Blacks have always had a small corner of twisted Negros. In fact, every group has them. The Jewish people had wealthy American Jews in California that turned their backs on the Holocaust. I know of this type of Black American, personally. It’s the strangest thing in the world to, actually, engage them. It’s like the film, “The Body Snatchers.”

Me and mine will continue to speak out for our ancestors and future kinfolk against this manmade idol.

I have long believed that the Civil War was fought over state’s rights not slavery, but we will leave that debate for another day. Yes blacks did fight for the Confederacy, and the Confederate battle flag – the real flag being discussed as most do not even know what the actual flag of the Confederacy (which Mr Edgarton does carry) looks like – is offensive to many today.

The real question is not if we are going to disagree over the past – we as a society always will – but what we can do to build respect for both sides of the debate in the future. The South does have a proud legacy with some VERY VERY low points, and the northern US has similar issues – their view of the Irish being a good example. In the end both sides should be able to discuss their views and opinions without being labeled as bigots, hate mongers, frauds, or unintelligent beings. Southern pride is fine, but it should acknowledge the mistakes of the past as well. Northern arrogance should acknowledge that the South is not full of hillbillies, bigots and simpletons and that many decent, intelligent and honorable Southerners do exist and that all Southern’s are bigots.

In the end H.K. is fighting a uphill battle, but it is one that we support his right to fight and one that we hope some will learn some facts from, but in the end he must act a bit more reasonablely when challenged. That will increase his impact not marginalized it.

To make a long story short, I still celebrate Christmas as the birthday of Christ, although He may not have been born on that day. What does this have to do with a Black man celebrating the confederacy? Sometimes we (mankind in general) embrace something because we do not understand it’s full history in context. While I’m sure Blacks fought for the confederacy, I doubt they were aware that the freedom/slavery of Blacks and the economic impact of such was an intergral component of the argument of state’s rights. In addition to this point, the history of the South is rich in many areas such as agriculture, industry, and a slower paced quality if life. But the Confederacy’s view of Blacks, slavery, and the assumed ordination by God for free labor from Blacks and Indians is not one of them.

The gentleman in this article is sincere, but is sincerely wrong. I don’t think civil rights organanizations need to make the removal of confederate flags from state grounds a priority per se, but neither is there a need to whitewash the events/circumstances that led to the Civil War, which I feel were God’s judgement on this country because of slavery