Incident at an Antique Store

[BettyO]

Quote:But that is exactly what did happen. And while I genuinely sympathize with people like Betty and Laurie who see the flag as the banner under which their ancestors went into war to fight for the land they lived on against the Northern invader, I also know that the Stars and Bars was one of the last things that victims of the KKK saw before they were lynched by them. What should be an emblem of unsullied regional pride-kind of the way I feel about my beloved black, white, red and gray OSU football jersey-has become something much more sinister for many people.

And it is through no fault of Southerners who do not identify with Klan philosophy or beliefs.

Exactly what I mean, Toia! Thanks so much - you said it much better than I did - when and why and how did such twist around? But then also one wonders how when and why the Jewish people became targets of the Nazis? I have a great many German and Jewish friends - and I love them all! One can't blame the entire German nation for a handful of fanatics - just as one can't blame the entire South for a handful of ignorant backwoods types who see something entirely hateful in what once was a respected banner.

Thanks, Toia!

I think it's time to retire this discussion -