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Originally Posted by Daradon
See I've always thought that anyone outside of the southern US who wears a Confederate flag or puts it on the truck are even MORE ignorant than those where the flag is actually from. As far as the southern US goes, I don't agree with the tradition argument, I don't agree with the flag, and I'm glad it's finally coming down, but I can understand how people can get swept up in the history of a symbol, especially if they are not educated on it's meaning or use.
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I remember when I was kid and a
huge Guns and Roses fan I saw... I can't remember if it was a music video or a recording of a concert, but anyway it was GnR playing live and Axl Rose had this leather jacket on that had the confederate flag on the back. I had no idea what it was a flag for, other than that I knew it was somehow American and I thought it was so friggin' cool.
Then my brother and I started renting the old Nintendo game North vs. South over and over again and I realized it was associated with the South in the Civil War and I
still thought it was cool.
Then I learned about why the war happened and I realized that it wasn't actually cool at all.