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What Trump has said about the Confederate flag
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2020
- In 2015, then-candidate Donald Trump called for taking down the Confederate flag. Now, he defends people who display the flag, saying it amounts to “freedom of speech.” Read more: wapo.st/2OIZiXW. Subscribe to The Washington Post on TH-cam: wapo.st/2QOdcqK
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He only wants the flag gone from government buildings like the state house in South Carolina but he still respects people's freedom to fly the flag on private property. I don't think his views have changed at all since then.
That’s a perfect explanation and I agree
Who’s always behind all the hell in this country. The media.
great point, put it in museums and such. if you support it you can fly it, but don’t put it somewhere that all people don’t support and respect it
I disagree with the museum idea. Because the Confederate Flag should be out in public just like other flags are. Because the Confederate Flag should be on the flag pole and let it fly.
Biden is my President
He’s historically correct
@Rurouni Kenshin They got caught and the media BS will not report it, the same as Trump never said the flag should be banned. He suggested it should be in a museum that's all. WP are a part of the swamp. Apparently changing you mind is not allowed according to these dumb "Journalists"
@Rurouni Kenshin BLM? We are aware they are a terrorist organization
@Rurouni Kenshin tHe eLeCtIoN wAs sToLeN
@@farleftsilencelikenazis1021 trump did suggest the flag should be taken down, before he backtracked.
More to the point he evidently doesn’t care about history , he just wanted the votes in the south which is why he backtracked...
@@hueyfreeman1983 “one voice singing in the darkness.....” comes to mind.......hahah cant believe some people still believe the election was stolen, honestly if trump said the sky was green and grass is blue enough times I’m sure some of his sheep would agree with him...
I dont support the guy but its funny to see how the media twists ppls words lol. When asked about the state building flying the flag he said they should take it down, but when asked about citizens using it he says freedom of speech but they are trying to spin it like hes wishy-washy lol. He means as a part of the government they shouldn't promote the use of the flag but the ppl have the right to do because of free speech..funny to see 😄
@Awesome SauceMedia hasn't been outraged that Biden said "poor kids are just as bright as white kids" a few weeks ago 🤣🤣 But if trump said something like that, it would be on the news every day for 2-3 months. It's sad when we've got to disregard the news and find an unedited video ourselves just to know what is actually going on. I don't see how media gets away with it at this point to be honest.
@@nashvilleoutlaw hahaha i missed that comment from biden. love how the left/fakenews is like Trump is a Racist, White Privilege, Topple the patriarchy!!...... Vote Biden.... lol like the other old white male is a different scenario
@VIII Maus you obviously misunderstood the comment, watch the video again.
You’re stupid, blind, and deaf 😂
@@MA-de8mn You should be nicer to yourself.
That first statement was actually pretty nice...
i think he made a smart move by saying that instead of just saying yes or no. (i'm a democrat)
@@myrukun I agree! I only like the design of the flag 😂
Nope! He was covering his ugliness.
@@mimIsra1 Evidently, you're not covering yours at all. Dumbass.
What ever
Bro even TRUMP said take it down💀
Not the second time 💀
I think we should fly it if you feel, he said he should take it down but thats just a recommendation and I think trump was right he was saying that he thinks it should go into a museum personally but it is a free country and we should be able to and not everyone is racist for it.
@@Therealtuxedo the second time was about statues
I never will
Wdym by “TRUMP”?
Back when we had a president that could actually use full sentences. We need trump back 2024.
Wow you really are the dumbest 😂
@@MA-de8mn Or a troll
@@MA-de8mn you aren’t doing your homework. Trump did a good job and now we have a sleepy old man that is screwing up our country.
@@Alaska-Jack what did trump do to "make America great again"
This is the dumbest comment I've ever read.
I think what he said about the flag was smart. He didn't put an opinion on it, he just went with the facts. He acknowledged that it's Freedom of Speech to fly it, he didn't say anything about what he believed the flag meant, and although there was a government building with the flag in SC that he thought should be taken down, I do agree that it's a problem for the government to use it. The reason why I agree is because the flag was for the confederate government, and under that government there was slavery, but since slavery is illegal and morally wrong, the last thing we would need is for people to start making conspiracy theories or at least get ideas about it.
