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Confederate Flag: Myths And Facts by panafrican(m): 11:07am On Jun 25, 2015

Confederate battle flag: Separating the myths from facts
By Ben Brumfield
Updated 10:33 AM ET, Wed June 24, 2015
(CNN)
The racist massacre in a South Carolina church has tipped the balance in a decades-old tug of war over the meaning of the Confederate battle flag.
Its champions have argued it's a symbol of Southern culture, the historic flag of the South.
Critics say it's a racist symbol that represents a war to uphold slavery and, later, a battle to oppose civil rights advances.
We take a look at the flags of the Confederacy to sort out the facts.
Continue reading @
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/24/us/confederate-flag-myths-facts/index.html

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Re: Confederate Flag: Myths And Facts by gatiano(m): 11:17am On Jun 25, 2015
Both the flags, the confederate and the union, is nonsense, whether myth or otherwise, they are not a flag which represent Truth, Equality and Justice. They are both hate flags.
panafrican:



Re: Confederate Flag: Myths And Facts by igbo2011(m): 1:40pm On Jun 26, 2015
gatiano:
Both the flags, the confederate and the union, is nonsense, whether myth or otherwise, they are not a flag which represent Truth, Equality and Justice. They are both hate flags.

American flag represents the same.
White supremacy
Neocolnialism
new Jim Crow
Capitalism
Slavery

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Re: Confederate Flag: Myths And Facts by igbo2011(m): 5:15pm On Jun 26, 2015
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