Sep 26th 2014, 17:05:59
"California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation on Thursday prohibiting state agencies from selling or displaying items bearing the Confederate flag."
state agencies. regardless, california is a fluffed up state anyways with its regulations and fluff. they arnt as free as the rest of us!
on a side note, i dont see the flag as a symbol of racism. i find it funny when those outside the south attribute it to racism when i, as a southerner, dont. but like in any group of people, there are the bad apples who are racist that fly that flag. to each their own though. labeling a flag because of a minority is just as bad as what you are accusing me of for flying the flag occasionally. A symbol only has power if you let it. I dont support slavery, i dont have cotton fields that need tending, i dont have my jim crow law book all southerners are issued at birth. i threw that away a long time ago.
im from the south, im proud to be from the south. I can admit that the south had some fluffed up ideals, along with the rest of the country, and held on to them for far too long. But imo that is the past. im not going to be ashamed of where i am from because of the past. I am aware of it, but i hold southern culture and family heritage above southern past prejudices as i can differentiate between the two. Im not ready to condemn an entire region because of mistakes from a long time ago that i wasnt even a part of. if you dont see it that way, im sorry, but the south isnt all slavery and racists. I like it here. Im going to fly the Navy Jack when i feel like it. I see it as the Rebel Flag, a flag of southern pride and heritage. ALL of it, not just slavery and racism. that is all you see it as, and that is sad. it makes me sad.
i always fly the stars and stripes, and sometimes ill add a rotation between a jolly roger, the Confederate Navy Jack, NC flag, or a Gadsden. And this is only on my boat or when im tailgating or camping. The american flag is always above all though. You use your symbols for whatever you want to use them for, and ill use mine.
Edited By: mrford on Sep 26th 2014, 17:26:06
Swagger of a Chupacabra
[21:37:01] <&KILLERfluffY> when I was doing FA stuff for sof the person who gave me the longest angry rant was Mr Ford