So the American flag shouldn’t be flown because the country was founded with something that the whole world was complicit in *cough Africa selling their own people!? Makes a lot of lefty sense!
It should be right there beneath Old Glory
Human trafficking flag.. nope. @@johnclark7755
I see the pragmatism in his view on this issue. The battle flag of the Confederacy, he claims, should be taken down because of its irrelevancy as a political symbol but doesn't claim that it should be banned as a cultural symbol. That's as far as I'll go on that subject. Its less about the subject and more so the narrative being displayed in this video that gets to me.
@Jacob Ben Juddah I’m sorry, I’m not sure what you’re trying to say…are you calling George Floyd a chicken? I mean I would be too if I had people crushing my wind pipe.
@Jacob Ben Juddah okay I see what you mean. But what does that have to do with my comment?
@Jacob Ben Juddah i’m purple how dare you assume my gender
It should be removed from government buildings. It should never be banned from personal display. That is a clear violation of the first amendment.
@@StonerViking420 why would anyone want to fly the flag of losers that supported the economic system of the enslavement of people. The confederates doesn’t exist anymore, so the only reason you would fly it is to display hate speech.
"Those who try to remove history are bound to repeat it"
It's not being removed it's being celebrated
They are not erasing confederate history, they are removing a symbol of hate a symbol of traitors to the Union, they seceded because of slavery. Those statues were built in the 60;s and 70's to oppress blacks (many funded by the kkk and United daughters of the Confederacy
@@JuliusCheeser223 proof?
just because you quote something doesn't make it correct.
@Noah Walters No my friend. Read your history and see how people will repeat it.
Man he has some great points on this issue!
You can’t remove history
EXACTLY
Museum's are to remember Statues are to glorify
And also raising flags
Yep
Confederates were traitors. Winners get to write history.
I agree with Trump completely it is freedom of speech and that needs to be protected
I found a southerner
@@colorblindhomo do you not think freedom of speech should be protected? Lol when did believing in freedom of speech become a southern thing
@@ArkSucksAtGames no it's that the Confederate flag is racist to have flown
@@ArkSucksAtGames would you call it freedom of speech if someone put up the Nazi Germany flag
@@colorblindhomo yea. I may think it’s an awful flag tied to an awful ideology, but they have the right to fly it.
He was absolutely right.
Do you Hate Black People??!?!?!
I live in rural Texas and I’ve seen the flag plenty of times. Most people who have this flag don’t ever think of racism, they just like the southern pride.
Exactly
Flag of losers. The American Flag is what we should be flying 🇺🇸
@@eos_2366 I can guarantee you most people in Texas have more loyalty to the state than the country. The Texas flag has more meaning here.
@@eos_2366 Why not both?
@@eos_2366 everyone who Flys the rebel flag Flys the American flag lol
He tells them what they want to hear.
And what you NEED to hear!
Nancy Pelosi and Democrats kneeling wearing African Scarves?
It's what politicians do.
True
He said he's against using it but he still supports the right to use it,freedom of speech
But it’s fact. He didn’t really flip flop at all
I can’t tell if it’s freedom of speech, I think he needs to clarify
Its freedom of expression
Voted for him 2x and he won both
60 judges disagree with you.
@@jstravelers4094Oh...yes...."judges....." you can ALWAYS trust those folks...LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!
@@raymondevans6342 😂 he lost get over it
@@jrock2019 ....and getting "on" with it as well......we shall see indeed.
wellllll
Well... Either way if he didn't allow freedom of speech then he would be a dictator. He chose a better stance in that sense. Everyone claims he is a dictator..where is this evidence?
But to support it
Oh it was in his heart. They would say! CNN would talk up that crap all the time.
The confederate flag is NOT racist.
That's not even remotely true.
It's also completely Unamerican
I do think it shouldn’t be on any government buildings but you have the right to own and display it. Freedom of speech!
I get it’s freedom of speech but it has a really racist meaning behind it, do you support it?, I’m not saying they can’t but I’m saying that they probably shouldn’t
LMAO Ok “JACK” … typical raclst whlte boy name that voted based on raclst reasons and hate 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well said sir
I'm against F.....g Cancel Culuture ; so, if the Southern States and the Southerners want to keep that flag 'cause it represent their History, their Culture and their Land, let them doing what they want ! W. CHURCHILL said : "A nation that forgets its past has no future." So.....
