Comments on: Senate Could Drop Confederate Flag From Seal

By: Bob C.

Bob C. — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 13:53:14 +0000

Hey, if some few people are “Offended” by the Confederate Stars & Bars then those people need to know that I am Personally Offended that they are “offended”.

MEDIA is driving the whole thing about the Confederate Flag, gun control, disarming American Citizens, wanting to take “In GOD We Trust” off our currency, banning the saying of “Merry Christmas, Happy Easter, God Bless You” and so on. Even the presidential race is reported only on personalities instead of the REAL PROBLEMS we have in our Community, State, Nation and World.

Politicians scramble around like cold butter dropped in a hot cast iron skillet and fold to the media and rush to pacify and satisfy the whiners.

By: SHO-NUFF

SHO-NUFF — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 06:54:02 +0000

Funny how no one has a problem with flying the British flag from the American Revolutionary War . Less than 100 years before the “War of Northern Aggression” known as the War between the States, or Civil war. Many lives lost also.
Any flag can be offensive.

As we proudly fly the U.S. flag and pledge allegiance to it… Think of the Native American Indians that were slaughtered under this flag that represents our Country that was stolen from them.

No flag is without bloodshed. None!

By: nod

nod — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 02:32:20 +0000

yes it does whether you like it or not it is a part of American history

By: 429SCJ

429SCJ — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:58:19 +0000

There will come a day when we will take away their symbols. The so called union is diseased and in so much debt it will never be paid off, it’s days are numbered.

I placed my Confederate flag tag on my vehicle the other day, proud to fly it. My people, My south, My flag, Our values, you cannot erase or revise that.

By: Simmer Down

Simmer Down — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 22:06:58 +0000

@Mr. Carney,
Sir, I mean no disrespect. I think we disagree on a few things, and I appreciate the opportunity to discuss them with you and the others here.

I do know a bit about history but I am always looking to learn more. I know people claim that the Civil War was fought over things other than slavery. Usually they say it was fought over States’ rights. That is, they disagreed with the federal government telling states what they could and could not do. Got it. Would you agree that the primary right that the states that left the Union wanted to protect was the right to own slaves? If not, please tell me what the major issues were.

If the war was fought to continue slavery, and slavery is evil, then the war was fought with evil intent. Which part of that is wrong? I am not saying all the men who fought were evil. Just as not all the men who fought for Hitler or Napoleon or King George III were evil.

Finally, I don’t want your flag. You can have it. I just don’t want our government endorsing it in any way. That said, I don’t think removing it from the Senate’s seal is necessary because it is a flag that flew over Florida. As Greg said, you can’t change history by removing the flag. More’s the pity.

By: Sedition

Sedition — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 21:57:13 +0000

@Simmer Down

Gimme a break. You know that if you give government an inch that they will take 10 miles.
Besides…the ban has already begun. Look at all of the suspension of students who display/wear the Confederate flag in various parts of the country.
I’m not getting emotional…I’m digging in. I’m not giving one more inch to the PC crowd and I’m facing them with a defiant finger in the air.

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:57:27 +0000

It would be good if they remove it. That flag doesn’t represent anything American.

By: William M Carney SCV

William M Carney SCV — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:30:47 +0000

There are those who would say they are offended by the flag….why would their opinion be any worthier than those of us who see the flag as a source of heritage? Some believe the flag stood for enslavement but others have just as deep a conviction that it stood for honor and heritage. Furthermore, @ Simmer Down, you seem intelligent enough to understand your history therefore I would assume you know the war was fought over many issues.
I find it offensive you would say or suggest that those who fought for the South did so with evil intent but I’m not calling for your post to be taken down in that it is your opinion so leave my flag alone.

By: Simmer Down

Simmer Down — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:46:22 +0000

@Sedition,
Nobody is trying to ban flying the flag. You know that, right? What is happening is that the government is not going to sponsor the flag. Fly it from your rooftop or you can have it tattooed on your forehead if you want. Knock yourself out.

The way to stop this is not to rant and cry. You should point out the atrocities committed under the other flags that are on the seal. The issue with the Confederate flag is that it is associated with slavery, right? Well, the Spanish flag can be associated with the Inquisition. Every flag on there can be tied to some rotten things. Ask your legislators if one atrocity is worse than another. Don’t get emotional, get smart.

Peace!

By: Greg in Cantonment

Greg in Cantonment — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 17:26:09 +0000

What I don’t understand is how anyone with a logical mind can think that the removal of a symbol (Flag) is going to change history. Good or bad, it is part of history and you cannot re-write history by removing a symbol.It would be the same a burning all history books because they do not say what some people want them to say. It still does not change history or the facts and the things that happened. There are symbols that exist today that I don’t like or agree with what they stand for, however, that is what America is suppose to stand for, the right and freedom to believe in what you want to believe in, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, any many of our other freedoms that are slowly but surely being taken away from us. I personally don’t believe that the actions of one person in South Carolina or even many in the U.S. can change history. History is the past and cannot be changed no matter what you do. Accept it, good or bad, leave it alone, and move on. The history that matters now is the future and what we make of it. Move forward and stop trying to change the past. We should all work together to make a better history for our children and guide them to do the same.