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Confederate flag won't be up for breakfast
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<blockquote data-quote="MadDogs" data-source="post: 2761107" data-attributes="member: 11175"><p>ISIS taking down religious symbols is an effort to hide or revise history. While they are trying to abolish other religions and other socio-political systems by force, their taking down of historic symbols is just as it appears &#8230; an effort to revise history. </p><p></p><p>To that, it is no different than what is going on with the “Stars and Bars”. Not going to abolish prejudice and racism by removing the flag. This is not going to end bigotry. They are just removing a symbol that to some resembles the emotion of hate and bigotry which is again just a feel good measure. </p><p></p><p><strong>And there is nothing wrong with that.</strong> But the question is where do the “feel good” measures end? How do we define a symbol? How do we cope with the various definitions that people have</p><p></p><p>Does the flag represent the Confederacy? Yes. Does the Confederacy represent “slavery”? Yes. But with that said, the Civil War was not just about abolishing slavery. It was about trade and it was about state’s rights. Are state’s rights and trade as “evil” as “slavery”? How do we rationalize emotions in defining symbols?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MadDogs, post: 2761107, member: 11175"] ISIS taking down religious symbols is an effort to hide or revise history. While they are trying to abolish other religions and other socio-political systems by force, their taking down of historic symbols is just as it appears … an effort to revise history. To that, it is no different than what is going on with the “Stars and Bars”. Not going to abolish prejudice and racism by removing the flag. This is not going to end bigotry. They are just removing a symbol that to some resembles the emotion of hate and bigotry which is again just a feel good measure. [B]And there is nothing wrong with that.[/B] But the question is where do the “feel good” measures end? How do we define a symbol? How do we cope with the various definitions that people have Does the flag represent the Confederacy? Yes. Does the Confederacy represent “slavery”? Yes. But with that said, the Civil War was not just about abolishing slavery. It was about trade and it was about state’s rights. Are state’s rights and trade as “evil” as “slavery”? How do we rationalize emotions in defining symbols? [/QUOTE]
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