We’ll never forget that Confederates are traitors and white supremacists 🇺🇸
It's the flag of human traffickers and rapists. Many conservative governors past laws against not flying it when they up held American patriotism policies for how American flag was to be flown.
The Supreme Court ruled the use of the Confederate Flag was a form of Freedom of speech back in the late 1960's. Even as a kid I use to have one for my rebellious nature [young people have] against an oppressive faction in the government [Nationalists]. Now in retrospect I see how those who have been victimized by those that are bigots ,see that flag as oppressive . Out of respect for them I would not fly that flag. But it should never be forgotten what it stood for lest we repeat it in the future.
I agree.
Yes it is a flag that represents a racist ideology, however you can fly whatever you want as long as it's not against the rules at a specific establishment, specifically if you love it so much you should be allowed to fly it at home as it is a form of freedom of speech, just like you can fly the Nazi flag or Soviet Union flag.
Dragon Drew agree people that are BLM can freely walk around wearing there shirts so rather you like it or not people should be allowed to fly there flag anywhere. Just my take on it.
It is freedom of expression without a doubt and with no pauses in that notion
@@dragondrew2000 it represents a State, the state of Virginia, you dense fucks. The CSA flag hasn't even publicly flown by any average man for the past 150 years now, they're all in museums and or in the most backwoods communities you'll never even hear about
You know who really has bad imagery? BLM, some real bizzare symbols they choose for being freedom fighters
i have my flag cause im southern. i dont think of racism, slavery, etc. when i think of the flag. i think of southern pride
yeee
Way down south in the land of traitors
@@alexwithadashofsalt There's Rattle Snakes and Alligators...
@@alexwithadashofsalt good song
@Adam nope
This is the first time I tink trump is right
Nice joke
@@quantum2233 true true he is mostly right
@@domsbusdriver4888 😂
Lmfao did you not see how he changed his opinion just to please his supporters? Broken hypocrite
@@Therealtuxedo Btw Biden has done the same thing multiple times
A man of many words.
None make sense tho😂
I think history and southern pride is important. You can't change history. You can't change the fact that there were good people on both sides. Great men who marched valiantly into cannon and gun fire for their state, families, and personal honor. The Civil War is overshadowed by slavery when there were other causes involved. One major of which was state rights; not letting the federal government have too much power (look where that got us now). I'm not even white (mixed), yet I support your ability to speak freely and express yourself in anyway, whether it is morally right or wrong. Heritage, not hate.
I guess I just don’t see how the pride of heritage isnt stained by the blood and atrocities that slaves went through. You sure can say fly the flag but If youre flying it and use it to represent heritage you misunderstanding all the hate that is also flying along side it. Fighting primarily for slaves rights and auxiliaries of slaves rights is not something I could see myself being proud, even if you cut around the naughty bits and downplay racisms role, its still entirely spawned through hate and I dont feel that’s something worth supporting.
@@ShpeeCrabDeDerp but that is your opinion. you’re trying to make it seem like the confederate flag has some type of spiritual connection with hatred or something, just shut your mouth and cry or something. go outside and make friends.
Couldn’t say it better myself
sure, be proud of your "heritage" but know that it was based on slavery and slavery is wrong, as racism is now. If you can go with that, then good. I will also be proud of my heritage that my ancestors fought in the American Revolution and that others marched with Sherman to the sea.
@@oldrrocr agreed.. slavery is an unjustified institution. But it’s important to note that Lincoln and the Union wasn’t fighting to end slavery. For example when the E.P was passed in 1863 there are writings of Union soldiers deserting the army and moving to Canada quoting “I joined the Union to restore the Union and not to free some damn n**ggr.”
I have some ancestors who fought in the revolutionary war which I am very proud of as well. One of my ancestors was Col. Thomas Terry
When do we get to remove the blm graffiti from the streets?
Lol they’d never ask a democrat or dumbo Joe these types of questions repeatedly. Such a waste of time and resources.
Give us a break with the cheapshots and report some real news.
Trump is the king of cheap shots. He's like an high school kid on Twitter.
