metalhead wrote:JoeTerp wrote:metalhead wrote:Hey Joe, been hearing from some American buddies that some people in the south have been raising confiderate flags in some towns.
This must be a scary situation.
people have been raising Confederate flags for over a hundred years. A lot of state capitols up until very recently and I still think some might, fly it along with teh state flag and American flag.
Though what if Obama wins? some southerners won't take that lightly because there is still alot of racisim issues going on there.
Obama doesn't have anything to do with slavery in America. His father was born in Africa.
Plus the flag to most people represents states rights and the people that died trying to fight for them. A large majority of the people that fought in the civil war for the south were NOT slave owners. Today, most southerners are the most patriotic Americans, and on top of that they feel a deeper connection to other southerners and their connected southern lifestyle. Only a very vrey very very very small percentage of people who wave the confederate flag do it as a way to intimidate black people. And I personally would be shocked if someone actually assasinated him or even tried to. The only thing that makes me worry is that the only people crazy enough to hate black people that much, would also be crazy enough to kill someone