your racism but that flag is a part of history and when you don't know the actual history of that flag you claim racism.
The people who cry racism need to pull their heads out of their asses and resurch the Confederate flag and above all the Dixie Battle Flag and learn the facts about what it stands for.
He should have thrown tiny a cheeseburger and she wouldn't have been so upset!
That's not the traditional Confederate flag, that's one of the battle flags
You still cannot fly both flags. How dumb do you have to be. You need history class again
@@nightreapers3425 I got an A+ in all my history classes since 6th grade. I know about that flag. I couldn't care less what flag he flies, as long as he doesn't shove it in my face and force me to believe in it, I wouldn't care.
@@nightreapers3425 Plus im just like him, I grew up with the flag in my parents pool area, they had one next to all the nascar flags. I was taught that it means rebel all my life
@@nightreapers3425 how dumb do you have to be to tell someone they can't have something because it hurts your feelings?
@@autisticpain1960 I'm using my free speech. you guys are the snowflakes getting butt hurt over it. look at what era in time you are in. not slavery or racism time anymore bud. GET OVER IT, IT'S TIME FOR CHANGES
Yup it's a free damn country!! It is part of history!! Everyone needs to get over themselves and worry about something else!!!
Hell get over it ladie the flag is heritage I'm southern the flag flying high in the south
The only flag the Confederates flew that really mattered at all was the white flag of surrender. Grant was far too lenient with the tratiors at Appomattox. Lee should have been half-hung, drawn and quartered.
Keep flying the flag of dead losers.
The Confederates were true patriots!
Meade Skelton until 1860
Kinda like saying divorce makes you a true Christian in Marriage.
They were true Patriots to their beliefs. Unfortunately for the south, the majority of the nation didn't share the same beliefs and so the south got wiped out. But of course, the South was allowed to re-join the Union.
Emily seems to be misguided.
Yeah, no kidding
@★ Froggie Animation ★ she is bad I sapper confederate flag
i never been in EEUU, but since i was a kid love the confederate flag
Ricardo tell me one thing you love about that Flag because alot of people just say it heritage not hate but I would like to hear your love part
I support the Confederate flag it part of American history and I fly one proudly and I'm a northern man
I'm a proud southerner and I don't support the Confederacy. The Confederate flag has "White Racist" written all over it.
@Leo PeridotBoth were historical icons of the Democrat Party. So now everyone's going to be calling for us to abolish the Democrat Party right?
@Leo Peridot The KKK was a product of the Democrat Party. All of those people marching In white hoods to the National Convention were Democrats. Robert Byrd an exalted Cyclops in the KKK, coalesced around and supported the Democrat Party through the late 2000's. Byrd wasn't just some rank-and-file Democrat either, he was top brass. So just who are we trying to abolish? Hitler took to cues from the Democrat Party for a reason...
Just because it's history doesn't mean you should honor it like it's a good thing.
@Leo Peridot We aren't making them icons. The problem is some people want to get rid of that history because they don't like where the finger points.
Im canadian and i love the confederate flag
Yes it is American I love the Confederate flag.
Same here. Been an admirer since the 1970's
Shut up, inbred Nazi
@@SS-nx2xx Stupid names. Sound like af-kin cough drops...melqualudes...Dumb-as-s parents clueless
I love LOSERS
@@garyjohnson7626 and your wife loves you anyway
Emily Ball mind your own business
Instead of her worrying about the flag she should be focused on starting a diet.
Love that flag
Shut up, inbred Nazi
Jack Murray inbred
Once you get the hard on you can consummate that love.
That's not the Confederate flag it's the battle flag of the army of CSA.
Army of Northern Virginia
@@yankeefred01
Hell yeah
The large lady probably was over compensating for her own hidden bigotry. Many do so. It's the rap get on the band wagon thing that floats to the surface of the toilet. I feel sorry for her.
I liked the fat lady smoking a cigarrette and drinking that 24 0z soda, smart
Absolutely she might be hiding hatred.
"That guy is making it more important to express his freedom of speech than for other people to be comfortable here, and I think that's a shame." She fails to realize that freedom of speech triumphs over others comfort as what he is doing is not violating anyone else's rights. Most of my family during the civil war were from states like Missouri and Kentucky. I had family that fought for the Union and Confederacy from those states. I'm proud of both sides of my heritage because they fought for what they believed in. While I do personally believe that slavery was wrong, slavery and racism weren't completely what the Confederacy was about. It was about having freedom to live the way they wanted to and to not conform to what 50 percent wanted.
