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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 time. If you look back, what was the Constitution based on? A group of people that had a disagreement with a King. What did they do? Simply, they left. I'd leave it like that but, that seems a little childish and there was more to it than that.

There will always be something in our history that we may not want to be reminded of. It's how we place that issue in our minds that helps us rationalize it. If it is something like the issue of the Confederate flag we need to ask ourselves some questions. One being, "Was that flag a part of our history, be it good or bad?" Maybe the question needs to be, "Does that flag represent something that was changed of a significant historical event?" Still another. "Are we afraid that it will lessen other Country's view of the U.S.?" Seems to me that there are some of those same issues that are going on in other Countries right now.

What were those issues? Freedom comes to mind here. Human Rights is another. The Civil War is a part of our history whether we like it or not. The Confederate flag is nothing more than a relic that represents that part of our history. I know that my southern brothers and sisters are waving the flag crisply right now, but I am not saying that the flag should be banned. What I am trying to point out to all those that are taking issue with the flag is that by saying that the Confederate flag should be banned is like saying the Statue of Liberty needs to be hidden from view in the New York harbor. The Statue of Liberty is another part of our history and it represents more than Freedom. It represents hope.

The Confederate flag could be looked at in the same way. Freedom and hope. Hope that our Country will never see the horrific battles that the Civil War brought about. Hope that our Country will take that experience and use it to show other Countries what came out of a basic perseverance of a human right. Maybe that Confederate flag could represent that there are other ways to achieving an ends to a means.

You can't change history and so it goes without saying that it doesn't matter if the Confederate flag is banned or not. The history is still there and that can not be changed or banned.

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