The Confederate Flag

I saw a post the other day on Facebook that sadly was posted by a relative. In this post, it said that if you believe that the Confederate Flag is a symbol of racism, then you must believe the icons representing civil rights groups such as the NAACP are also symbols of racism.

To equate a symbol of treason, hate, racism and oppression with symbols of organizations advancing the rights of minorities is disingenuous at best and dangerous at worst.

I have never understood the allure of flying, wearing or glorifying the Confederate flag. Why would anyone, in their right mind, want to brandish a flag of the treasonous losing side in our nation's civil war? Why would anyone want to glorify such a symbol?

Some claim that they brandish the Confederate flag to celebrate "Southern" heritage. But what part of their heritage are they celebrating and why does it have to be Confederate flag to be that symbol?

If the Confederate flag is supposed to be a symbol of celebrating Southern heritage, why does it show up in locations north of the Mason-Dixon line? Why is it brandished by citizens of states that fought against the Confederacy?

No, the Confederate flag is a symbol of treason, racism, oppression and hate. To say or do otherwise is just plain wrong.

And it not lost on me that I write this on Flag Day as celebrated here in the States.