Cry more
Was The capitol a museum? That's where a magat brought it. Time has aged this clip like wine. But not your comment. Ha.
@@MA-de8mn Sound's like your mangina is starting to bleed.
I'm live in TN and i respect the confederate flag and i think its a important part of our race and culture
Yep I’m from Tennessee also I love the confederate flag outsiders just don’t get it
@@muchamazing7928 it’s all about being proud to be from the south that’s literally all it is to us literally nothing else people don’t understand why we fly both the american flag and confederate flag them being total opposites well that’s bc it’s literally just southern pride nothin more but I guess it could mean anti government to some people but rarley is it used for racism purposes
@@spitonitpawpaw7049 To me you can’t just ignore the other meanings and facts behind a symbol and say “well, it’s just for southern pride.” The confederate flag has other, darker ideas behind it that need to be considered. It might be just a flag to you, but to others it could represent the legal enslavement of their race. It might be glorious to you but it might be hurtful to others. And their feelings about the flag are no less important than yours, in my opinion
@@muchamazing7928 Just so you know, there's more violence and racism behind the star-spangled flag than there is behind the Confederate flag.
@@muchamazing7928 it isn’t hurtful to be why isn’t hurtful to me even if I’m not even white if you get offended by a flag but I’m sorry you’re gonna have to leave the internet
I agree with Former President Trump. It is freedom of speech and people should be able to do whatever they want, however it is simply a terrible symbol
Trump has a very good point
You’re a brave man for having that as your profile picture!
Leave the flag alone, fly it high and proud. God Bless Dixie
Traitor
nah. racist traitors.
The only flag that should be up is the American flag 🇺🇸
@@ymyra128 agreed
dude the wii u lasted longer than the confederate states
Techinically this flag was NOT THE CONFERATE flag, it was a battlestandard for one of the confedrate armies, the actual confedreate falg look very different in ALL aspects, but do contain the same colors, blue red and white, but so does the majority of flags in the world.
The south in the 1800s: 🤮🤡👎
The south nowadays: 🗿😎👍
🗿
He was an amazing president and I really hope he makes his come back
Way better than joe
@@howdyfucker443 for sure
@@howdyfucker443 damn right he is!! Let's go Brandon💪✊
@@aponglkr6897let’s go Brandon into the damn jail cell
when your pride and heritage is losing the war.
Donald Trump 2024 we need you back👍👍👍👍
Trump said it best.
No
@@itss_ny8135 yes?
@@domsbusdriver4888 Umm...I think you mean N-O
@@itss_ny8135 elaborate !
@@itss_ny8135 you mean yes
yup. pretty simple. In America, you have the right to protest, to complain, to be offended and to even yes -- display a different flag. Truly an amazing country. Happy Independence Day Yankees!
The Confederate Flag is not a symbol of slavery. It never was. Has nothing to do with slavery.
What do you mean "nothing to do with slavery"? What exactly do you think led to the Civil War...?
@@Ben00000 What led up to causing the Civil War was the Southern States SECEDING from the UNION (USA). What caused the Southern States to secede was tariffs and land taxes being imposed on people in the USA own owned property and property is the land they owned.
Now explain to me why the Confederate Battle Flag(s) represent slavery or hate or racist. They don't and never did. If anyone says any of the Confederate Battle Flags represent slavery, hate, or being Racist so does the US Flag. None of the flags represent hate, slavery, or being Racist.
Did you know the Confederate Battle Flag the one with the stars and bars (Rebel Flag) was the chosen flag to be the flag of The Confederate States?
Did you know that RACIST means one thing? Racist means a person HATES someone else because of their RACE (ethnicity) Racist doesn't mean you hate anything and everything like people today think. If you hate someone because of what they say, do , or have IS NOT RACIST. If you hate or dislike someone for any reason other than their RACE (ethnicity) it is not racist. Racist means one thing and one thing only. It means to hate anyone because of their RACE (ethnicity) you people who think otherwise are BRAINWASHED.
@@Ben00000 The Civil War was not over slavery. The Civil War was over the Southern States SECEDING from the USA and forming their own Country and they seceded over being imposed Land Taxes and Tariffs put on them. This is what started and caused the Civil War. Not slavery. Anyone who thinks the Civil War was over and or started over slavery are misinformed and brainwashed. Did you know there were blacks who supported and fought in the Civil war? Did you know that the first slave ever bought and sold on this land was bought abd sold by a black man? Did you know we abolished slavery? Sid you know that slavery still exists today in many places arou d the planet? Do you know anything? How old are you 30 something or younger?
