Confederate Flag

[Gene C]

(08-12-2015 07:41 AM)Rosieo Wrote:  I find people's emotional attachment to the Confederate flag hard to understand. I want to understand. I read what people say about it. I observe what they do.

So I learn as much history as I can, and try to educate myself. So far, I do not understand and nothing anyone has said, so far, allows me to agree that any Confederate flag should be on government or school grounds.

Finallly, this is why I want to write and read about it. I have heard many authors at their book talks say something like: well, I did not know anything about this topic so I had to write about it. Elizabeth Varon from Virginia State said that about Juneteenth, if I recall correctly - I mention her as an example.

Maybe in my writing and questioning I am not clear sometimes/ a lot of times. I focus on a topic and the abundance of curousity within me takes over. I always want to know. And then know more. It is a curse sometimes.

You hit upon part of the problem. Many authors write about something they do not know anything, or much of anything, about. We have a fair amount of that in the Lincoln Assassination field, just look through the book section of this site. Some authors try to claim they have found something new that isn't, or try to twist facts to sensationlize their story to sell more books, get more attention, which they hope will result in more $$.
And even Lincoln scholors don't agree on everything.

One more thing, be very careful with the one person opinion blogs and news articles.
They are only opinions usually based upon one persons limited perspective.

I didn't directly answer your question because in my opinion there is no one perfect answer.

From what you've written, it appears that you have already formed an opinion that you feel strongly about.
Not trying to speak for Roger, but if you want to read and write more about the Confederate flag, this is probably not the best place to be. Our primary focus is on other subjects.