MSN says so.

 

mother ****er take that ****ing flag off your avatar racist bastard

 

Can't wait to see where this one leads.

 

Man-oh-man. Guy from up north (Jersey) with a rebel flag and a guy from somewhere that wasn't even a state then (CA) telling him what to do with it.

Ain't America great?

Go figure............

 

Chances are it won't lead anywhere. It never does. Some people can't accept the fact that the only way they are able to experience their freedom is to let others experience theirs. Shut up G20. I am not racist, I do not have any slaves but you know what? If someone wants their avatar on a chat board to be a flag, so what? Some people have dancing naked ladies. Do you take offense to that and demand change? You can disable avatars in your options. Why don't you go ahead and do that?

 

Thanks for posting the MSN link. Glad to see the Z up there!

WayneTN

 

Actually, California became a state in 1850. Thus, we were a state before the start of the Civil War.

And, we were very much on the side of the Union.


The above commentary is made by an Asian male who no longer actually lives in California, which once passed the "Asian Exclusion Act"...throw that into the mix.


And America is pretty great.

 

whatever im not even black and i find it offensive

 

Care to explain why you find it so offensive?

 

By the same logic, I find the name myinfinitig20 offensive. Please change your name. Thank you.

 

Since he has absolutley no ties to any of the history intertwined with that flag or what it symbolizes, he is offended by it because he has been told he should be.

 

Exactly.

I just wanted to be amused by his answer....thus the question.

 

It's called heritage, not hate. I am a confederate civil war reenactor, and the confederate flag to me is a symbol of my ancestors fight for sovereignty. The more you study the war the more you'd understand the complex mosaic of issues that instigated it. This is America, so if someone has pride in their forefathers and their fight for self determination, then shut your pie hole.

 

My apologies to the good folks from CA. Obviously I have more to learn about history.

Here is an interesting LINK on this topic. It seems that, when they made it to the eastern U.S., the Californians officially fought as the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers.

Thanks for straightening me out.

WayneTN

 

No problem.