And that is what it comes down to
South Carolina fought to fly that flag to placate the racists in the state wishing to refight the Civil War. You can be sure the members of Emanuel AME opposed the flying of that flag
The little fucker had that wonderful flag on his license plate
the confederate flag has been a harmless symbol of southern regional pride for generations.
as demonstrated by the success of the dukes of hazzard tv show.
It seems to me that it is OFFENSIVE enough for enough people that it should not
be used as a state flag or over a governmental building. I do not recall
the dukes of hazard other than it being a kind of silly----idiot adulation of goonish
behavior
well, it was a tv show.
harmless fluff, but the confederate flag was presented as a harmless symbol of southern regional pride in the show, painted by the main characters on their 1969 dodge charger, the general lee, who were presented as sympathetic characters.
and this was accepted without comment by the nationwide tv viewing audience and the population as a whole.
the "offense" people are now feeling is a recent creation having nothing to do with anything pre 1980s
Because most people understand that it was a fictional show.
The "Duke boys" were constantly breaking the law too. Should we say, since it was accepted on tv that we should allow people to ignore the law?
standard robin hood behavior, a well established cliche.
flying the confederate flag, not so much.
if it was as offensive as libs would have us believe today, then that show as done, would have never been approved, and if developed and shown would never have been accepted by the viewing audience.
instead it was a nation wide hit tv show.
because the american people of 1979 knew that the flag was a harmless symbol of regional southern pride.