How can you accurately say most people are against the flag being taken down?

Easy, by taking into account multiple polls, they all show that only 1/3 is against the flag, what was also the result of the 2001 flag referendum(replace the Confederate battle flag with a blue canton with 20 stars of the Flag of Mississippi)The referendum for a new flag was defeated in a vote of 64% (488,630 votes) to 36% (267,812) and the old flag was retained.

https://espnfivethirtyeight.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/libresco-confederate-flag-updated.png?w=610&h=570
http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/inlineimage/2013-10-17/confederateq2.jpg
http://d35brb9zkkbdsd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Confederate-flag-poll-816x415.jpg

Edited 6/24/2015 11:53:02

Don't listen to Winthrop, they're just a bunch of wannabes. They fall somewhere in between UGA and Clemson in terms of general noobishness


--edit: the fact that my ex-girlfriend went there is not relevant--

Edited 6/24/2015 12:04:04

Here are some people who lived in America that rebelled against America before.
The Delaware tribe. There flag is here http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://delawaretribe.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/tribalseal500-300x300.gif&imgrefurl=http://delawaretribe.org/home-page/about-our-tribal-seal/&h=300&w=300&tbnid=uUkRwwq3TxjsJM:&zoom=1&docid=6vzst3Rzr6_clM&ei=gM6KVeykN4OusAXCt4OADQ&tbm=isch&ved=0CB4QMygBMAE

Here is the flag of the Creek Nation. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Creek_Nation.svg

Other peoples that rebelled against America and lost are the Cherokee, Seminole, Kickapoo, Seneca, Osage, Shawnee, Choctaw, Lumbee, Chickasaw, Iroquois, Powhatan, Pequot, Ojibwe (Chippewa), Huron, Odawa, Potawatomi, Catawba, and Pamunkey. Many of these peoples even fought during the civil war on the side of the confederates.

There flags are not banned on state courthouses. And yet with many people's logic their flags are "symbols of rebellion" and they encourage people to overthrow the government.

So why is the Confederate flag treated any differently? They had their nation for a short time and then it fell apart. Nobody flying the flag is grabbing their guns and marching on Washington D.C. The flag means something different for different people and it is the hallmark of America that you can have the freedom on speech and the freedom of expression to display what you want without a overzealous government monitoring you.

Edited 6/24/2015 15:44:40

I read in the newspaper today that the Scottish Saltire is no longer the official flag of Scotland, because the SNP have been using it too muuch, using face paint, and sticking its flags on windows. They said it was more of a "Party representation" than a "National representation", and thus deemed it unofficial. They compared it with the flag of the CSA, which I think is ridiculous. This was all one random loser's opinion, not a national voice.

Edited 6/24/2015 16:19:51

I read in the newspaper today that the Scottish Saltire is no longer the official flag of Scotland

I can't find anything on that through google, which newspaper was it?

@ Clement - The Metro - not a reliable source, which is why I highly disregard it as being some guy's opinion, not fact.

@ Colonel - They were not comparing it physically, if that is what you're getting at. They are comparing the flags, as if the Saltire has as much of an impact the CSA's did.

Now because of Charleston, Gettysburg took down some items for sale because they showed the Confederate flag or represented the confederacy.

WTF!!!!!!!!????????

This is GETTYSBURG! The turning point of the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, and they're taking away items that represent a historical battle and it's combatants.

F*ck political correctness in every hole it has.

Google will no longer direct you to a Confederate flag if you type in "confederate flag" in shopping.

So Google doesn't like selling Confederate flags. But wait. Change "confederate" to "Natzi". Well apparently you can buy a flag that embodies the hatred of jews, homosexuals, communists, slavics and anybody not Aryan but you can't buy a flag that embodies southern pride to most people in america on Google. F*** google and f*** political correctness. We are censoring ourselves from the confederate flag but not the mf natzi flag. dafuq

Microsoft has banned all games on the app store that has to do with the civil war. wtf. Is it too politically incorrect to sell a game about the civil war? Yet anybody can buy a game about WWll which was much more horrible that the civil war.

Why don't we just ban the teaching of the Civil war because "the civil war is politically incorrect". Why don't we just ignore that the civil war or that slavery ever happened? And then the Rascists will have completely covered up their horrible past.

TLDR: F*** political correctness.

Edited 6/26/2015 17:25:33

Now because of Charleston, Gettysburg took down some items for sale because they showed the Confederate flag or represented the confederacy.

WTF!!!!!!!!????????

This is GETTYSBURG! The turning point of the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, and they're taking away items that represent a historical battle and it's combatants.

F*ck political correctness in every hole it has.

You give an inch,they take a mile.

Cases like this are why I defend the right of people to fly the Confederate flag despite the fact that I don't even own one, because I know that political correctness never really stops. It just keeps getting more insane.

I haven't read through most of this thread but here's my two cents.

If you're going to ban the confederate flag because it's offensive to Americans then you have to ban the other flags that offend other people.

I'm not American so I don't get all defensive over the flags or have the patriotism that Americans have for their flag BUT it seems their only thinking of one side, their own.

Although I do agree that you should ban it begin flown on government buildings.