Question that's been on my mind. (This is my political "sub-blog" and is not friends-only, half-tempted to move it to another blog, "pet peeves", which is... anyway.)
Quite a whole lot of rebels on CT, sporting Confederate Flag images in their galleries, "you'll pry this flag out of my cold dead hands", further to that effect. ("If you don't like it you can k*** my ass"- would rather kick than kiss, thanks v'much; or perhaps both, actually, hatred being, as Kirk Douglas noted, such a wonderful aphrodisiac...)
I don't doubt that states' rights motivated some - some - of the participants in that conflict primarily, though probably few, I would guess; and others to a lesser extent; and it is true that when President Lincoln offered an amendment guaranteeing the institution of slavery where it existed in perpetuity, this was turned down by the leaders of the soon-to-be Confederate States as a possible compromise (if memory serves).
I suppose it more than possible that someone reading this is among the CT rebels. What does it mean to you? Yes, this isn't a case of a large group of people carrying around the svastika and claiming that they're using it in accordance with pre-Weimar State usage (that is, the Indian Sun svastika, rather than the symbol of the Nazi state- and yes, I know the internet rule I just broke, and I'm not really sure I care; I have seen actively white supremacist CT users too, but that's a whole other cup of tea and I do know it); but why nevertheless shouldn't I be upset?
