. Liberal Democrats are signing petitions right now to ban the American flag. There is a video on you tube showing it. The new design has a pyramid and a rainbow.I have a question for liberals. What if the guy had been waving the American flag in his pictures, would you demand that flag be removed from every location in which it flies? If not, why not?
Yea but thats one lone shark in the ocean. The push against the battle flag of north virginia is nationwide, especially hard in the south.
From snopes:
FACT: The Confederate Battle Flag today finds itself in the center of much controversy and hoopla going on in several states. The cry to take this flag down is unjustified. It is very important to keep in mind that the Confederate Battle Flag was simply just that. A battle flag. It was never even a National flag, so how could it have flown over a slave nation or represented slavery or racism? This myth is continued by lack of education and ignorance. Those that vilify the Confederate Battle Flag are very confused about history and have jumped upon a bandwagon with loose wheels.
Read more at The Truth about Confederate History Part 1 snopes.com
Add to this the fact that this battle flag was designed and put into use in 1861, almost two years before the Emancipation Proclamation inserted a racial aspect to what had been a War over sovereignty. So not only was it not a national flag, it didn't have a race-based origin either.