How come the Government and nobody else has a problem with people flying the Confederate flag?
821776
The CSA flag is a flag foreign to most local jurisdictions.  Most towns, as municipal corporations, are incorporated like any corporation with the state in which they are in.  As such, the flags of any other state, the federal American flag and the CSA flag are all technically foreign to their own state and its' flag.  Depending on the specific wording of their codes, regulations, policies and ordinances, such prohibitions may act to prohibit much more than they might otherwise anticipate.  Remember, the CSA, just like the Ottoman Empire, the ancient Roman Empire, the Third Reich and the Soviet Union is equally foreign as it had its own system of government and state.
10821
well they might be condemners of usa or probably just don't like the government of feel that the nation is corrupt.\nor maybe bigots who don't believe that humans can do such a thing
951345
Firstly the UK has four different Nations each with a different legal system (Scoland, Wales, England and Ireland), there is no lwa in any the prohibits the flying of a flag specifically, however, some peole may fall foul of local building codes etc. \n\nI personally fly the Salitre (The scottish flag) on my property and feel that it is one of the many patrotric things that we would do well to incoporate from the USA.
847630
why would you be obligated to pledge allegiance to anything ? i dint agree with schools whether public or college should make any student pledge allegiance. I was taught to speak up for myself and i think why should we pledge to a flag who's government has done nothing but enslaved people, create unnecessary wars and dint care about anyone else but themselves. So what its a flag big deal ! so i dint know if you have to say it in N.C. but you shouldn't have to there or any where else. look at it this way the constitution gives you the right to express yourself ..and here is me expressing myself ..that document was written for middle age -Caucasian men only.
514003
I don't know which flag you are asking about, but if any flag has to fly, that should be a USA flag. It was in USA when, 2 centuries ago, workers went on national strike because they were made to work over 12 hours a day. They demanded to work at least 8 hours a day. Many people had to die during that strike, fired at by policemen, before their demand was granted. So, that strike was supported by many people from all over the world, which is the reason why today May 01 is Workers Holiday all over the world.
1039683
They are doing it because they feel "it's morally right" f**k that it is not morally right follow the constitution and become and american or GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!\nDoes anyone else have a problem with them flying the mexican flag in america?
670598
The Confederate Flag was flown for the Southern States during the time of the Civil War.  Black people fought for the South and well as for the North.  \n\nThis was a terrible event in history where many young men lost their lives to fight for what they believed in. \n\nThe history of America should not be erased because of the design on a piece of cloth. It is a rememberance of a time in history that was very devasting to all mankind. \n\nIf people would study their history they would find that a black man brought the blacks from Africa telling them of a better life in America and sold them for slaves and that a White man "Abraham Lincoln" freed them from slavery.\n\nThe Confederate Flag is not a symbol of Racism or hatred but a sign of our history and heritage.
790163
Most people believe that the Confederate Flag (more correctly known as the Confederate Battle Flag) is a symbol of hatred and division. They have been taught that the Civil War was fought because of slavery, and they feel that everyone who fought for the Confederacy were slave owners and believed in slavery.\n\nThere are others who are using this misconception for their own political agenda, and to CAUSE the hatred and division that they are screaming about. By maintaining this hatred, and racial tension, they gain and keep hold of the public's attneion, and the fame and power that comes with it. It is very much like the Whitre Supremist groups that spot false "evidence" in order to maintain their power in the public eye. Without the hatred and TV cameras that they need to spread their falsehoods, they just become another worthless, faceless person in the crowd.\n\nThe simple fact of the matter is this: 98% of the people who fought in the gray uniforms had never seen a slave before. Slave owners were usually rich, and it has almost always been the middle income and the poor who have populated the world's military services. They couldn't have cared one way or another if another rich boy had a few slves or not... it didn't affect his life in the very least.\n\nFinally, the Civil War was fought for a few reasons, the main one being the issue of State's Rights. The Confederate States believed that each state knew more what its citizenry needed and wanted than some faceless beauracrat in some city so far removed from them that they didn't know anything about them. The Confederate States believed in a weak centralized government and that the states had more rights than that centralized government. THAT is what the majority of the boys in gray were fighting for. \n\nThe Confederate Flag is very simply the flag they took into battle, and means nothing more than the UNion Jack, or the Maple Leaf, or the Rising Sun.