First off the flag he so proudly displays opposite side of the Stars and Stripes did really become a meaning for Southern Pride until about 4 years ago. The South used various different flags but when the Stars and Bars really came into the spotlight is when the KKK adopted it on the MAGA March on the White House in the 20's. Every since it's been their symbol of freedom to kill maimed and force the Black population back into slavery.
That my friends is the Southern Heritage that everyone so proudly says the Stars and Bars represents.
If you don't believe me fact check it.
Oh wait all the fact checkers are liberal I forgot unless it agrees with you. I'm on the ladies side I think it didn't belong at the monuments.
The party of Lincoln, I bet old Abe is turning in his grave seeing the Confederate Flags as a symbol for his party.
The Confederate Virginia Battle flag is not a symbol of the Republican party.
How dose it hurt people the man just said no hate. He's proud to be a American and proud of his heritage
Yet the heritage he is proud of his a heritage of hate. A heritage of white supremacy, treason and slavery. The confederacy was a white supremacist regime that wanted slavery of Black people to never end in the south
General Lee would be very proud of everybody that displays the rebel flag today!!!
It's a new day and age. General Lee would be ashamed of the people who still wave the Confederate flag. If he could speak from the grave, he would say that he had good intentions, but that what he fought for was wrong.
Robert E Lee believed it was kinda pointless to fly the Confederate National flag, as He saw that America needed to come back together as ond
One time I went to see a lawyer because of a DUI. When I walked in his office, he had two large paintings of the Confederate flag on his wall. I walked back in the waiting room and asked his receptionist to give my money back. She wasn't going to do it until he told her to return all my money. I had heard he was the best in town, but those paintings were enough to let me know I needed to find someone else.
No he wouldn't! Read his own writings, you idiot!
"I think it wiser, moreover, not to keep open the sores of war
but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate
the marks of civil strife..." Robert E. Lee
@@alanmorris7669 It's understandable. The lawyer doesn't need your money. He's being paid by Moscow.
She said unity so that means everyone is equal and has equal rights so he has a right to fly that flag besides it’s American history that’s been corrupted also
Was at a car show some time back. Saw a General Lee. And yes, the flag was on the roof.
It's a symbol of heritage and history, not slavery, hatred or anything else..
The only ones that see that are the ones that make something out of nothing..
That flag is a great symbol at the Southern Heritage that is the Virginia Battle Flag;;! Not hate be proud of that flag!!!!
It's not the Virhinia battleflag, that was square shaped, this was the Army of Tennesses flag as well as the Naval Ensign.
@@southerngent8162 does it really matter? We both know the civil war was not fought because of states rights
@@Dev-zd3rx
Lol. You are an idiot. The Confederate Constitution is proof they were fighting for States Rights.
The Confederacy was based strictly on State Sovereignty dumbass.
The war was over the Dtates seceding.
We all do know that Lincoln said his purpose was to save the Union and not to save or destroy slavery.
The war was not over labor, it was over separation of powers.
You morons have no clue what you are talking about. You dont know ahit about the separation of powers.
@@Dev-zd3rx
Lol.
The Confederacy is nothing but proof it was over State Rights.
Their govt was nothing but reflecting State Rights.
Their Constitution was full of limits and restraints.
Their Constitution was clear that each State was acting in its sovereign character.
It was all about State Rights.
And even if it was all about slavery, slavery was a legal institution that belonged to the States.
You are ignorant.
Southern heritage my ass
Good for him . I'll never give up my rights because someone is offended , maybe they need to grow thicker skin and stop being offended by everything....
Another civil war is coming...
Matt Thompson The only traitors are the ones trying to take this country down today. They will be defeated.Then they take their hurt feelings somewhere else.
One thing Emily doesn’t have a problem with is food.
Yes the word collosial comes to mind
1:09 you don’t have the right to not be offended.
What? You literally just said you have to be offended.
It's his right and his freedom of speech, its nothing compared to what the B L M is doing to the communities and monuments they're vandalizing and destroying
It is his right but he's still wrong for doing it. You have the right to be wrong.
@@keith3915 he has a right to display the flag. You don’t have a right to deface public monuments and vandalize statues. He isn’t wrong at all. If I am Catholic and carry a cross am I wrong just because an atheist doesn’t believe the same thing?
@@EZ2XLR8 No your not everyone has a a right to believe whatever they want . Seems like our government wants to take away our freedom . Yet this is supposed to be the land of the free right .
