Displaying The Confederate Flag

Displaying the Confederate flag is bigoted and sour grapes, in my humble opinion. The Confederacy lost the Civil War, yet a few southern states there were part of this failed rebel government hold onto this part of history by displaying the losing flag on their state banners. The first amendment protects individual citizens right to display the flag of the Confederacy on their car, or in their home, but this emblem should not extend to state buildings. Some historical revisionists have tried to down play the great roll Abraham Lincoln played as president in signing the emancipation proclamation, and some pro Jefferson Davis fans are pushing to show the valor of this man, who was essentially a traitor. Sorry, I do not support the southern cause from hundred and fifty years ago, and it is a cause that said women were inferior to men, and who wanted slaves counted as 3/4s of a person for suffrage purposes, but which would never give these individuals rights to be equal citizens. All attempts to validate and justify the enslavement of African Americans fall flat on their face. Yes other ethnic groups have suffered in US history as well, but the Confederate flag represents a very dark part of American history, and it is not an emblem that can be justified. Many Republican law makers are right in calling for the removal of the Confederate flag, and this does make sense since the Republican party was the party of …show more content…
It feels hypocritical, and a bit ridiculous. The flag stands for a time in history when it was okay to own African Americans as slaves, and nothing that Confederacy flag wavers can say will make this justifiable. Perhaps they will try to popularize the Confederate flag, but it is not a symbol of America, or even of the states where people live. Why not have wild animals on the state flags instead? I think this is a better