A flag that ISN'T racist, contrary to what Blacks and liberals will tell you. It is a symbol of pride and heritage to Southerners, while also being a symbol of rebellion and pillaging invaders to millions of people like me in the Midwest and even in the South. Controversies and conflicts over this flag are no doubt the strongest within the Deep South involving the black community.
Here in the southern Midwest, however, it is seen differently. Yes, thousands of people still see it as a symbol of racism, BUT it also represents the Southern Confederate armies and raiders that invaded northwestern/north-central Kentucky throughout the Civil War. They were the ones to break the neutrality of the border state Kentucky and tread upon its soil. They launched attacks on towns and Union garrisons, while the raiders pillaged towns and stores, burned courthouses, abused several citizens during their 4-year reign of terror. Only the efforts and counter-marching of Union forces in the Western Theater, and the determination of Kentucky Home Guards to defend their state against the Southern bastards were what stopped these raiders and armies.
Here in the southern Midwest, however, it is seen differently. Yes, thousands of people still see it as a symbol of racism, BUT it also represents the Southern Confederate armies and raiders that invaded northwestern/north-central Kentucky throughout the Civil War. They were the ones to break the neutrality of the border state Kentucky and tread upon its soil. They launched attacks on towns and Union garrisons, while the raiders pillaged towns and stores, burned courthouses, abused several citizens during their 4-year reign of terror. Only the efforts and counter-marching of Union forces in the Western Theater, and the determination of Kentucky Home Guards to defend their state against the Southern bastards were what stopped these raiders and armies.
I DO NOT see the Rebel Flag as a symbol of racism. As a native of northwestern Kentucky, I see it rather as a symbol of those Southern invaders that attacked my home and its people, tried to destroy the United States, and bring Kentucky into a Southern Confederacy of which it did not belong in. Fortunately, the efforts of the Rebels were stopped.
by Radical Republican November 29, 2004
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