Reply #66: My thoughts:

[Rockholm]

I was born and raised in South Carolina and have lived in Boston for 20 years.

When I see a Confederate flag on the back of a pickup truck from New Hampshire, IT IS RACIST. There is a guy in my town that I see from time to time that has one superimposed on his truck's entire rear window. I REALLY want to ask him where in the south he is from...and then rip him a new one. But I prefer not to get beat up. He is a recist, without a doubt.

Anyway....

Today, I see the Confederate flag mostly as a racist symbol. I grew up next to The Citadel in Charleston. All of the men in my family went there, except me. I remember as a kid going to every football game and watching and cheering the COnfederate flag, the playing of Dixie, etc. It didn't seem racist to me. Especially when the black cadets were waving those flags too..and singing (maybe just mouthing) Dixie.

This is such a tired subject. My "heritage" is the South...my present and my future is THE NORTH.