Well that settles it. ANTIFA and BLM cannot raise their flags in Oklahoma

[Fredkrueger100]

So... where does the Confederate flag fit into all this?

I have said this before that most people don’t even know what the real confederate flag looks like. There were three I believe. The stars and bars is what most people call the confederate flag even though it isn’t. It was used as the navy jack flag. But the actually CSA had a much different flag. Most folks think the flag is a symbol of racism, which it isn’t. The civil war was NOT about slavery regardless of what the history books say. I fly one for two reasons, 1. I’m proud of my southern heritage. 2. It is a symbol of freedom and rebelling against a tyrannical government.

 

[Snattlerake]

I have said this before that most people don’t even know what the real confederate flag looks like. There were three I believe. The stars and bars is what most people call the confederate flag even though it isn’t. It was used as the navy jack flag. But the actually CSA had a much different flag. Most folks think the flag is a symbol of racism, which it isn’t. The civil war was NOT about slavery regardless of what the history books say. I fly one for two reasons, 1. I’m proud of my southern heritage. 2. It is a symbol of freedom and rebelling against a tyrannical government.

Precisely!
It is the uneducated (educated by public school system) generation causing all this foofarah. When I went to school we learned about government. I actually flunked the class because two troopers were caught stealing the tests so everyone in the class automatically got a zero.

 

[TwoForFlinching]

I have said this before that most people don’t even know what the real confederate flag looks like. There were three I believe. The stars and bars is what most people call the confederate flag even though it isn’t. It was used as the navy jack flag. But the actually CSA had a much different flag. Most folks think the flag is a symbol of racism, which it isn’t. The civil war was NOT about slavery regardless of what the history books say. I fly one for two reasons, 1. I’m proud of my southern heritage. 2. It is a symbol of freedom and rebelling against a tyrannical government.

This is one of the big disconnects among the two political thoughts. Someone can read this, a somewhat true statement, and all they see is discounting of the role slavery played in the civil war. Slavery isn't what kicked off the sucession movement, but it was certainly a big part of what it became. Read some of the individual states declarations of independence from the union, slavery was absolutely a large part of the event after the first states decided to rebel against the price fixing and racketeering of their crops by the North.

 

[TeamTomlyn]

Stupid and unconstitutional; guess that confirms it was written by a politician.

 

[mr ed]

Blm has registered as a political party.
Therefore you can't legally wear blm attire at polling places.

 

[O4L]

Blm has registered as a political party.
Therefore you can't legally wear blm attire at polling places.

They just said on the local news that message shirts like "black lives matter" were okay to wear at the polling places.

They specifically singled out BLM shirts and said they are okay!

Ridiculous!

 

[donner]

Stupid and unconstitutional; guess that confirms it was written by a politician.

it never ceases to amaze me that people are so willing to accept government overreach when they think it punishes those they oppose.

I guess no one really thinks that a law so easily written to make a red flag illegal could one day be changed to make a red MAGA hat illegal.

 

[TedKennedy]

This is one of the big disconnects among the two political thoughts. Someone can read this, a somewhat true statement, and all they see is discounting of the role slavery played in the civil war. Slavery isn't what kicked off the sucession movement, but it was certainly a big part of what it became. Read some of the individual states declarations of independence from the union, slavery was absolutely a large part of the event after the first states decided to rebel against the price fixing and racketeering of their crops by the North.

Yes, it was a huge part of the anti-South crowd. Slavery alone wouldn't have gotten the Union boys to travel across the country to die, though. It was States versus Federalist, period.

Now we can see how righteous the Union cause was, all these years later.

 

[Snattlerake]

One of the three Confederate flags

 

[donner]

This is one of the big disconnects among the two political thoughts. Someone can read this, a somewhat true statement, and all they see is discounting of the role slavery played in the civil war. Slavery isn't what kicked off the sucession movement, but it was certainly a big part of what it became. Read some of the individual states declarations of independence from the union, slavery was absolutely a large part of the event after the first states decided to rebel against the price fixing and racketeering of their crops by the North.

the Mississippi articles of secession literally state off the bat that slavery is a reason. What is often discounted is that slavery wasn't strictly about race, but economics. It was a moral issue, fiscal issue and a political issue at the time. And it was absolutely an issue.

It's fun living in the deep south and asking flaggers what they mean when they say the 'south shall rise again'. Few, if any, have an actual answer.

We finally got the state flag with the battle emblem removed from being our official flag and have a replacement on the ballot. Probably one reason we have a very high turnout all over town.