can I burn tea instead??  tea bags maybe? what if I make them spell out something witty and set them on fire in the view of the tea party ??

Jeez! that was 150 years ago. get a life. what you gonna burn next the american flag cause we want to protect our borders?

.......protest against the right's exploitation of racial prejudice for political gain....

There isn't many things more pathetic than the left side of the political spectrum talking about exploitation of race seeing as how that's there only means of power. What the left has done to African Americans is unforgivable. You are simply awful, awful people.

Star; you are putting words in my mouth. I am not defending the Confederate flag per se and to link that flag with the Nazi flag is not right. Without a doubt, almost any racist sees that flag as a rallying point, but there are just as many people who see that flag differently and it's not fair to lump them all together. (but as a liberal, that's how you roll, I understand that) The Confedrate flag means nothing to me other than a historical artifact. I understand the emotions it brings up and I would never have one or ever fly one. If long hair, FM listening, maggot infested hippies living off their daddy's corporate money want to burn a US flag as a means to get laid, I understand that falls under free speech and I'm not going to try and stop them. But as usual, you lefties are always the ones forcing your viewpoint on others so go ahead and walk up to the nearest Bubba flying his flag and start dumping gas on it. Before you do, sign your Savage's title over to me, will ya? Ineed a couple spare parts..


And yes, you and your lefty brothers are doing your best to re-enslave the black race by replacing plantation owners with Democratic Congressmen and Senators. You really are awful people.

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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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Those who won the "War for Southern Independence" also called the  "War of Northern Aggression" proved that The Declaration of Independence was wrong.  

yea the idea and pratice of Slavery was on the way out no matter who won the war

A historan once told me of a  march in protest of the war started by the Firemen of NewYork.  It seemed they were in support of States having the right to leave the union and that federal troops shot and killed hundreds of them to "Disperce the Mob". or as I would say "put the flames of Freedom out befor they could spread".

First, I do not support burning confederate flags -- in order to burn one, you have to buy one first, and do you really want to support the confederate flag making industry?

Second, let me recommend some books -- "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin.  Great reading, and it really shows the development of the Union's war goals as the conflict proceeded.
http://www.doriskearnsgoodwin.com/

Next, for the Jim Crow era, there's "Slavery by Another Name" by Douglas Blackmon, Atlanta Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal:
http://www.slaverybyanothername.com/

Finally, if you're in the mood for something a bit left of center (but still well documented and grounded in facts), there's "Lies My Teacher Told Me" and "Lies Across America", both by James Loewen:
http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/

There, enjoy your summer reading -- put one of these in your tank bag or backpack for when you get stuck at a truckstop during a downpour!