ShootDontTalk wrote:dale blanker wrote:I'm totally baffled as to why anyone would want to tout the Confederate Battle Flag anyway. The Civil War is over at extremely high cost to both North and South. It seems to me that that Southern States should have been allowed to quit the Union but my guess is that they are much better off in it now. We should not forget history but how can there be pride or any satisfaction in remembering our Civil War???
Well let's see why we should remember. 620,000 dead
Americans. Close to 900,000 missing and wounded. 4% of the total population of the entire nation was killed. More soldiers died in prisoner of war camps (both North and South) than died in Vietnam (58,209). Largest number of American battle casualties in a single day, 22,000+. Some died under one flag, some under the other.
All were Americans.
Satisfaction? No. Pride? Absolutely. I'm proud of every single American who ever served and gave the last full measure, regardless of flag. They didn't fight for politics or even country. They fought and died for each other. In the end we learned a tough lesson about brotherhood. If you want to ban "battle flags", ban both.
BTW....the phrase "Confederate Battle Flag" tells us quite a bit about who you are.
You are supporting my point even though you completely missed it. No one is suggesting the civil war be forgotten but
touting the Confederate Battle Flag and remembering the civil war with
pride makes no sense. The civil war is a blot on the history of our great country that we should not forget but should recognize as a major disaster.
Maybe the movies "Gone With The Wind" and "Dances With Wolves" had too big an effect on me(?).
