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We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
Displaying the swatstika is not always a sign of some sort of racist thought... but you did say the "Nazi swatstika" so I assume you meant the red background with the white filled circle around it. Then yeah, that design is almost always a sign of some sort of racist thought.
We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
It's a southern heritage thing. I know many people both black and white that fly the confederate battle flag aka the rebel flag.
We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
To the mainstream, the rebel flag is nothing but a piece of cloth, not even as meaningful as a dinner napkin.
The Civil War decided that fact long ago.
Maybe it is a historically interesting item to him?
Why not ask him directly what the flag means to him?
So what I decide tomorrow may differ from where I am today. Today I don't care.
We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
To the mainstream, the rebel flag is nothing but a piece of cloth, not even as meaningful as a dinner napkin.
The Civil War decided that fact long ago.
Maybe it is a historically interesting item to him?
Why not ask him directly what the flag means to him?
Asking him makes a bad reason a potential sore point for both of us. If I don't ask, I simply wonder. If I ask, my concern may prove founded. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
Bottom line he's never given me reason to suspect he's racist. If anything he's an exemplorary father and that's how I came to notice and befriend him. Of course I tend to get tunnel-vision and a bit obsessive when questions arise chewing on them until they're answered.
We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
To the mainstream, the rebel flag is nothing but a piece of cloth, not even as meaningful as a dinner napkin.
The Civil War decided that fact long ago.
Maybe it is a historically interesting item to him?
Why not ask him directly what the flag means to him?
Asking him makes a bad reason a potential sore point for both of us. If I don't ask, I simply wonder. If I ask, my concern may prove founded. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
Bottom line he's never given me reason to suspect he's racist. If anything he's an exemplorary father and that's how I came to notice and befriend him. Of course I tend to get tunnel-vision and a bit obsessive when questions arise chewing on them until they're answered.
And I agree with your approach. If he is your neighbor, it is probably best not to sow any seeds of alienation.
I have been neighbors with some admitted racists, some for many years, who actually told me:
"You're different", at which I laughed to myself, and said "yeah, right".
At the end of the day, that neighbor, racist or not, could end up being the guy who helps you in a crisis, simply because he is nearby.
Let him fly his flag and think as he pleases. It's just a piece of cloth.
We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
To the mainstream, the rebel flag is nothing but a piece of cloth, not even as meaningful as a dinner napkin.
The Civil War decided that fact long ago.
Maybe it is a historically interesting item to him?
Why not ask him directly what the flag means to him?
Asking him makes a bad reason a potential sore point for both of us. If I don't ask, I simply wonder. If I ask, my concern may prove founded. Sometimes ignorance is bliss.
Bottom line he's never given me reason to suspect he's racist. If anything he's an exemplorary father and that's how I came to notice and befriend him. Of course I tend to get tunnel-vision and a bit obsessive when questions arise chewing on them until they're answered.
And I agree with your approach. If he is your neighbor, it is probably best not to sow any seeds of alienation.
I have been neighbors with some admitted racists, some for many years, who actually told me:
"You're different", at which I laughed to myself, and said "yeah, right".
At the end of the day, that neighbor, racist or not, could end up being the guy who helps you in a crisis, simply because he is nearby.
Let him fly his flag and think as he pleases. It's just a piece of cloth.
Like every other 'piece of cloth' it's a symbol and people kill and die with smiles on their faces for symbols. It's not nothin'.
I don't think that flag is is racist. And I'm from Ohio.We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
The tasteless display of Confederate flags by white trash idiots is one of my pet peeves.We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
Hey, I have all sorts of Confederate ancestors on both sides of the family.We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
It's a southern heritage thing. I know many people both black and white that fly the confederate battle flag aka the rebel flag.
What I wondered. Could be proud of some ancestor even on the Confederate side while not endorsing every little position he may have held.
Do you see the confederate flag as a racist symbol, or a piece of heritage as some claim? What is your background?We all know displaying a Nazi swaztika is a sign of some sort of racist thought, but what about the 'Rebel flag?' Just saw a neighbor's when he invited me recently and I like the guy. If he's racist it'll be quite a shock to me. Is there then any benign non-racist motive to flying that flag?
