I know a lot of people are stuck on the racial overtones, whether it's really for history, or to upset the blacks, the part I can't wait to see is how the legal battles will go.The local NAACP is working with the county to somehow stop it though the legal actions. The Sons of Confederate Veterans lost a battle with the county when the County opted to remove the Conferate Battle Flag from the County Seal. This group also lost the application for a special state license plate. So to me, this huge 149 foot flag pole is like a huge middle finger to all these politically correct people who want to change everything, regardless of what effects it might have on the locals, even from historical records, to make a few feel better about something that is never going to change.What I am waiting to see is how the ACLU will have to come about on the First Amendment, if the NAACP and/or the County attempt legal action. That will be a magical moment.
To compare the Confederate Flag to a Nazi Flag is ridiculous. I don't ever recall large concentration camps being set up in the south where millions of blacks were murdered.
I don't care how historical the flag is, it's pretty much a symbol of slavery and racism. People just use historical reasons to justify its displaying in order to hide their racist thoughts. They care about that part of history, but they seem to disregard the part where it was written that All men are created equal. Just think if everyone used this kind of logic. What about if Germany starting hoisting Nazi flags everywhere, but claimed that it was a part of their heritage. I think people would be upset then, and this issue isn't very different.
There is absolutely nothing that can be done to remove it, because it will reside on private property and all legal means of putting it there was complied with. Actually, that is the ideal behind the project. You see, some years back it became politically correct to remove confederate symbols from public property, even those that had been there for years. In Hillsborough County (Tampa) the Confederate Flag was on the county seal until a small group got it removed through backdoor politics. Also, in Tallahassee, there was a Confederate Flag on state grounds (along with the British, French, Spanish representing the history of the state) that was removed by executive order of then Gov. Jeb Bush. The Florida SCV started a Flags Across Florida project in response. The property, flags, memorials, etc. all will belong on private property.