@@codywest3131 "What caused the Southern States to secede was tariffs and land taxes"
_"The new constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution African slavery as it exists amongst us the proper status of the [n-word] in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution."_ - Confederate VP Alexander Stephens
I love when confidently wrong people type a lot. The Confederates just reached through 160 years of time to unquestioningly prove you wrong. Go ahead and write another rant about how everyone else is brainwashed.
@@Ben00000 Yeah, you're definitely BRAINWASHED. where do you live? How old are you? You must be under 35. You need professional help and electric shock therapy. YOU ARE WRONG. Too bad you are so misinformed, misguided, and brainwashed to believe what you believe is the truth. It is not the truth. What I say is the truth.
Right on point. This man is incredibly smart
Two years ago I hope you haven’t changed your mind about him :)
@@Rescue694 i liked him since he first ran and he still has my respect
I dislike Trump intensely but these few words shows he has some intelligence
Trump actually grew on me after i stopped watching fake news. But now with ghislaine maxwell i see hes in on it too
Yep
kickboxer, Trump is smarter than you could ever imagine being.
He is desperate
Trump is right. It’s a form of freedom of speech. It’s not about racism! And I totally agree it’s history and what not. Generally speaking from Native Americans whom some do in fact support.
Why didnt we have a statue of Hitler
Make it make sense
They had secret nazi children camps. They were trying. The German nazis would have unalived those lazy confederate human traffickers.
Georgia has the confederate flag on every single government building in the state.... It's called the Georgia state flag and it's identical to the national confederate flag.... I love seeing it knowing that everybody who hates confederate flags know so little about history that they don't realize there state flag is a version of the confederate flag
The csa flag is similar to Betsy Ross flag.
He’s only saying that to get more votes because he’s a business man but at least he said to put it in a museum rather than burn it so he does show some respect to history
🇺🇸Trump 2024!! 🇺🇸
A reminder of slavery? Raise your hand if you were a slave
Raise your hand if you still have realities that can remember their mom's and dad's and relatives were in Slavery or in Jim Crow years. I can.
Well the first statement i can agree with somewhat
Imagine having being a glass person and shattering to little pieces after getting triggered by a flag.
Imagine a whole group of conservatives saying they hate human trafficking but Celebrating the very people that still support human trafficking. Kidnapping and sexual exploitation. That's a demented mind set.
*People who still support trump after he said "take the guns first, due process second" & "Take down the confederate flag"* :
He's fine with it as a cultural symbol, just not a government one
Also southern pride no hate
Trump 2020
No
@@itss_ny8135 We'll never forget history, which Biden endorsed KKK in 1993.
@@godo5299 stfu and go educate yourself 🤡
except that he lost....
@@stevenwilliams6235 idc
This is what america needs, someone who's not afraid to offend leftists.
We need some one that isn't a coward and will say no more to human trafficking and slavers.
They should also take down pride flags from government buildings and embassies.
all the books they put out about him are freedom of speech also
and yet he wants to stop all of them from being published sshhmm
i actually agree with him on the first statement
You agree with him on many things without even knowing
I see nothing wrong with the Confederate flag. People say it represents slavery, and they aren't exactly wrong, but slavery was already on it's way out as the civil war was happening, even in the Confederacy
Why was there even a civil war if slavery was on the way out?
Slavery wasn’t on the way out. The cotton gin ensured that lmao read a book 📚
@@zenever0 well if slavery wasn't on it's way out, then it would have eventually died, which makes the civil war an unnecessary loss of life
@@epixgameer792 slavery still exists lmao. There are still illegal classical slaves in the USA today and neoslavery through convict leasing.
Freedom of speech is one thing. Honoring a Flag of States that tried to destroy America is another thing entirely.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!! AND MY HISTORY!!!!
aw how cute, you’re history is radically racist and not patriotic in the slightest bit
your**
@@quinn5479 aww how cute. A person that generalizes a flag and the people flying it, no regard for their reasoning on flying it. Nope everyones racist.
