valor and courage . . my folks all fought in the war . . heard accounts of the day to day life from my grandmother. she got the stories from her uncles . . mostly the boys were scared and hungry . . and always remember this: the south was invaded and this too: . . the north and south were able to end the war and move forward unlike anywhere else in Africa, South America, the orient or middle east . . something to be said for that . . there were battles so fierce that that men stood and cried while they basically murdered the opposing force. men marching blindly into certain death . . back then units were recruited regionally . . and flowed a flag into battle, it wasn't uncommon for the entire male population (say 15-45 years old) of a town to be killed in a battle . . at Gettysburg 2 armies fought for 4 days and left piles of dead horses 20 ft high and 20,000 wounded men for a population of 650 or so to deal with . . that's the stuff the flag reminds me of
it doesn't offend me at all, but I know a lot of people in the Georgia area have issues with it and find offense in it, just because the people that raised that flag at one time and what they did to others
so, even though it doesn't offend me, I respect that it does offend/upset some other people
Its irrelevant to me and Im from GA...derived from the saint andrews cross....the flag of scotland.
The one thing that always struck me about it was that if the black folks had made this their symbol back during segregation well, it damn sure wouldnt carry the connotations it does today...
Mike South
It's No wonder I took up drugs and alcohol, it's the only way I could dumb myself down enough to cope with the morons in this biz.
valor and courage . . my folks all fought in the war . . heard accounts of the day to day life from my grandmother. she got the stories from her uncles . . mostly the boys were scared and hungry . . and always remember this: the south was invaded and this too: . . the north and south were able to end the war and move forward unlike anywhere else in Africa, South America, the orient or middle east . . something to be said for that . . there were battles so fierce that that men stood and cried while they basically murdered the opposing force. men marching blindly into certain death . . back then units were recruited regionally . . and flowed a flag into battle, it wasn't uncommon for the entire male population (say 15-45 years old) of a town to be killed in a battle . . at Gettysburg 2 armies fought for 4 days and left piles of dead horses 20 ft high and 20,000 wounded men for a population of 650 or so to deal with . . that's the stuff the flag reminds me of
My family fought as well and contrary to what people in today's world would like you to believe the vast majority of the men and (mostly) boys that fought and died had no stake in slavery. In truth the Civil War was not about slavery at all. The slavery issue has been over inflated to bolster certain agendas over the years.
The southern states were invaded and the citizens did what ANY of us would do today; they fought to protect their homes and families.
I invite anyone to do a little research into how Sherman, a US General did on his "March to the Sea". If there have ever been war crimes committed they were committed by Sherman.
The Stars and Bars represents a level of courage wrought from fear and executed in the face of overwhelming adversity. To me it has nothing to do with racism and slavery. For someone to say that the flag equates to the swastika shows that they know NOTHING about the Civil War nor about the actions of the Nazis. There were no Confederate "Death Camps". There were just people, regular people, trying to survive.
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