Lol, **** you in the ear.

Nice pivot attempt dickhead, has nothing to do with the confederate flag.

Its not an either/or. You dont have to support confederate flag wavers or occupy.

Silverman,

I still want an answer to this question, which I have asked several times:

Should I care whether anyone is offended by my hypothetical Confederate flag so long as my heart is pure? In other words, does it matter how others will interpret my gesture?

For a time I went to Jefferson Davis High School across town from Robert E. Lee High School. Flag doesn't fly over them, but that **** still stands like deadly ironic monuments to failure.

My high school frequently played JD and Robert E. Lee in sports.

Arse it is, then. Good talk.

FWIW, I don't necessarily have a problem with honoring soldiers who fought for the Confederacy (though it needs to be done in an inoffensive way). Lots of Confederate soldiers were 16-18 year old kids who ended up dying in a war that they didn't start.

What I object to vehemently are jackasses who fly the Confederate flag as a matter of regional pride because, you know, who gives a **** whether anyone else finds it offensive.

I also object strongly to state politicians who think that it is important for some reason to fly Confederate flags off of government buildings.

Same difference?

"Honoring" the soldiers is probably not the correct term. "Remembering" them is probably better.

Honestly, if there was a wall in Berlin that listed all the names of German soldiers who died in WWII, I wouldn't visit it, but it wouldn't offend me. I think that it is important to remember the human cost of wars on all sides.

If the memorial somehow presented a gauzy view of National Socialism, Third Reich, Hitler, etc., or downplayed German atrocities, that would offend me greatly.

I think that it would suck horribly to be coming of age in a society that was as off base morally as the Confederate South or Germany circa 1935.

"Remembering" has no community benefit that could be parsed out from the misguided sentiment of honoring a decidedly dishonorable cause. "Remembering" is personal, and can be left to those who have a direct lineage to specific people since only they know what good was in those foul animals.

If anything, the community should be celebrating their defeat, something separate from memorial day. I'm thinking fireworks, weed laden mistletoe like decorations under which interracial kissing is encouraged, and the passing out of confederate flag toilet paper- one "stars and bars" per square.

Some might consider it treasonous.

b

What comes to most of the world's mind:
Hiroshima.
Nagasaki.
Korea.
Vietnam.
Michael Jackson.
Iraq.
Afghanistan.

Those who know a bit more think about:
Guatemala.
Chile.
Iran.
etc.

A list of countries we beat, mostly, and the most talented performer to have walked the Earth. USA #1.

Not even close. Most people around the world have favorable opinions of usa#1, even if you dont. http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/01/11/who-loves-and-hates-america-a-revealing-map-of-global-opinion-toward-the-u-s/