@@patrickmeyer9905 may i ask the reason you fly it patrick? because according to the papers that the confederates wrote, they would actually be quite offended that you are so uneducated on the flag and still have the audacity to fly it. they were proud racists. i’m not generalizing at all, it’s a fact. as the years went by, the flag reoccurred in inappropriate settings to show black people that they were not welcomed. i hope that made sense to you, if it didn’t i have no problem breaking it down into easier english for you. :)
@@quinn5479 do you even know what the confederate flag is? The red flag with st george's cross is the battle flag. It represents the confederate army in battle, not the actual confederacy and what they believed in. Nobody flies the actual confederate flag anymore.
It is not the Confederate flag but the rebel flag. It was never a flag of the Confederacy. That fact was readily available on wikipedia before 2016.
It was a confederate battle flag, it represents the confederacy. Stop trying to separate the two.
@@norrinradd2214 no ya dingle, it was Tennessee's and Virgina battle flags. They were their identification colors on the field. Although the Confederacy was a whole, it was still separated as 13 states. You know, the original states, that were here before America expanded.
I fly the Confederate Flag. To me, it doesn't represent racism. To me, it represents my southern culture. Remember, very few confederate soldiers actually owned slaves. That's not what most of them were fighting for.
@Strickly4Metal 46 Well, I don't believe in people telling me what to do. But again, maybe you didn't read me correctly. The flag represents southern pride to me. It doesn't represent a break from the USA for me. I vote in federal elections, I pay my taxes, and I would fight for this country because I am a patriot, and an American through and through.
The Flag should stay. Don't change to make others happy, stop actually being racist is more important
Considering Slavery wasn't even brought up in the Civil War until a year after it started & the North still had over 500,000 Slaves & the Saint Andrews Cross/Confederate Battle Flag was only a flag used during Battle the fact is it has nothing to do with Slavery. Slavery existed under every flag Americas flown & its also existed under many Nations Flags but Flags are inanimate objects & in the case of the American & Confederate Flags they represent the States & Colonies that were united. The Confederate Flag is really a Christian Symbol the Saint Andrew's Cross which is used by many European Nations. Even if these flags did mean what they claimed it would still be people's Constitutional Right to to fly them.
You’re sharing white supremacy disinformation.
The north had 84,000 slaves.
The south had nearly 4 million slaves.
The south brought up slavery immediately at the beginning of the war:
In his March 21, 1861, Cornerstone Speech, Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens presents what he believes are the reasons for what he termed a "revolution."
“[The Founding Fathers] rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error.… Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, and its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the [black man] is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.”
That's false. It's the first line the articles for declaration of war submitted by the south. The right to hold slaves. States rights was the rights to hold slaves.
My biggest question is why did the Republican party turn against freedom?
Murdering babies is freedom?
Every race fought for the confederacy! The last Confederate General was a Native American named Stand Watie! There’s a specific Native American Confederate flag!
Oh my gosh ! That true ?
Raiyan Talukder yes!
Thousands of blacks fought for the Confederacy like black Confederate sailor David White from CSS Alabama, Cuban Woman Loretta Velasquez dressed as a man to fight for the Confederacy, Cherokee and Choctaw tribes fought for the Confederacy. The last Confederate General to stop fighting was Cherokee General Stand Watie. 10,000 Jews fought for the Confederacy, like Moses Ezekiel. 13,000 Hispanics and 3,000 Mexican-Texans fought for the Confederacy as well, like Santos Benavides. Hundreds of Asians fought for the Confederacy like Charles Chon. Hawaiian Confederate sailors sailed on the CSS Shenandoah.
@@SouthernGentleman I'm no American nor a white person but I don't think the Confederate flag has nothing to do with racism, even liberals can be racist. XD
Raiyan Talukder Thank You
*I actually respect him here! Not acting like an overgrown toddler and actually having a mature response! Take it down from government buildings he said and I ABSOLUTELY AGREE! However flying confederate flags SHOULD BE HEAVILY DISCOURAGED DONT ABUSE FREE SPEECH PLEASE!!!!*
Not saying that the union was evil but did you know that the union allowed their people to own slaves until the civil war was over.
