Unjustifyably Polictally Correct

Awaiting for more stuff from my Pocket History Nerd but she says, yes indeed the war over Texas was fought in the winter/spring of 1836.  I KNEW IT!!!!  These guys were smart enough to know that there's not enough water here in the summer to sustain two armies.

This brings to mind an interesting local event.  I've always been taught that during the American Civil War, each side had their own flag to represent themselves.  You had the Union, which was against slavery.  And of course you had the Confederates, which were pro-slavery.

All over the south you will find Confederate flags on bumper stickers, waving from a pole in front yards, on T-Shirts, and bandannas and so on.  This is only allowed because we have in place The Freedom of Speech, which people too often take to mean literal.  PERSONALLY I've always associated the flag with what the Confederacy believed in because they flew it to identify themselves.  So, PERSONALLY I've always associated the Confederate flag with the idea that there is nothing wrong with enslaving an entire race or hating them simply because their skin is a different color.

This is only my own, PERSONAL opinion.  But many others might tend to agree with me.  In a local cemetery, atop a large flag pole, waved a Confederate flag.  It was stolen, never to be seen from again.  Letters to the Editor in the local newspaper have been back and forth on this debate.  Some say the flag represents those who died while fighting for the Confederacy and therefore, the flag should be replaced to honor them.

Well, gee whiz, by all means, lets give HONOR to those who fought and died for the right to enslave men, beat their African children and separate their families.  But that's just my own, personal opinion.  (both sides have been made examples of in the paper, both for and against the disappearance of the Confederate flag)

Can we please settle on one American flag and fly it over one, single nation?  I mean, what is this, Berlin?  Should we construct a great stone wall to divide the north from the south because at one time, very long ago, we held different beliefs?  Slavery was abolished and therefore the flag that represented the side that fought to keep it ought to be ablished as well.  Over two-hundred years have passed and it's about time, dammit!


For the record, I am whiter than white.  I'm European-Mutt-White.  And I hate that people will hate another people because their skin is another color.  I am not superior.  I don't even have blue eyes.  (Settle down; that was a joke)