General Lee Rides Again

Mind two:
In case you weren't aware, it's rant night for the minds.

So this flag bullshit that Mind One was talking about. I'm here with part two.
The Confederate Flag.

So first of all, the flag y'all are posting isn't even the first Confederate flag. Or the second. Or the third even. It's a battle flag y'all are posting everywhere. The flag of General Lee's unit. (Like the car from Dukes of Hazzard. That has that flag on it).

According to Snopes, the Confederate flag never actually represented slavery or racism. It was just a fucking battle flag. That's it.

" The fact that the Confederate battle flag was never the official national flag of the Confederacy is a technical historical aspect which is of little import today — that flag was nevertheless used by officially sanctioned Army and Navy units that fought in the service of the Confederate government, its Southern Cross design was incorporated into the Confederate national flag, and that banner was popularly recognized and regarded at the time as a symbol of the Confederate nation by the people who lived there."
http://m.snopes.com/2015/06/28/confederate-flag-history/

THIS WAS 150 YEARS AGO. AND WAS ONLY USED BY THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE.
You people posting this stuff about racism and slavery and this flag living in Idaho and Oregon, tell me again how it pertains to you exactly, since YOU HAVE NEVER LIVED IN THE SOUTH AND HAVE PROBABLY NEVER EVEN BEEN THERE. REDNECK DOES NOT MEAN SOUTHERN.

Also, flags are used as symbols, which means they can be interpreted every fucking way. A flag did not start slavery, nor did it end it.

So all you ignorant idiots out there posting stuff about the flag, stop unless you have actually done some research or not slept through every single one of your history classes. I have included some handy links for you in case you need some real reliable sources that aren't 100% bullshit. Enjoy.

I'm just gonna go ahead and leave this here for you.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/24/us/confederate-flag-myths-facts/

Mind one.

I'm back again. I'd just like to point out that CNN is defending the Confederate battle flag. Clearly you all should fact check because IT'S A BATTLE FLAG. IT'S NOT A NATIONAL FLAG OF ANYTHING.

The Southern Cross (the proper name for that flag), was a battle flag and the only reason it even exists is because the actual Confederate flag was too similar to the American flag at the time and both sides were getting confused.

In closing, you are all morons. And seriously, do people not have to take history classes???