This man is incredibly smart he has seen the history in it and I respect him for that I personally have more than 1 confederate flag but I don’t have the battle flag yet I wanna get it but yes he is historically correct in every position if you think he is racist he isn’t he is stating that it isn’t being flew for racism it’s pride
most people will shut you down if you associate with any sort of confederacy by accusing you of being racist. some stupid people ngl
@@lock5171 literally the core reason the civil war was fought was to preserve the right to own slaves. if you're defending that and at the same time claiming you're not racist, then i'm sorry but you're just not being honest about yourself.
@@ChristopherGray00 would you fight for something you don’t have or can afford? the government was fighting for slaves, the soldiers we’re fighting to keep the south alive as majority of them don’t have slaves or can afford them
@@ChristopherGray00 i would have fought for the south if i lived in the south during civil war.. doesn’t mean I’m trying to keep the slave owners getting richer and for nothing else it makes no sense
Southern pride is in human trafficking and rape of the enslaved. Thomas Jefferson was one of the longest ongoing incestuous statutory rapists in history.
southern pride
If all history is important what is the rationale for black history being banned? Hypocrisy!
He’s got excellent points. It’s true that most people that fly the confederate flag aren’t flying it for support of slavery, but for heritage and history. A lot of confederate soldiers that fought weren’t fighting for slavery, most never did and would never own a slave. When the Union soldiers captured a confederate soldier they asked him “why are you fighting? You don’t own any slaves.” He replied with “I’m fighting because you are down here.” A lot of it was simply defending their home states and southern heritage, the Union did invade the south.
Don't forget that Confederate forces attacked the U.S. Fort Sumter in South Carolina first, starting the war in April 1861.
Don't forget Lincoln supplied Fort Sumtner despite warnings from Confederate generals not too. As it would be seen as an act of war. He did it anyway. Why? Because he wanted the war.@@claytondavis2866
Southerners remind people daily that the stars and bars were in support of human trafficking. The culture they imitate are from the enslaved. Blue grass to country, food to hunting...working the land to building. It's from that era. Their heritage was kidnapping, human trafficking and rape.
🤣🤣🤣keep your white battle flag of surrender
THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN
The French flag? Sure.
Liberalism should be condemned COMPLETELY
Can’t wait to vote for Trump again!
Get down the Mexican flag that is flying every where in the South West!
Yeah if it’s about how hurt people are from past atrocity’s the Mexicans killed lots of Texan settlers hundreds they did some shady stuff too i see why people would want to fly the flag personally I would not i have no problem with a person flying a piece of cotton this is coming from. Black republican
Is there any reason to fly the Mexican flag? It has no place in our country.
Yea Trump 2020
No
Fishy boi Yes. Best policies in a long time.
@Al McGee Nobody wants Trump I'm 14 and more educated than both of y'all morons
@Al McGee look who’s crying now....
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President Trump 🇺🇸💕
Cringe
It’s to bad that no one knows that that’s not the real confederate flag bc ppl are to worried about calling it racist.
The South lost it isn't called the Confederate States of America it's the United States of America get it right the first time.
It is crazy people try to erase history
I couldn't agree more with his statement on the Jack. I don't think it should be on government buildings because the Rebel flag doesn't represent everybody. However, just like Trump said, I support people flying that flag proudly on their own property and vehicles. Hell, I am a born and raised Northerner, AND had an ancestor who was a Union officer. I have at least seven Rebel flags along with American flags that I fly on the back of my truck.
You're racist
You're a buffoon
Loser
We’ll never forget that Confederates are traitors and white supremacists 🇺🇸
Just like if I were to wave north Korea’s flag or the Cuban flag
Yeah but America failed with cuba lmao
Kinda sort of the same are you proud to be Cuban or North Korean or do you just like the dictators it’s how you show it
Not even close to the same thing
We as black america people don't have our own flag like white privilege white people have there confederate flag
Actually Black Americans do have several flags. Fly the black fist. The American flag in African colors and the black Panther flag.
I totally disagree with Donald Trump about the confederate flag. Why take it down? There are a lot of Black people that even fly that flag to.
It’s the intent behind flying the Stars and Bars not the flag itself. Flags aren’t racist,people are racist. America = Freedom of speech.