895557
I live in Kentucky so I'm used to seeing the rebel flag. They argue that it's their heritage. I still think it's completely disrespectful to African Americans and the progress that we've all made as a society. The flag is just to reminiscent of a not so distant past that was filled with nightmares. \n\nI did a research report about the flag my senior year of high school. I found that most people who proudly display that flag don't even know everything that it represents. And I hate those shirts that say If this shirt offends you then you need a history lesson. I just want to scream, I've had my history lesson redneck. You're the one who needs to get an education. The civil war is over, the rebels lost, and we have a new national flag. OMG!! Yes, that much has really changed. \n\nOh I just wanted to add b/c I read something above me about it not representing racism. After losing the war six Confederate veterans started the Ku Klux Klan.The Klan grew quickly with the addition of more former rebel soldiers. They reeked violence such as rape, murder, beatings, lynching, and burnings on African Americans. \n\nWhen you display the American flag on your shirt it’s because you support America and it’s cause. By displaying the rebel flag you are in turn saying you support the rebels and their cause. You may argue that it’s your heritage, but that can be debated. If an Indian wore a shirt displaying a swastika and then explained to you that before it was a symbol of hate it was an Indian symbol for good luck (which is true). Would you be any less outraged? Would this appear any less disrespectful to the Jews and the American soldiers who fought in WWII? After all it is his heritage, right? \n\nThe flag stood for so much wrong in the past that you can't wipe away all of that hate. There's nothing you can do to make that flag okay. It's racist and it's disrespectful.
508754
The thing that gets me is that the Union flag (U.S. flag) was used at a time when blacks were slaves in the North too. George Washington himself owned many slaves under the colonial flag. I don't hear black people complaining about that! I think blacks look for a good excuse to look for something to protest about anything. The real reason the Civil War was fought was over the issue of states rights NOT over slavery as many believe. The Confederate flag stands for the South and the South is no more guilty of slavery than the Union flag.
573366
Although, I AM one to "uphold" heritage , reinstating that flag would cause enormous racial problem's. In the eye's of African-Americans, that flag represents hatred, hanging's, brutality, injustice, ETC ETC ETC.\n\nAs a true "Southern Gentleman/Lady", we must begin to understand that ,although, our heritage does include the "rebel flag", the Civil War is over! You can be proud of your southern upbringing, but to raise that flag is an effrontery to 1/4 of our American citizen's. And this will not do!\n\nAmerica is the "melting pot". It is time for all of us to start "melting".
221479
People do have a right to burn a lot of things, including a flag!  But if you are burning the American flag, then you might as well set yourself on fire!  That's because the American flag stands as a symbol for the freedom of expression, and the freedom to burn flags!  And if you are burning the symbol of expression, the very symbol which allows you to burn the flag itself, then in effect you are rejecting you freedom of expression which the American flag stands for!  If you are burning the flag, you are basically saying that you do not want to have freedom to express yourself constructively, and in a positive manner!  In a sense you are rejecting the very freedom which enables you to burn the flag!  It does seem kind of odd for most people that anybody would want to burn the flag of their own country, especially a country which is very tolerant of these types of irrational expressions!  All I am trying to say is - don't bite the hand that fed you!  If you do not like this country, then leave!  Go to Canada, or Mexico, or Iran, (while there, try burning that country's flag for everybody to see, I would pay money to see that)!  But no, you see just the opposite happening, more people want to come to this country, because this country more than any other allows for Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness, and amongst many other things, the right to express yourself, and speak your mind!  No, I am not saying that this country is perfect, but compared to the rest of the world, it just might be!
737372
When it comes to issues like the war......some people really take offense on both sides, and there is occaisonal violence.\n\nRemember the civil rights struggle? People exercised their freedoms....and were attacked!\n\nThis is a free nation, and it's sad when there is a hazard while exercising freedom!
962358
It is a representation of heritage. Asking southerners to not display it or wear it on their clothing is like asking someone who moves here from Africa or Italy or wherever, not to display their flag or heritage. It's the same thing. So I guess the people who hate seeing the confederate flag should also get angry when people display their state flag or their home country's flag.
131638
Yes. People are free to interpret any respresentation any way they wish. That's part of what that flag represents.
8132
"A while ago, the US government released guidelines for proper display of the flag. When the flag is not a “real” flag on a flagpole – like on a patch or painted on a vehicle, the blue star field must always point in the direction of movement. That way, the flag always looks like it’s blowing in the wind. It is not all Army patches that are reversed – only the right arm. The left arm is already oriented in the proper direction. It’s not just patches that follow these guidelines. \n\nTake a look at airplanes, Greyhound busses, Humvees – any moving vehicle that has a flag painted on it. The right side of the vehicle has the flag painted reversed, and the left side is “right.” \n\nIn a weird way, it kinda makes sense."
622381
It is a common urban legend that the Texas flag is the only state flag that is allowed to fly at the same height as the U.S. flag. Allegedly, Texas has this right inherently (as a former independent nation), or because it negotiated special provisions when it joined the Union (this version has been stated as fact on a PBS website). However, the legend is false. Neither the Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States nor the Ordinance of Annexation contain any provisions regarding flags. According to the United States Flag Code, any state flag can be flown at the same height as the U.S. flag. The U.S. flag must be on its right (the viewer's left), however.\n\n\nHope this helps :)