Overkill 2
I have been quite clear over my opinion that flying the Confederate Flag is generally in bad taste and often offensive. Indeed, its display is often purposely offensive, intentionally signifying base and repulsive political and social positions.
Nevertheless, recognizing that does not mean that we should deny the Civil War. Indeed, we must remember the Civil War, what caused it, why it happened, and what lessons we can draw from it.
This seems to me to be overkill. Note that Fredricksburg is surrounded by Civil War battlefields: Wilderness, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg itself. Note, also, that this is a private business and I suspect it is more concerned with not alienating potential customers than it is with making any kind of statement.
The Muvico theater includes a Civil-War themed bar and the mural is painted on a wall of an outside seating area. The mural depicts a U.S. flag on one side, a Confederate flag on the other, and has stars, an eagle and other adornments.
If it weren’t for the offensive uses of the Confederate flag, a plainly commemorative use such at this would not be noticed.
May 20, 2010 at 10:04 am
In Dallas, in the 60’s, you could always tell a redneck from sane people.
The rednecks were the ones who had the confederate flag as rooftop ornaments on their cars.
Especially the Grand Dragon of the KKK. Yes, I saw his car, when my mother went out with him. Two or three times, then decided he was nuts & stopped. Probably because she was a “liberal Yankee”, they didn’t have much in common, I wouldn’t think.
May 20, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Except at Civil War battlefields, displays of the Confederate flag usually reveal ulterior motives.
We all know what the war was about. Only bigots try to claim it was about something else.
I’m a Southern Boy. I know the code.