The Confederate Flag (Get in here, murdock)

[iPod Raheem 2.0]

@murdock

Come explain yourself, breh.

THE CONFEDERATE FLAG
REPRESENTS SOUTHERN
HERITAGE, NOT HATE!!! A
SYMBOL OF PRESERVING
CULTURAL TRADITIONS!!

Enlighten me on what cultural traditions you're interested in preserving.

What southern heritage you referencing??

And what the fukk is a proud black republican in the context of all this??!!

 

[Illuminatos]

When I lived in Fl some white boys used to have them on the back of their trucks and even had the design on their belt buckles.

The teacher asked them about it and they said it represents pride.

 

[the cac mamba]

i mean obv it represents pride. the south broke off and fought the union and died to become their own country

but theres a racist ass heritage underneath it

 

[havoc00]

only fakkits and hillbillys rock that shyt

 

[andre patton]

i mean obv it represents pride. the south broke off and fought the union and died to become their own country

but theres a racist ass heritage underneath it

they tried to secede from the union. they tried to leave the united states of america. the confederate flag represents a group that waged war, and attacked the united states on our own soil...therefore its inherently anti-american. shyt they're worse than osama bin laden if you really think about it.

 

[ThaBoyBam]

they tried to secede from the union. they tried to leave the united states of america. the confederate flag represents a group that waged war, and attacked the united states on our own soil...therefore its inherently anti-american. shyt they're worse than osama bin laden if you really think about it.

Never thought about it like that.

 

[the cac mamba]

they tried to secede from the union. they tried to leave the united states of america. the confederate flag represents a group that waged war, and attacked the united states on our own soil...therefore its inherently anti-american. shyt they're worse than osama bin laden if you really think about it.

im not defendin the south, i dont give a fukk about the south. but u gotta respect havin pride and takin a stand like that, no matter the motives

 

[Sierra Mist]

I don't consider it racist. My gripe with the Confederate flag is pretty much the fact that they are the only part of America that EVER lost a war. It's like they are trying to hold on to some "former glory". I just have to sit those types down and be like "ok... but you lost!"

 

[andre patton]

im not defendin the south, i dont give a fukk about the south. but u gotta respect havin pride and takin a stand like that, no matter the motives

i feel you. i wasnt directing that at you, per se, i was trying to show the other side to people that have that thought process by itself.

Never thought about it like that.

everyone brings up the race angle. which is an angle. but it makes no sense how some white people who claim to be pro-american or whatever can still support this.

i think a good example is germany. say i was born n raised in germany between WW1 and WW2. can i proudly sport nazi paraphernalia because im just showing pride in where im from? would germany be ok with certain provinces or municipalities using a swastika incorporated into their flags?

 

[johnny.utah]

im not defendin the south, i dont give a fukk about the south. but u gotta respect havin pride and takin a stand like that, no matter the motives

fukkin your moms


with pride


so we chill right

 

[SumBlackguyz]

the south will rise again

 

[havoc00]

the south will rise again

 

[Cat piss martini]

they refuse to take that L.....

 

[⠀⠀⠀]

only fakkits and hillbillys rock that shyt

well i guess that makes me gay


(no homo)

 

[Easy-E]

im not defendin the south, i dont give a fukk about the south. but u gotta respect havin pride and takin a stand like that, no matter the motives

Top Five Causes of the Civil War

Top Five Causes of the Civil War
Leading up to Secession and the Civil War

By Martin Kelly, About.com Guide

3. The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents.

As America began to expand, first with the lands gained from the Louisiana Purchase and later with the Mexican War, the question of whether new states admitted to the union would be slave or free. The Missouri Compromise passed in 1820 made a rule that prohibited slavery in states from the former Louisiana Purchase the latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes north except in Missouri. During the Mexican War, conflict started about what would happen with the new territories that the US expected to gain upon victory. David Wilmot proposed the Wilmot Proviso in 1846 which would ban slavery in the new lands. However, this was shot down to much debate. The Compromise of 1850 was created by Henry Clay and others to deal with the balance between slave and free states, northern and southern interests. One of the provisions was the fugitive slave act that was discussed in number one above. Another issue that further increased tensions was the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. It created two new territories that would allow the states to use popular sovereignty to determine whether they would be free or slave. The real issue occurred in Kansas where proslavery Missourians began to pour into the state to help force it to be slave. They were called "Border Ruffians." Problems came to a head in violence at Lawrence Kansas. The fighting that occurred caused it to be called "Bleeding Kansas." The fight even erupted on the floor of the senate when antislavery proponent Charles Sumner was beat over the head by South Carolina's Senator Preston Brooks.

4. Growth of the Abolition Movement.

Increasingly, the northerners became more polarized against slavery. Sympathies began to grow for abolitionists and against slavery and slaveholders. This occurred especially after some major events including: the publishing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, the Dred Scott Case, John Brown's Raid, and the passage of the fugitive slave act that held individuals responsible for harboring fugitive slaves even if they were located in non-slave states.

1,2 & 5 all involved slavery...great stuff #casm