Is the Confederate Flag a symbol of racism?

Although I had a hiatus of nearly two years, I was on this forum from its inception and on abuzz before that. I remember you as always rude and always a trouble maker.

However, there have been some articles exposing racism in the tea party ranks.

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Finn dAbuzz wrote:

" Here's another thought: Why would a true blue racist want a subtle or ambiguous symbol?"

Cowardice? Hell, even on this largely unanimous forum we have plenty of yippity little ankle-biters whose volume increases dramatically when they sense consensus with bigger dogs

I'm a Tea Party activist and I've noticed this syndrome many times in our rallies. We want a rollback of federal government interference in our lives so many members bring confederate flags to our rallies, since the confederacy stood for the same principle.

A few times we got some crazies with nazi insignia who tried to attend, they got thrown out bodily.

In 1994 I filed a lawsuit challenging the Brady bill to stop the federal government from forcing another unfunded mandate down our throats. I won a decision at the US Supreme Court on the issue of States' rights.

The founders of our nation were afraid of one thing more than any other... government having too much power! Remember, they escaped from the tyranny of an oppressive and controlling government when they established this nation. They fought and died for it, and now we are letting these same freedoms they fought for slip away little by little, without a second thought.

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

" Here's another thought: Why would a true blue racist want a subtle or ambiguous symbol?"

Cowardice? Hell, even on this largely unanimous forum we have plenty of yippity little ankle-biters whose volume increases dramatically when they sense consensus with bigger dogs

I'm a Tea Party activist and I've noticed this syndrome many times in our rallies. We want a rollback of federal government interference in our lives so many members bring confederate flags to our rallies, since the confederacy stood for the same principle.

A few times we got some crazies with nazi insignia who tried to attend, they got thrown out bodily.

So where exactly is the line drawn? White hoods made from bed sheets?

We held in New York that Congress cannot compel the States to enact or enforce a federal regulatory program. Today we hold that Congress cannot circumvent that prohibition by conscripting the State's officers directly. The Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the States' officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program. It matters not whether policymaking is involved, and no case by case weighing of the burdens or benefits is necessary; such commands are fundamentally incompatible with our constitutional system of dual sovereignty. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is reversed.

It is so ordered.

Obviousness should be obvious. I'm flummoxed at posters who can't see the obvious, except maybe for the alien-abduction types. The link to the 1994 Supreme Court decision is on Sheriff Mack's site, here's the concluding paragraph, with Justice Scalia writing for the majority:

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We held in New York that Congress cannot compel the States to enact or enforce a federal regulatory program. Today we hold that Congress cannot circumvent that prohibition by conscripting the State's officers directly. The Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the States' officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program. It matters not whether policymaking is involved, and no case by case weighing of the burdens or benefits is necessary; such commands are fundamentally incompatible with our constitutional system of dual sovereignty. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is reversed.

It is so ordered.

Let's take our country back!

...any early American Flag would serve your purpose better.