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(17,199 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2015, 02:35 PM Jun 2015

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A Tale of Two Flags ... Any Questions? [View all]

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A Tale of Two Flags ... Any Questions? [View all] napkinz Jun 2015 OP

K&R all over the damn place! marym625 Jun 2015 #1

thanks marym625 napkinz Jun 2015 #3

Thank you marym625 Jun 2015 #6

you're welcome marym625 ... now what is NBC going to do about Todd? napkinz Jun 2015 #25

I don't think he would make it there. marym625 Jun 2015 #27

"it must have been tweeted to Todd close to a 100 times." napkinz Jun 2015 #28

Oh he was. by thousands. literally marym625 Jun 2015 #32

K&R livetohike Jun 2015 #2

thanks livetohike napkinz Jun 2015 #4

let me add, "This Is Your Country On White Supremacy." napkinz Jun 2015 #5

This. n/t jtuck004 Jun 2015 #7

also from Tim Wise napkinz Jun 2015 #8

Excellent! scarletwoman Jun 2015 #22

apt name napkinz Jun 2015 #30

Very much so. nt scarletwoman Jun 2015 #34

+1 daleanime Jun 2015 #11

Great meme Gothmog Jun 2015 #9

K&Major R..... daleanime Jun 2015 #10

It still boggles mind on how they can say... Lobo27 Jun 2015 #12

Rebellion is not a states right. Its Treason! d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #14

it's called denial ... napkinz Jun 2015 #20

The term "states' rights" IS about slavery. calimary Jun 2015 #29

"Yeah, thanks atwater, you schmuck! " napkinz Jun 2015 #51

sure it was--about the states' rights to allow slavery! niyad Jun 2015 #33

Lincoln himself at first said it was not about slavery Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #35

Yes Lincoln had to justify freeing the slaves fasttense Jun 2015 #38

And yet, 4 of the Confederate states did not secede Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #61

Any questions? None that I can think of. calimary Jun 2015 #13

... napkinz Jun 2015 #21

Bingo! Way to zero in on the real fact of the matter, calimary. brush Jun 2015 #67

the denial is strong on this passiveporcupine Jun 2015 #15

oh, well, they have black friends napkinz Jun 2015 #26

K&R myrna minx Jun 2015 #16

States Rights my ass! yellowcanine Jun 2015 #17

Debunking the Conservative Lie That the Confederacy Wasn’t About Racism and Slavery napkinz Jun 2015 #24

Damn! heaven05 Jun 2015 #18

and let's hope pushing those states to take down the damn flag ... napkinz Jun 2015 #37

It would be well to remember... malthaussen Jun 2015 #19

I agree-- the question is not so cut-and-dried Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #36

Not just ambivalent he was a white supremacist before his election. Leontius Jun 2015 #45

IMO, white supremacy was deeply ingrained in the nation's psyche. malthaussen Jun 2015 #48

Free Blacks were not welcome in most of the "Free States" Leontius Jun 2015 #53

You are correct Art_from_Ark Jun 2015 #60

I always appreciate knowing the history behind a subject Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #46

And Lincoln eventually evolved on the issue awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #47

I think he did, yes. malthaussen Jun 2015 #49

In Team of Rivals awoke_in_2003 Jun 2015 #50

The Emancipation Proclamation in fact DID free slaves D Gary Grady Jun 2015 #64

True BKH70041 Jun 2015 #71

Until Federal forces advanced, anyway D Gary Grady Jul 2015 #73

K&R jwirr Jun 2015 #23

k and r niyad Jun 2015 #31

k&r Little Star Jun 2015 #39

Let's hear it from the cross burners . .. HughBeaumont Jun 2015 #40

thank you HughBeaumont for sharing! napkinz Jun 2015 #42

What the simpletons who defend the Stars and Bars don't seem to comprehend... gregcrawford Jun 2015 #41

Not technically the "Stars and Bars" D Gary Grady Jun 2015 #65

Cool gregcrawford Jun 2015 #66

Welcome to DU, D Gary Grady! calimary Jun 2015 #69

Was born in AL and live in GA relayerbob Jun 2015 #43

Like you, I was born and raised in the south... Grammy23 Jun 2015 #44

Late to this Delphinus Jun 2015 #52

It great Third Doctor Jun 2015 #54

"Generations later they vote against their own best interests for the same reasons" napkinz Jun 2015 #55

... napkinz Jun 2015 #56

You ladies and gentlemen are smoking some strong dope.... Rafale Jun 2015 #57

huh? napkinz Jun 2015 #59

I am one of the very rare Latino-Americans, whose Dr. Xavier Jun 2015 #58

Good point! tblue Jun 2015 #63

And anyone who defends or promotes that POS flag tblue Jun 2015 #62

Ted Cruz's South Carolina Leadership Team Defends Confederate Flag napkinz Jun 2015 #72

Only 1.7 % of the conferderate people owned slaves maindawg Jun 2015 #68

To Borrow From Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down This Flag!" napkinz Jun 2015 #70