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Interesting points made by JR...BUT here is the thing......there was a Union army and a Confederate army.....EACH with its own flag....REGARDLESS of what that did or did not stand for, it was their symbol.....THE UNION WON.....if the Confederate Army was fighting against another nation and lost, do you honestly think that nation would allow the Confederate flag to hang?? NO....and if the Confederate army won the Civil War, do you honestly think they would allow the Union flag to hang.....NO....I know that there were many men, women and children both slaves and nonslaves who died defending what they believe in and it is a part of history...BUT that is NOT what the majority of people use the Confederate flag for.....it has become a symbol of hatred......and change does happen over time....if everything stayed the same, this conversation wouldnt even be a topic.....I honestly dont think ANY HUMAN should be used as a mascot for anything....Indians, rebels, patriots, warriors, redskins.....etc etc etc etc.....in fact I have never understood how ANY person can judge any other just by the skin color ( and yes I am white, so white that I make Casper look tanned ) BUT its just weird how SOME whites hate the Native Americans and African Americans when in fact the Indians were on this continent longggg before whites AND it was Whites who brought African Americans to this continent to do the things they were too damn lazy to do themselves!!! MY OPNION ....if it makes you mad then I dont really give a crap.....and besides the majority of the people who are defending the Confederate flag are only doing it to get their 15 SECONDS of "fame" in the spotlight of local TV cameras...I sure didnt see any (excuse my words here) black kids and parents defending the flag on the local TV interviews!! shhhhesssh.....its REDICULOUS!!!! If the US made a low to take down the flag from a state builiding...what in the world makes you think it should hang in ANY school in the US????