"i don't want to get into a history lesson here..but ... actually the most significant thing that flag symbolizes is individual states rights not to be totally controlled by a overbearing federal government. abe lincoln turned it into a cause against slavery because he was rapidly loosing public support for the war. Slavery was not a "southern" thing before it was turned into a "cause" to ralley supprt for the war"
I completely agree with this statement and i have nothing against the Flag.....i think the people that have a problem with it have some other issues within themselves they need to deal with......
foo, this one is completely for you and im not trying to start a flamewar...i should PM this to you to keep it from escalating into something , but maybe others need to hear this...this thread has gone into areas i dont like to get into but something is making me speak my peace......
you say he was into the confederate flag before he know how it offended people(but his own words are that he "wanted to offend people")......ok, that may be true...but at the same time he was into that, he was into David Allen Coe......the flag and Skynyrd were ok, but the people that get into DAC are a special breed of people....have you ever heard his stuff?...how about some lyrics......
http://members.odinsrage.com/rebbiker/Pages/AFNFAQNigSongs.html
NIGGER LOVER
by David Allen Coe
She said some day I'd understand,
What love was all about.
She said I could have the keys;
She was moving out.
Said she'd finally found a man,
Whose dick was so much bigger.
Then that scumbag mother fucker
Ran off with a nigger.
And to think I'd ate the pussy,
Where that big black dick had been.
And kissed the lips that sucked him off,
Time, and time again.
It's enough to make a man throw up,
Sure is hard to figure,
How any decent girl
Could ever fuck a greasy nigger.
He treated her just like a queen,
She gave him all my money.
It looks like the joke's on me,
But I don't think it's funny.
That pussy ain't worth paying for,
As far as I can figure.
Cause there's nothing quite as worthless,
As a White girl with a nigger.
And to think I'd ate the pussy,
Where that big black dick had been,
And kissed the lips that sucked him off,
Time, and time again.
It's enough to make a man throw up,
Sure is hard to figure
How any decent girl
Could ever fuck a goddamned nigger.
So for all you nigger lovin' whores,
This song is just for you!
ok, nuff said...im not gonna sit here and label anyone a racist....the sheet comment was mostly humor.....everybody is a racist to some extent.....i myself have developed a certain hate for Middle Eastern Islamic extremists for some reason......im just trying to say that a guitar isnt an offensive item....its the person playing it.......
yes there is some bad feelings with the Confederate flag for some, but for some its their heritage.....theres some bad feelings with that Japanese...hell they bombed Pearl Harbor and I think they had something to do with a World War....but that Japanese Rising Flag is still cool as shit as people wear it all the time and im sure some people are offended but noone is in an uproar about that......
my Cajun peoples were kicked out of France and Nova Scotia but Im not looking for anyone to stop flying a flag because of it......
people who own Italian restaurants are flying their Italian flags outside, yet they are Americans....nobody thinks that is strange......
im rambling on saying nothing but this: this Confederate Flag isnt about racism to everybody, only the racists.....jsut because something offends somebody doesnt mean it is wrong......