Don’t Take Down That Flag!
By L.R. Olsen
In this modern era of altered history and political correctness, our Southern history and heritage often fall victim to distortions and half-truths. Unaware of the facts, people are easy prey to those who would use them as tools in their sleazy political agenda. This is what happened January 17 in Columbia, South Carolina, when hundreds of people marched demanding that the Confederate flag be removed from Statehouse grounds. Since most were outsiders, (Detroit, etc), what right do they have to come here, making demands, without full knowledge of our heritage and history?
Here are some facts. Of the 224 years that slavery was legal in this country, the Stars and Stripes or the British flag flew every one of those years. The Confederate flag flew just four years. In 1776 all 13 colonies held slaves and slavery was guaranteed in the Constitution. Not one Confederate ship brought in slaves and the majority of slaves came in through northern ports and sold by northern slave dealers. If you want to hate a flag of slavery, why not the Stars and Stripes? The British brought in the majority of slaves. Hate the Union Jack. How about the Dutch, Portuguese or Spanish flags? All slave trading countries. (…Full Article)
