Are you serious? Have you met actual people before? The US did try to resolve the matter peacefully, through democratic discourse over decades. At any time the Southern states could have struck a deal to get compensation in exchange for ending slavery. They chose not to. And don’t lay the blame for the war on the…

You mean, the rights to enslave people. The rights that prior to those two amendments, half of the country had decided should not be expanded leading to said war. Gotcha.

They had no other economic means?!!! Well why didn’t they just say so. I’ll stop pursuing higher education and go slap the chains back on right now. I speak for all brown people in saying we didn’t know, and are really sorry for the whole Civil Rights thing. We did not mean to mess up their money.

It wasn’t our official flag in 1894, and was rarely seen around the state until the 60s. It became our official flag in 2001 (yeah, you read that right).

Everyone knew it was morally incorrect? Really?

Every state was racist back then. Slavery only played a small part in the south’s secession.

None of that constitutes an excuse for continuing to fly it.

Slavery only played a small part in the south’s secession.

Exactly. South Carolinians already have a lovely flag with a palmetto tree to show how much they love South Carolina.

Close. It can sometimes be a love of the South combined with not giving a shit if you offend people.

Geezus fuck...go move.. get the fuck outta this country then

Switch to a gator eating grits or some shit.

This is prevarication, at best. Whilst it’s true that the Union had many explicitly racist laws on the books, was populated largely by racists, and had(has) a long way to go toward anything like actual equality, the cornerstone of the Confederacy was the idea that black people were naturally inferior to whites and…

Please explain to me how a flag that represents a failed state which existed for only 4 years can possibly be interpreted as representing “Just the love of the south”.

The Union was explicitly racist state. Those were the times.

It can symbolize anything you want it to. But you have to understand that it was created as a symbol of slavery, and to a large portion of the population it symbolizes racism and oppression. So when other people see your symbol of love of the south, they don’t feel love at all.

I’ll just let the Confederate Constitution speak for itself:

It does, however, symbolize treason. Also, as a Southerner, it sickens me that people excuse racism by calling it “Southern pride”. We have much better things to be proud about. We have the best food and music in America!

If people really loved the south they would stop flying brutal symbols of slavery and anti-black violence in state capitals.

It’s the latter for sure. See, I’m a Mississippian, and down here, people have no idea of the flag’s history. Not the Civil War part though, and that’s the hidden reason for all this mess.