The Battle Flag, General Lee And Biscuits With Gravy

Everyone has an opinion on the latest news about the South Carolina church shooting. It would seem that the story is more about a flag than the incident that took place. I'm trying to understand how a young man, that was a self proclaimed racist against the black community could get to the point of self destruction. When reading about Dylan Roof, I found his life was filled with hate. Photos of him with the Confederate battle flag have been everywhere lately, most of it pushed by the media from the evidence the police have uncovered.  He operated a web site that was filled with racial hate of blacks and a manifesto of his radical views on the Trayvon Martin case. He was also photographed burning and spitting on an American flag in his protest against the government and seen in other photos of him brandishing guns.

It's obvious that this guy had some issues about race and had means to inflict injury to others. So how come he wasn't on the radar of anyone that knew him?  Now we live with the "after the facts" story of him killing nine people. With the media, civil rights groups, gun law proponents and the government  all jumping on the band wagon they have deduced that the Confederate flag was a contributing factor to the shooters mind state.  Thanks to the media, the NAACP can now have some fuel to burn against their ongoing fight to have the Confederate flag removed from South Carolina federal property. Two days after the shooting, the NAACP demanded the removal of the flag from the State Capitol cause of it's reverence to racial epitomes.  Within a week,  the Governor calls for the removal of the flag. Her reason for the removal...the photos of Dylan Roof displaying the Confederate flag.

Since when does a battle flag of the Confederate army get blame for an individuals radical views on racial equality? It gets the blame from those that think the flag is a symbol of hate racial inequality. Much has been said about the Confederate flag lately. Most of it you hear is unfavorable, cause of the media's portrayal of the flag used as a symbol of hate.

In the Civil War the flag was used as a symbol of the Confederate States and took into battle against the Union. It wasn't a symbol of hate but of unity for the southern states that wanted to secede from the Union since the Union was using the southern states as a way to fund the government in the north. Without the products produced in the south, the north  would soon shrivel up and die. Abraham Lincoln knew this and even stated the fact. This was the reason for the Civil War. It wasn't slavery that started the war. Northerners also had slaves but not in the capacity of what the south had. It wasn't until decades later that the Confederate flag was used and misconstrued by racially biased groups as a flag that represented opposition and oppression as for the meaning of the word "confederate".

It's according to who interprets the Confederate flag as to what it stands for.  From a historical standpoint it's harmless in it's use but in the hands of a racially biased individual that wants to start a race war it's fuel for their cause. And now since the controversy has risen, more companies and people have joined the bandwagon of the uninformed. Willing to bend as the wind blows so their profits or social standing isn't at jeopardy from any backlash from civil rights groups. When did some Americans and American companies become a bunch of sniveling and spineless puppets that go with a pull of the string.

I've always seen the flag as a historical piece of American history which came about in a turbulent time. I've never seen it as being racist or hateful.

To top off this rant,

When did the Dukes Of Hazzard become filled with such racial hate, the Confederate flag that adorned the roof of the General Lee  will now be removed according to Warner Brothers.

So what's next on the media's and NAACP's agenda..... biscuits and gravy?

To add to this media spectacle, the POTUS gave a eulogy at the funeral of the slain preacher in South Carolina. As I seen it, the eulogy  for gun laws and racial equality under the guise of "grace". It was five minutes of eulogy, 10 minutes of gun and race issues and 2 minutes of scripted song "Amazing Grace". To which I say......POTUS can't sing worth a flip and I like biscuits and gravy.