Because people are idiots who go for pithy phrases and popular symbols.
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I thought the American, Mexico, Spain, France and Texas flags would have been OK.
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I"m guessing, but I guess they decided to just make it easier - wipe the whole slate clean.
I agree with you and I couldn’t really figure it out for a minute, but I decided that’s why. Instead of getting into an historical argument they just decided to say it with the American flag.
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And also, the whole of the “history and tradition” these particular idiots purport to be representing is filtered through a durp singularity powered reality distortion field.
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The closest was the Battle Flag of the Army of Tennessee, which was based on the Northern Virginia banner, but rectangular, with no white edging on the blue St. Andrew’s Cross.
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Unfortunately, it is so hard for many to make the distinction.
And, as a matter of our so called 'Southern Gentility", anything that glamorizes the old South, which means owning slaves and yet, 'being a kind to them (ugh), etc., is just wrong.
I will never forget as a young boy of seven being confronted with water fountains that said 'White" and “Colored” and not knowing what to do. My very Northern mother steered me to the ‘white’ fountain with the admonition that it was OK because she was unsure of 'how someone would react." I will never forget that moment. I keep that picture in my head.
We must always confront those who wish us to be less than we know we are. None of us are here by ordination. We are all offspring of immigrants, and this is what makes us strong, proud and, most importantly, the truest symbol of freedom on earth.
Enough is enough. Ya Basta!
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Indeedy.
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Ah, yes. I think we did that already. Oh, by the way, The Union won!
If only you could take your ADD meds and read a book.
(Wishful thinking, I know, but for one brief shining moment, I would like to think he could - I’m not a fool - Just looking for hope!)
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This is the ONE time IMO that the confederate could have been flown … the official name of the park is “Six Flags Over Texas” … and yes, that flag was flying over Texas for a bit. Now, before you jump in in all caps -LOL- it doesn’t matter to me what they did…I’m more disturbed about the “monument” distraction from White Supremacists, ICE being thugs, etc.
A group of protesters gathered, ostensibly to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue
That was a serious omission.
France had a colony at Matagorda Bay in the 1680s and also settlements in East Texas pushing over from the Mississppi. Its why spain put missions in east texas but then consolidated to San Antonio in 1700s when France wasnt as large a threat for permanent settlement and expansion from louisiana.
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The flag people are referring to as the confederate flag was actually the Battle Flag of Northern Virginia, which was later put on the CSA flag calked the bloodstained flag as the war went on. The “CSA” flag stars and bars with circle of stars on blue was official national flag. Thats why the Klan took over the virginia flag, as it was a fighting symbol. I guess the while bloodstained flag mixed with their sheets too much.
As of last year, and possibly before, the Six Flags outside of DC flew the Maryland flag where the Confederate flag used to be.
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Couldn’t have said it better. As a 7th grader (when Texas history is taught), I must have been my teacher’s least-favorite student. I put her on the spot when I asked why no one was ever convicted of murder for the Nueces Massacre. She pretended like she’d never heard of it.
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The lines at the Andersonville coaster are always so long, you end up starving before the end of the ride…
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This comment thread has been a fun read. I have two observations:
- I have about the same memories of going to Six Flags as those of the others. When I think of it now, I remember heat, the smell of asphalt, and the long lines. The water rides made the heat somewhat better, although with the log ride you had to walk around smelling like whatever they put in the water to keep it from becoming something with a life of its own.
- I was also interested in the flag discussion. It is probably true that the original apologists for the “Lost Cause” did choose the battle flag because it was associated with fighting. I would bet that few, if any of the “heritage” buffs who march in support of the Confederate flag and the statues have any sense at all that this is true. They don’t seem to be all that interested in the actual history of the era. It doesn’t take a very deep dive into the historical documents to find evidence of the racism that motivated it. Few people can discuss what rights the “states rights” involved.
I’m also intrigued in the way that history repeats itself. A lot of the people who fought for the Confederacy didn’t own slaves–they, themselves were too poor. The marchers and protesters today are also not in an economic position to benefit from this upheaval they advocate. They may blame minorities for their economic position, but the people who are likely to actually benefit from any change are absolutely not the ones who marched and chanted last week in C-ville.
Right. Thanks for the correction… Posted too quickly.
I was thinking the same thing. It sounds like somebody spoke with the insurance company.
Didn’t mean to pick on you, it just gets me unreasonably irritated. Like when people say “could of” instead of “could’ve”.
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