@@EZ2XLR8 No, you aren't wrong for carrying a cross but you would be wrong for carrying a flag that represents an army that killed Americans for the right to own and torture black people. Then again Catholicism has a pretty bloody history too but representing your religion is far different from representing a dead nation that fought for an unjust cause. See the difference?
@@keith3915 only 2 of the first 12 Presidents didn’t own slaves. The whole argument that the stars and bars represents slavery is a myth. The flag they are upset with wasn’t even the official flag. If he actually flew the correct flag of the a confederate states most wouldn’t even be able to identify it. It’s nothing more than virtue signaling. Nobody was worried about that flag a few months ago. It’s simply an opportunity to point fingers at something in an attempt to appear pro BLM or to avoid being labeled racist. Was the Dukes of Hazzard racist? No. People watched the show and never gave it a second thought.
It's just a flag
That's also what the Nazis say 🤣
if you think nazis and confederates are even remotely related you are a special kind of stupid.
It's a racist banner
Drew Oliver it’s just a flag remember? One is slightly less evil than the other.
Jews = Blacks
The black part of me comes out in the toilet!!
You mean you can suck your brains out your nostrils and flush them?
Emily Ball needs to be more concerned about a good diet than that man's rights.
I love the guy with the flag. I'm from the north and I'm ok with it. Fly it high! He can legally fly any flag he wishes. Nothing is stopping him. 100% legal.
@ Mr Mica , You love traitors ?? You love people who hang flags of division ??? THE PEOPLE WHO FOLLOWED THAT FLAG WERE TRYING TO CREATE THEIR OWN COUNTRY AND BREAK FROM OURS !!! ITS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !!!! Not the northern states of America
Why are people so ignorant of history?
And I'm a White Yankee saying this!
Much love to the REBEL X-13 Brothers!
Hell yeah, I'm a white yankee but my mothers family came from North/South Carolina, love my southern heritage.
@@yeehawhomie5749
We definitely shouldn't be fighting with them in the south right now!
We need to support the Confederate Rebel flag by any means necessary!
We don't record history in our flags. Putting down those flags just means we are choosing not to respect an institution that fought for the expansion of slavery and torture. That history is still in our books, schools, museums, and this little thing called the internet. It is far more ignorant of history to hold up torturers as heritage that should be respected.
Says he does this for his history and heritage. Ask him to explain either and I bet he gets it wrong. Understand what the flag stood for before you talk about heritage.
I'm Sure HE KNOWS...it is YOU that don't knoW!
@Dixon
Please atleast get your facts straight. The battleflag was not the 3rd rendition of the Confederate Flags. It was never adopted officially. The first was the Stars and Bars. The 2nd was changed because it resembled the enemies flag on the battlefield and they adopted and it was called "The Stainless Banner" and it had the Southern Cross in its corner with a white background representing the purity they were fighting for.
The 3rd was adopted because the "Stainless Banner" draped on a windless day looked too much like a flag of surrender so they put a blood stain Banner on the end of it. This 3rd flag was called "The Blood Stained Banner".
The Battleflag was just that, a symbol the troops adopted and fought under. It's only that, a battleflag that means what they stood for.
@Andrew Barnett Are any of you actually a direct decedent of a Southern soldier? If you are then you know. I am x3 and I do know.
I thought it was sexy ..dont like the colors fly your own shit or move to another country....
It's easy to tell that you know nothing about the flag. You only understand what's in your own twisted mind!
Fly that flag Southern Pride!!!
Shut up, inbred Nazi
Loser Pride
I support him 👍🏻🇺🇸🥃
I'm filipino and I support him too
Confederate lives matter
Trump dont like Losers 🤠
@@garyjohnson7626 ok but TRUMP says the Confederate flag is a freedom of speech so technically people who support the Confederate flag aren't losers in his eyes
@@landonshanerthebanjokid5906 Trump has said alot of shit that is Not True dude I mean its ridiculous at this point technically he scared he might lose your vote if he says the confederate is a part of hate symbol Mississississppi has remove that Flag let it go
KEEP THAT CONFEDERATE FLAG FLYING HIGH
HELL YEAH BROTHER SHOW YOU'RE A RACIST
The people who originally flew that flag were DemocRAT.
@@Mr.BossHogg Back when democrats were racist conservatives.
@@keith3915 People talk about this whole theory that the parties switched. Except they can't ever point to any real evidence of it. Exactly when did they switch?
