Is it normal to wave the confederate flag as a northerner?

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I'll be honest and say that I don't like the confederate flag. I do support people's freedom of expression however, and I've dismissed usage of the flag to a southern thing. Most people say it represents Southern Pride and I understand. However, I recently went to Indiana and my relatives had the confederate flag around their homes. They kept repeating that it represented their southern heritage. They're not southern, though. That branch of my family has lived in Indiana since they came to America from Germany.

It wasn't even just them, though. I went to a county carnival where there was once again a confederate flag. It's Indiana. They were literally the yankees and it confuses me. I would understand if they said it represented rebellion. Hell, even if they said it was white supremacy I'd remove myself from the situation and move on. Why say southern pride though? Is this a normal thing now?

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  • TheBlindInquisitor
    5 years ago

    its funny that your family is german most confederates hated Germans back in the day and don't get me started on neo confederates and the kkk surprisingly they didn't just attack blacks.

    blame it on the Jim crow era propaganda/the democrats of the 1920s things are different now but then southern democrats really made a push to bring back confederate ideals when they took over congress they began a long campaign to influence the populace.

    most northern states were targeted and sadly it worked you have plenty of non southerners waving that flag thinking it represents pride and heritage believing it represents them.

    its simple say that the south wasn't all about slavery it was for states rights that they were fighting the good fight and are misunderstood.

    most don't know this or don't care and will go to their graves thinking that it isn't a bad thing I could careless what they do but its history and its very clear what had happened.

    then there is the small number that do know and I don't think I have to go into full details about them.

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  • RoseIsabella
    5 years ago

    I want a big flag with a picture of a Siamese cat on it!

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      5 years ago

      I would too! It sounds cute.

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      • RoseIsabella
        5 years ago

        Thanks!

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    5 years ago

    damn yankees

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  • geek_god_101
    5 years ago

    Lots of rednecks have confederate flags.

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