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Should the Confederate flag be banned?

Results so far:

Yes
27% 86 votes Total: 321 votes
No
73% 235 votes
  • 1 of 10

    by Morgan Johnson

    Yes the confederate flag should be banned. I can understand the attachment many people have for the flag. The stars and bars are a potent symbol of Southern heritage and Sout...read more

  • 2 of 10

    by F. Kenneth Taylor

    I have a question for the Southerners who believe there's nothing wrong or racially discriminating about the Confederate Flag. How do you feel about the banning of burning the ...read more

  • 3 of 10

    by Charles Ayres

    The confederate flag should be permanently removed from American society for a lot of reasons. Anyone who says the flag represents anything besides hatred, racism, and successio...read more

  • 4 of 10

    by Sam Hernandez

    Imagine if you will that you and your family are considered sub-human without any rights. You are forced laborers who work without pay, confined to live in deplorable conditions...read more

  • 5 of 10

    by Marcus Brooks

    Free speech has always been free speech. However, if Southerners are opposed to me hanging a Black Panther Party flag, they shouldn't be hanging their raggedty, Rebel one! My ...read more

  • 6 of 10

    by POETRY JONES

    I feel the confederate flag should be banned. Reason being, it is a sign that holds horrible memories for a great number of black Americans. It sends a statement that the Klan...read more

  • 7 of 10

    by Miranda Rhuda

    I don't think that the confederate flag should be banned. However, that does not mean that I condone the reason for which others display it. I say, "the reason for which others ...read more

  • 8 of 10

    by Jennifer M Scott

    The confederate flag should be banned on all public buildings. It would be ideal to ban them everywhere unfortunately persons who believe in the confederate flag exercise their ...read more

  • 9 of 10

    by Aldo Bonincontro

    I try to learn something about U.S, history without any expectation to be or become an expert of it and I notice that, after the independence in 1776, this new Country, former E...read more

  • 10 of 10

    by Marilyn Howard

    Not only should the flag be banned, but it is high time we banned the attitude behind the flag as well. A flag is just a flag, it is the people behind the flag that makes it sta...read more

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  • 1 of 18

    by Nathaniel Whitley

    As a Southerner myself, I am both tickled and a bit irritated every time I hear parents or teachers telling kids the Civil War was fought over slavery. These days people are up ...read more

  • 2 of 18

    by Rayne Britt

    To some, the Confederate flag is a sign of a past they prefer to ignore. They see it as a sign of slavery or racism. But to southerners (and yes, I am one), the flag represents ...read more

  • 3 of 18

    by DCMerkle

    If we are to stand by our Constitution, then we need to realize that the Constitution was written for everyone. There may be some things in it that we may not agree with all the...read more

  • 4 of 18

    by Bobby Brown

    Regardless of how one feels when they view the "Stars and Bars", banning the display of it is clearly a ban on free speech, something that I am against wholly. This is (still) ...read more

  • 5 of 18

    by Bronte

    Pride, as we know, is a double-edged sword. The Confederate flag is a reminder, honoring those who fought and died beneath its furl, just as the many who died wearing union blue...read more

  • 6 of 18

    by Richard Martens

    The question of the banning of the confederate flag is an issue that is complicated and full of history. However I believe that they main thrust of this argument is about the f...read more

  • by Shane Jackson

    To say the confederate flag represents all evil and should be banned is a complete admission of ones ignorance. One cannot dictate the thoughts and feelings of others. The very ...read more

  • 8 of 18

    by Foxbaron

    If we ban the Confederate flag than why don't we just ban American History. Why not rewrite the history books to make everybody feel good. Some people consider it to be racist...read more

  • 9 of 18

    by Julianne Smith

    It is upsetting when people get offended by symbols and objects that are part of our American history. The Civil War was a terrible time of separation for our country, but it wa...read more

  • 10 of 18

    by Katherine White

    The Confederate flag is just as much a part of our history as the American flag. What right does any body have to tell the south what flag they can have. I find many things offe...read more

  • 11 of 18

    by Skathock Motyka

    The Confederate Flag is an important part of US history. It flew over the South during the civil war and in it's own way is as important as the US Flag. Americans are getting ...read more

  • 12 of 18

    by Randy Scott

    The Confederate flag stands for slavery, repression, succession and other nasty things. For others it stands for dignity, nationhood and pride among other things. This flag hold...read more

  • 13 of 18

    by Joseph Malek

    Those who would like to ban the use of the "Confederate Flag" from the people who still display that flag at various events and on various items do not, most likely, believe in ...read more

  • 14 of 18

    by Ted Sherman

    I'm very offended when I see picketers who march around during protests flying communist flags, banners with pictures of Che Guevera, Mao Tse Tung, Fidel Castro and the chicken-...read more

  • 15 of 18

    by Matthew Soo

    Southern pride or racial prejudice? The Stars and Bars (and other Southern flags) have been controversial since it's inception in 1861 and continues to be a hot topic here in t...read more

  • 16 of 18

    by Andrea Miller

    No, the confederate flag should not be banned for two very important reasons. Number one, it has always been said that you need to read and learn all you can about history other...read more

  • 17 of 18

    by Themis Libra

    The Confederate flag should not be banned at all - the only people who see it as a sign of racism are the racists. The Confederate flag is a part of U.S. history and not because...read more

  • 18 of 18

    by Bill Whitney

    Just why in the hell would anybody think that the Confederate flag should be banned. I like the Confederate Flag and I can see no reason whatsoever that it should ever be bann...read more

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