We read:
"Would you buy a license plate with a Confederate flag on it? State officials are looking at possibly launching a new Texas state license plate honoring veterans of the War Between the States.
Mr. Hilary Shelton, with the NAACP in Washington, D.C., said that the Civil War may not be something we want to celebrate. "When many look at that history, we think about it in terms of secession, that is we were seceding from the Union in the southern parts of the country," explained Shelton.
"Many would view that, quite frankly, as treason, because they meant to actually destroy the existing governmental structure. But when we dig deeper, the issue becomes even more offensive to many African Americans and those that sought freedom for those of darker skin in our country."
But the Texas Sons of Confederate Veterans have renewed their push for a Texas license plate that includes the rebel flag in its design.
Thomas Muhammed founded an organization to recover reparations for slavery. Still, he would not oppose the license plates. "I don't see how a flag hurts someone, as long as the people displaying these license plates are not killing people physically who are of African descent." Muhammed said.
Currently, nine states already allow the license plates. A statement in a recent newsletter from the Texas Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans said, "…the Florida Division, the eleventh state, has just filed a lawsuit against the DOT there after their request was denied. I am confident their case will prevail, because legal precedents are in place. I am hopeful that the Texas DOT also realizes this as they consider our application."
The state board that regulates license plates has rejected Confederate flag license plates before, but the issue is set to come up again at an upcoming meeting that has not yet been scheduled.
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You can read my opinion of Lincoln's war here -- and I'm no Southerner
6 comments:
A. Lincoln - yet another damned rethuglican.
First of all, yes i would buy it!
The denial violates the First Amendment rights of the Confederate Veterans. Yes, as much as it pains those of you on the left, they actually have the same rights as you, and Code Pink, and the Black Panthers, and the communist party, etc. have.
It's funny how every time you give the NAACP the opportunity, they show their true racist nature. The South is a very important part of American history, one that tens-of-millions of people are proud of. And if not for the fact that we've become a Nation of Sheep, we would never allow anyone to disrespect that flag, or the sacrafice made by the hundreds-of-thousands of brave Americans who fought and died for it.
Firstly, I would say that self-determination is a fundamental right and if states in a federation want to secede they ought be free to do so.
Secondly, why don't you see other conquered nation's battle flags being so proudly feted? Why is the Confederacy so romanticised?
These plates, like others in other states, provide relatives and friends of relatives of soldiers who fought and died in the Confederacy. Why should such people be discouraged in honoring their relatives?
A look at "the real" NAACP.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn
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Anon 7:08 asked, "Why is the Confederacy so romanticised?"
Live in the deep South for a while, and you'll see that it isn't romanticized. Remembering the Confederacy is an expression of pride and honor to relatives.
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