@@Mr.BossHogg Use common sense buddy. I'm not talking about a single point in time but in the 19th century, democrats were conservative. Conservatives believe in small government, state and individual rights, and protecting traditional economic and social values. Democrats succeeded from what they called a tyrannical government because they were worried federal power would take away states' rights to own slaves and expand slavery, which was a traditional function of their economy. Republicans wanted to use federal power to pass progressive legislature limiting the expansion of slavery and states' rights to mandate slavery. If you know what the word "conservative" means, then you know democrats used to be conservative. And plus if people are so hung up on southern heritage, what's their problem with democrats? Little hypocritical.
How can a flag hurt someone?
2020 "That lady is a Karen!" God Bless the Union, God Save The South ♥️🇺🇸
they say us people with rebel flags they say that we are racist people but we're not racist we're just displaying our freedom of speech
Is there any dentist at the South?
I see this several years later he's not doing anything bad he's not saying any hateful speech don't like it just don't look at it within the Bill of Rights
They don’t even fly the confederate flag in Texas… they fly the Texas flag
I was born in the north, but my fathers family came from the south, I still have respect for my heritage
Same here!
Yeah lady...it’s called rights. Look it up!!
I didn't see it hurting anyone. Southern pride is what he was celebrating
It’s doesn’t matter these days it’s just a southern flag!
It's not a southern flag. It's the flag of the confederacy, the flag of a white supremacist regime that committed treason against the usa and started a war against them over wanting to keep owning slaves
Why does his freedom of speech need to be stifled just because it makes you feel uncomfortable? Think about that. In reality what she wanted to say was he is entitled to his free speech as long as she agrees with it. That’s not freedom.
Right... A part of my comment was. My 1st amendment right doesn't stop where her feelings start. These ppl just don't understand
@@SMAN3vo people will never understand because they don't want to they wanna be good little snowflakes
EZ2XLR8 - "Freedom of speech?" If you're so free to speak, go into a theater and yell fire...better yet, walk into an airport and scream hijack. To many Americans that flag represents the fire in the theater.
@@grapas100 No one cared about that flag a few months ago. Most of the people complaining now are virtue signaling social justice warriors with no legitimate gripe. It’s opportunistic. You are equating the flag with racism. They aren’t synonymous. You can’t yell fire in a crowded theater because it may incite panic resulting in persons being hurt. Walking around with the flag might hurt your feelings but you won’t end up in the hospital or dead. Try coming up with a better justification because this one isn’t working for you.
@@EZ2XLR8 - "No one cared about the flag a few months ago?" Black people have had to tolerate your flags and monuments for as long as we've been in this country. "You're equating the flag with racism?" No, I'm equating the flag with rape, murder, torture, family separation and treason. "Walking around with the flag might hurt your feelings?" No, you walking around with the flag in the wrong neighborhood might get YOU hurt or dead. Unlike you, I don't feel the need to twist myself into a pretzel trying to defend the indefensible.
Keep the flag flying
Yes sir and fly it high
Murica! Yeah! Love me some confederate flag!
Everything you do in this country makes somebody uncomfortable do whatever you want its still a free country🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Southern Pride
🏹🏹🏹🏹🏹😵😵🙎♂️💥💣
💣💥🏛💣💥💣💥
💥💣😵💥😵💣😵💣💥
😖😡😖😡😖😡😫😯😴😔😢😭💔
😟😟☹☹😭💔😔🤧😢
Who gets to make the rules. Me today you tomorrow. FREEDOM.
I love bein' southern and I will proudly proclaim THAT FLAG IS INDEED A BEAUTIFUL FLAG!!!I don't care what people say and I'll just start singin' "Dixie"when they start to complain about it hahaha!!!...
I start singing too every time I see it. Can't remember the song but it was used in Deliverance with Burt Reynolds.
Racism was far more ubiquitous in the North than it ever was in the South and that has remained true until this very day. God bless the Southland.
Heritage not hate....Fly it High, Fly it Proud. 👍💯.
Be proud of the Southern Cross. It does not represent hate. It represents the South’s independence from the North in a time when the North was taking advantage of the South monetarily and economically
The controversy was the people complaining about it
They are not people...they are libtards.
What does the loser flag have to do with American independence.
Freedom of speech.
(Generall Lee Jump) Yeeehaaaw
Preach it my southern brother. CSA till I am layed to rest in this SC soil. God bless you my friend.
