beagle9
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It just all depends on the meaning that anything has or that it is being used for in the eyes of the user, and that is what the bottom line is on this kind of stuff. Take the N-word for example, and how it was changed to become more usable by those who wanted to use it in a better more (brotherly) way, and to get the word away from the stereotyping usage and demoralizing usage it was being used for, and to get rid of the sting that it carried with it, so they changed it to mean something else to them or amongst their groups.
The Southern flag also took on a more modern symbolism, that didnot carry with it anylonger for many, the old racist symbolism it once carried with it way in the past, but instead was changed to mean a redneck southern fried turkey style or southern culture, that is representitive of all southerners who use it in this way, and that for which includes the history of ones heritage in southern culture, southern cooking, nascar, hunting, barefootin, monster trucks, fishing and so on and so forth. The gays have their flag, the blacks have their flag, the American mexicans have been flying their flag here, the pirates have their flag, and so on and so forth, so I guess the southerners want their flag also.
The Southern flag also took on a more modern symbolism, that didnot carry with it anylonger for many, the old racist symbolism it once carried with it way in the past, but instead was changed to mean a redneck southern fried turkey style or southern culture, that is representitive of all southerners who use it in this way, and that for which includes the history of ones heritage in southern culture, southern cooking, nascar, hunting, barefootin, monster trucks, fishing and so on and so forth. The gays have their flag, the blacks have their flag, the American mexicans have been flying their flag here, the pirates have their flag, and so on and so forth, so I guess the southerners want their flag also.