thanks for information I could not have gotten on tv
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> From: DodgeBoyz3@aol.com
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Confederate Flag
> Date: Sunday, June 14, 1998 1:48 PM
>
> My response to the posting on Confederate Calvin,
>
>
>
> First, many in the KKK do not fly the Confederate Battle Flag. In fact
only a
> small number actually use the flag. However, I am told that KKK bylaws
> require the US and the Christian flag be present at every event. Most
people
> are not aware that the largest KKK membership is in the North and it has
been
> that way since the early 1900s. Mr. Boyd Lewis, a Klan expert who spoke
at
> the DeKalb College in Atlanta, states that at the height of Klan power,
> "Indiana had the largest Klan population with over 2 million members
between
> 1915-1916." Most KKK groups prefer to use a US or a Christian flag, yet
oddly
> enough, no one is calling these flags symbols of racism.
>
> Americans have been programmed, by the liberal media, into believing that
the
> KKK is only a "Southern thing" and that only Southern symbols must pay
for the
> Klan's transgressions. A freelance photographer and friend once related
with
> frustration at how the newspapers never buy or use his photographs if
they
> show the Klan carrying a US flag. "They only want to use the photographs
that
> show a Confederate flag." Based on the magnitude of media bias that
would
> have us believe the Confederate flag and the KKK go hand in hand,
although
> incorrect, it is understandable why people have the perception they do.
> However those perceptions are based on false information, and it is the
> perception that must be changed, not the symbol that has been victimized
by
> the perception. At one time, man had the perception that the Earth was
flat.
> This was because his eyes were giving his brain false information, which
was
> also fed by the many stories told and retold by sailors at sea. However,
once
> we acquired accurate geographical information, we were forced to change
our
> perception and accept the fact that the Earth was not flat, but round.
We
> must likewise change our false perceptions of Confederate symbols as
being
> symbols of the Klan and other racist organizations. When in truth they
are
> not.
>
> Over one million Southerners, our ancestors, fought for four years under
the
> flags of the Confederacy. These men fought, and many died, for the
> fundamental principles of Constitutional government given to us by the
> Founding Fathers. Although defeated by overwhelming manpower and
resources,
> they have left us a great legacy of bravery, sacrifice and devotion to
duty,
> home and family.
>
> The fiery cross is the sign of the Klan, not the Confederate Battle flag
or
> Naval Ensign, although they parade it and the US flag.
>
> To say that a mere symbol can generate hate represents a primitive,
> superstitious cognitive process. Poor race relations are increased by
the
> Nazi mentality of those minority groups who make vicious attacks on the
> heritage of their "perceived opposition." In essence, they neglect to
respect
> their "opposition."
>
> The Confederate battle flag was designed by General P. G. T. Beauregard
> following the first battle of Bull Run simply to make it easier for
> Confederate officers watching the battle to determine their troops
positions.
> He kept the original colors from Old Glory-red, white and blue. And
designed
> the broad of the flag in red for easy vision. What appears to be an X in
the
> middle is actually the St. Andrews cross.
>
> Andrew was one of the first disciples of Jesus Christ and a brother of
Simon
> and Peter. At his own crucifixion, Andrew did not deem himself worthy of
the
> same death suffered by his Savior, dying on a T shaped cross. The Romans
> granted his wish and simply crossed the wooden timbers in the middle,
forming
> an X. There he hung for two days, preaching the gospel before his death.
>
> General Beauregard placed a star in the cross for each state of the newly
> formed Confederacy.
>
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