Southern Gent that’s what I was saying all the flag was created for was so they could tell their fellow soldiers. I actually do know a lot about this war. I’m not against the flag.
@ A. Rose Fickert , The men that followed this Flag to Battle WERE TRAITORS !!!! THEY WERE AMERICANS THEN THEY WANTED TO SPLIT AND get rid of the USA
The Khans our founding fathers we’re also traitors but we all celebrate Independence Day. The south put the draft system to work. Slavery was important to the wealthy plantation owners who did not fight. Most were farmers. A lot of Southerners suffered and even if you wanted to defect you couldn’t. And I support no Federal government and states making their own decisions. Let me give you an example. California is a “marijuana” legal state. The people spoke but the Federal Government has it as a class A felony ( which is a joke in itself) so they have the legal right to raid and punish anyone at these locations. That’s not really free now is it?!
@ A. Rose Fickert , 🤦🏻♂️ You don’t understand
Andrew Barnett I understand. People since the 20th century have wanted to change American’s beliefs and conform society to think as one, to feel as one, to be one, and if you won’t than you are a bad person. No white people have hard lives and just being white means we are privileged. NOT!!
@ A. Rose Fickert ,
What the hell is wrong with people 😠 .leave the flag alone.
Let it fly
This man's rights do not end where another persons feelings begin. His rights end where the Constitution says it ends.
people are too delicate
People say the Confederate flag is racist but if that's true I have one hanging in my house
Either you're racist or I'm just reading it wrong lol
What the hell is this comment even supposed to mean, like wtf man
The confederate battle flag has nothing to do with the 4th of July!
You are completely wrong. Every year at Gettysburg they have a big Remembrance Parade and they always have plenty of Flags of the Army of Northern Virginia. Guess what? One day of the battle of Gettysburg was on the Fourth of July. Learn some History.
@@kurtsherrick2066 The Confederacy never celebrated the 4th of July during the entire duration of its brief existence. Learn some history.
@@kurtsherrick2066 The confederate flag then and now represents treason as the confederates were trying to leave this GREAT UNION known as the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!! And did you know that in Germany the swastika is against the law so all of the white supremacists carry confederate flags as it represents the same thing!!
@ The Stars and Bars was flown at our Camps in the Korean war because the Stars and Stripes was not allowed. When Patton crossed Africa to Italy through to Germany thousands of his tanks Flew the Stars and Bars. The Battle Flag of Northern Virginia is as much as a American Flag as the Stars and Stripes. Christ is what the Stars and Bars all about. The Blue represents the Purity of Christ. The Red represents Christianity and the blood of Christ. The Crossed Bars are from the Saint Andrew's Christian Flag. So how can the flag be about hate when it is about the One that love came from. You are ignorant to the South fought against a invader and over powerful Central Government. When a raping, murdering, burning and pillaging Army comes to your area does it matter why they are there? Hell no it doesn't. You fight those bastards. Not one State came Voluntarily to the Union knowing if things went bad for their state and wanted to leave they would be invaded by a tyrannical Federal Government. The Stars and Stripes represents Treason if you want to look at our Forefathers fighting to leave the British Empire for much less than how the South was treated by the Northern Representatives and Protectionist Policies that were hurting the South.
The Confederate (Naval Jack) Flag represents the independent, determined spirit of the South. The War Between the States resulted primarily from unfair tariffs imposed on the South, the role of states rights (as opposed to the Federal Government) and the invasion into southern states by the north. There were slave holders and abolitionists on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson were Confederate leaders who saw slavery as evil. When people wave any of the flags of the Confederacy, they are declaring their independence and being patriotic.
You continue with your Southern heritage and pride, my brother!! Good for you.
I support you and your flags.👍🏼
God bless you.❤️
Of the thousands of years a person's heritage spans, people like you and this dude decide to specifically be proud of the 4, count 'em, 4 tiny years that your heritage fought for the preservation and expansion of slavery and torture. You do not have to be proud of all of your heritage. There's a small chance, and hear me out, that of your millions of ancestors, one of two of them may have been flaming shitbags. Representing the confederacy because they're heritage is like praising your creepy uncle who used to touch you because he's heritage. Not all of your ancestors were good people and it is a sign of maturity to move on.
RundownOyster: With all due respect, sir, PLEASE learn your history... and thoroughly at that. God bless you as well, sir.
RundownOyster: We can agree to respectfully disagree, sir.
Why do people feel like their own personal comfort is more important that personal liberty?