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Originally Posted by LFG
It's a shame you feel the need to lower the image of proud, educated Southern people by saying that word while displaying a Confederate flag in your sig file.
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Are you trying to say he is feeding into a Stereotype? or that the Confederate Flag = Slavery?
I'd like to point out a common misconception. Thats The Confederate Naval Jack, not the Confederate States Flag. The Battle Flag is of Similar Design but a Square Rather then rectangle.
It is a symbol for Rebellion and States Rights, not Slavery. That said I fail to see the Reason it is still associated with the word Nigger at all. Other then the Ignorance of the KKK and Extreme Black Rights Activists. So why continue to Ignorantly Associate the two?
The Civil War was about States Rights VS Federal Rights, While Slavery was one of the rights in question it was not THE reason for the war.
Basically The North favored a loose interpretation of the United States Constitution. They wanted to grant the federal government increased powers. The South wanted to reserve all undefined powers to the individual states. The North also wanted internal improvements sponsored by the federal government. This was more roads, railroads, and canals. The South, on the other hand, did not want these projects to be done at all. Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. With a high tariff, it protected the Northern manufacturer. It was bad for the South because a high tariff would not let the south trade its cotton for foreign goods. The North also wanted a good banking and currency system and federal subsidies for shipping and internal
improvements. The South felt these were discriminatory and that they favored Northern commercial interests.
Hmm which Flag is this? Are we Educated enough to know?
Slavery would of ended eventually just as it did in England, Peacefully. The Civil war just ended it a little sooner rather then later. At least thats what I like to Believe, who knows maybe the Civil War really was required to end it.