The Rebel flag is not one of traitors. The whole Civil War was fought over economics, not just about "freeing the slaves" like everyone tends to believe. You could say our very own USA flag is one of traitors since we declared war on our homeland of Great Britain back in the day.
The rebel flag has no use of being compared to Nazi, Soviets, or Isis people as well like you tried in an earlier post.
You seem educated. So I will not be too harsh. But, you are completely wrong here.
1. If you are British, then yes, the American flag is one of traitors. But if you are AMERICAN, then it's not. An educated person should be able to understand that we were loyal to the new AMERICAN nation, thus we weren't traitors.
2. If you are American, then the Rebel flag IS one of traitors. They went against OUR NATIONAL government. An act against your representative government.....treason. So, if you were a Confederate, then you said you weren't committing treason. But since they weren't successful in their secession attempts, they are/were traitors. If that offends you are anyone else....so be it......
3. The Civil War had many things mixed in it....but to try to say it wasn't solely about slavery.....nah. Since 1787 when the delegates debated the new Constitution, what was the one hot topic that kept being brought up and compromised about? Yep, slavery. Then again when Missouri wanted to be a state.....yep, slavery. Then when California wanted to become a state....yep, slavery. Then when Kansas-Nebraska was being pushed as a territory for statehood because of the proposed Transcontinental RR....yep, slavery. So, slavery was the MAJOR cause of the Civil War. Economics....ahh....industry vs. agriculture.....ahh......small parts.
