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State of Mississippi Flag

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  • Canedawg2140Canedawg2140 Posts: 1,832 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Would love to hear more of your perspective as some one who has made several trips to a Native American reservation and spent time with those wonderful people...

  • Raiderbeater1Raiderbeater1 Posts: 3,820 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    It’s funny that people think the crossed Army of Northern VA battle flag is the “confederate” flag when Ga’s new state flag is what actually looks like the original national flag of the CSA.

    Ignorance is bliss.

  • YaleDawgYaleDawg Posts: 7,205 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Does changing the state flag of Mississippi cause ignorance? I've never understood why keeping confederate symbols and statues on public land and in government buildings is so important for history. Don't most people read to learn about history or go to a museum?

    What can you tell me about George Washington from this picture other than he is a man worth memorializing?

  • Filo_BettoFilo_Betto Posts: 443 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    No, bending to every whim of the mob promotes ignorance. For instance, we're living through the early stages of a 2nd French Revolution, but very few people remember from their Western Civ course that feeding the great terror didn't end well for anyone but Napoleon.

  • BankwalkerBankwalker Posts: 5,348 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Moving the goal posts is an appropriate phrase here. When Georgia changed the flag, we were told it was because the battle flag had been adopted by white supremacy groups and the KKK. Those in favor of keeping the flag argued that it was about the heritage of the South. The other side said that wasn’t true, that it was about hate. So the flag was changed. Now we are being told anything related to our heritage is racist. Let this be a reminder to everyone during the next gun control debate.

    As for Mississippi, yeah they should change their flag. Georgia did it. People were upset. People (mostly) got over it.

    Looks like UGA is trying to get ahead of this by forming a committee to study the naming of buildings on campus.

  • BankwalkerBankwalker Posts: 5,348 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Actions not words. What a **** threat to make by that player. He’s not going to play again until the flag is changed? He should just go ahead and transfer and announce the reason why. How does he think it even remotely possible for Mississippi to change the flag before football season? It will take months.

  • YaleDawgYaleDawg Posts: 7,205 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Can you point to a recent event that is similar to the Jacobins storming the royal residence and arresting the king followed by the execution of hundreds of counter revolutionaries?

  • Filo_BettoFilo_Betto Posts: 443 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    Similarities are numerous but I'll give you just one example:

    History is replete with examples of well intended movements which were later hijacked by mobs. The resulting chaos typically ends in tyranny not greater liberty or equality.

  • pgjacksonpgjackson Posts: 18,398 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    I was surprised that Mississippi hadn't changed their flag years ago. I get it...but how many on this forum back in the 70's and 80's watched Dukes of Hazard religiously, wore Southern Cross shirts and flew Southern Cross flags...and none of it was meant to be racist or a white supremacy symbol?

    For me, it was just a cool looking flag. I mean you have to admit it is one of the most striking flag designs ever created. It was also a symbol of the south. Just like SEC pride is different than other conferences, so is being "southern". Southern Pride is a Real thing and it's not a race issue. Unfortunately, the Southern Cross has been hijacked by a small group of idiots (the KKK and various forms of White Supremist organizations are very small) and has mutated into a symbol of hatred.

    Mississippi will rightly change their flag...but not because of some college football player's ultimatum. They will do it because it is the right thing to do. All these players making threats, I'd love to see a coach say "well, bye!"

  • Casanova_FlatulenceCasanova_Flatulence Posts: 3,126 ✭✭✭✭✭ Graduate

    That may have been YaleDawg's intention, but that's not what he said; therefore, Razor2027's response was an accurate one.

    I fail to see how removing symbols of American history will change the plight of a single individual in this country. If someone can quantify such change I'll be happy to revisit my statement. I recommend several on this board get familiar with Thomas Sowell.

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