Trump - 2024 🇺🇸
I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, he literally made sense back then. I was literally against this man with all my heart but as I grew up I realized that this is literally is the point people need to get… it’s freedom down to the minimal point. God I wish I could take back my vote from Biden….
You voted for Biden and you come on here saying so,
You are a brave person and I respect you, now let's not have any more silliness from you at the next vote 😂😂😂😂😂❤❤
My mom voted for Biden too.
I miss her. She died in 2018.
I support Trump but Yea im anti Confederate flag
I think this proves that Trump is a two faced politician.
Long live Dixie!
Long live Dixie? They surrendered over 150 years ago
@@norrinradd2214 Dixie means below the mason dixon line its the bible belt and southern living. I guess your not from the south and don't understand we are a different breed of people. Southern culture. And God fearing humble people with grit. Thats Dixie to me sir but no the confederacy surrendered Dixie are the people below the mason dixon line and we still live sir with all respect
SCswamp 88 fair enough, I can respect that. However I do not respect the confederate flag or any type of racism for that matter
@@norrinradd2214 it's okay if you don't respect it but it is also the americans 1st amendment right to display it as they wish nobody stops gay pride or rainbow flags or black power or even someone flying a Norwegian or scottish flag its a constitutional right. And saying americans can't is an infrindgement not just on southerners but to all because it goes against the constitution. I know to you it may seem as a racist flag but to many southerners it says I am southern and that is all but saying you cant be proud of your great grandfather or your bloodline is not right. No matter the free speech free speach should be protected. I sir would stand for yours even if I didn't agree with it i would still say though i don't agree he still has the right that is what makes america America
Yeah!!!!
The flag represents slavery but I know too many people who honestly view it as a southern heritage icon. And isn't a symbol what it's users make it? Same applies to nazi flags and communist flags.
nazism and communism has non to do with the confederate battle flag sir, you cant compare them.
@@7flights338 they are very comparable
@@VoyagerD no they cant, two completely different things, obv you never looked into them.
@@7flights338 all three are flags represent groups fighting for the ability to oppress and torture a smaller group. I'd say they are pretty similar
@@VoyagerD the cbf was fought only in battle from the poor which didnt own slaves so Ik you're rude
Let's not forget they took down the robbery E Lee statue
And put it in a black museum. They destroyed it to make a new statue.
Robert e Lee was for human trafficking and exploitation. He had more than 400 slaves. He was among the worse human war criminals out there.
Wake up, my people!
😴 wha wait what I miss? I’m awake now 🤭
“The red represents the blood of Christ. The white border represents the protection of God. The blue ‘X’ represents the Christian cross of Saint Andrew, the first disciple of Christ Jesus and patron Saint of Scotland. The 13 stars represent the 13 Southern states of succession.” It was never about race but religion.
The flag was used and created to rally for racism don’t even try 💀
No matter how much people try to change the meaning of it, it still is seen as a symbol of hate for us people of color because it was created for that purpose, I’m sure y’all wouldn’t support people using the swastika today now and calling it “heritage” the “southern heritage” statement is built up on white racist heritage.
@@Therealtuxedo People have made it to be a symbol of hate when it was never about hate . Americans are free to chose belief and religion. The hate will never stop if people keep saying that it is hate . people are creating the hate not a flag .
@@gainsforjesus1164 do you not realize that the flag was created to continue slavery and segregation? The confederacy was fought in support of racism, and so was the confederate flag. I know for you white people you don’t see it as a symbol of hate, but when us people of color see those flags and confederate statues we are reminded of the hate that our ancestors endured and that we continue to endure today. White people werent even supposed to be on this land in the first place, remember you’ll are just visitors here, this land doesn’t and never will belong to you.
@@gainsforjesus1164 Why are you so obsessed with a flag? Why cant you move on and forget about it and put it in a museum. Once a meaning of something has been established, it’s very hard to change that meaning, so might as well get rid of it and come up with something new to represent your “southern heritage”
I agree with everything he said
Why do people always go with the argument that its painful to see and is a reminder of slavery? When slavery and race is the only topic they ever talk about anyways, it was a different time back then and people misconstrue what the flag actually stood for
Not bad, Trump. Not perfect but better than we get from the rest of these spineless conservatives who conserve nothing at all.