Despite Controversy, Business Owner Continues Sale of Confederate Flags

At Cooter’s, a store in rural Sperryville, Virginia, about 120 kilometers west of Washington, D.C., Confederate flags are flying off the shelves. The red, white and blue battle flag, with 13 white stars representing the Confederate states, was carried by southern forces during the U.S. Civil War in the 1860s. The South had seceded from the Union over several key issues of disagreement, including slavery. VOA’s Deborah Block has the story.
Originally published at - www.voanews.com...

[@frozennppls905]

Southerners are always the nicest people. God bless the south.

[@thomashallman5436]

agreed southern folks are the best can t we just git along like dr. king would want

[@kimcox5484]

If you are offended then don't go in his store. Its America and we are free to sell what we want.

[@jamescarter8699]

Really! Even if it promotes murder and oppression?I DONT THINK SO!

[@kimcox5484]

@@jamescarter8699 stop believing the left wing media and left wing democrats. Listen to what the majority of good southern people are telling you. Look at what happens daily in Chicago and nobody has anything to say. Its about control and they will come after you next as they slowly creep towards socialism. U need a carebear.

[@thomaskubacki752]

@@jamescarter8699 rap music does the same so what's ur point

[@thomaskubacki752]

@@jamescarter8699 our rights don't end where your feelings begin dipshit

[@marcussmith9529]

The same people are the ones that are offended about kneeling during the national anthem but will support flying a flag of traitors to the United States which is what the Confederacy was

[@mitchelgonzales86]

I'm a Hispanic by blood, and Born a AMERICAN, after learning American history in school I became a Proud American. I support the Confederate Flag. It's a historical flag and should remain available to see anywhere.

[@fantastixfilms5372]

I’m also latino by blood and born in America and damn it I love the south

[@feartheghostinme675]

@@fantastixfilms5372 😆😂🤣 it's 2022 amigo the SOUTH will NOT rise again 😢😞😔

[@mrfunatparties6763]

Secretly the southerns dont really like us even tho we vote Republican. So i just moved to navada.

[@rg823v]

@@mrfunatparties6763 valid state

[@Rob774]

Then you're a fool. If the south won the war, they had plans to spread slavery through the western states and down into South America. Look up the Golden Circle. No matter how hard you wish it, you'll never be white.

[@gilvogt4440]

For every flag that's burned, thousands more will rise..........

[@lawrencejames7977]

People don't like it but that shop can sell what it wants. I dont like rap music but I'm not gonna try to stop people from selling it.

[@lawrencejames7977]

@Dixon I can say the same thing about rap music!!!!

[@spartanwarrior1]

Why don’ t you inbreds sell swastika or ISIS flags. Every nostalgic idiot waving that battle flag is at war with the US. Are you idiots aware of that?

[@lawrencejames7977]

@@spartanwarrior1 i dont fly a confederate flag and never have. I dont care one way or another if Ms changes its flag and I've lived here my whole life. All I'm saying is whoever wants to sell them should be able to sell them. Dont matter who it offends. You have got to be a liberal cause they usually start calling names right off the bat. Plenty of crap offends me but I dont start calling people names for it. You need to learn to chill out and not be so hateful. It make your blood pressure go up!!

[@joshm5816]

@Dixon Have you actually listen to rap? It promotes hate, abuse of women, racism, drugs, death, and much more. Is it ok because the rapper is black? If so, then your obviously a fucking idiot.

[@johnjohnson-sm3yf]

Me either including sagging pants down below your a**

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Good for him. If somebody doesn't want to shop there, that is there right. But you cannot compel him to stop.

[@thomashallman5436]

no you can t

[@christiandzurilla4743]

I have grandparents and uncles that died in the Civil War. That flag is my heritage.

[@fshhh]

Your heritage is dirt

[@kevinkbradshaw2239]

Hang in there Cooter. We love ya

[@DDXeon]

People shouldn't get upset over it. The flag itself isn't racist. Just a show of southern pride.

[@jayandree4361]

A 5 year war that they lost is southern pride?

[@verderhapsody]

More than 100,000 white southerners fought for the union. And of the 185,000 African Americans that fought for the union. Many of them were escaped slaves that joined the union army when give the chance. For those from the south that fought,bled and died to save this nation that you and I call home. The Virginian battle flag fails to honor their sacrifice. The confederate Consitution made it illegal for any state in the c.s.a to abolish slavery. It's clear that the rebels wanted to break away from the u.s.a to form a country that would enshrined slavery forever if they could. Those that fought under the Virginian battle knew what the cause was the expansion and preservation of slavery. Not every southerner supported secession. The Virginian battle flag is not the sole history of the south in the u.s

[@waltergarcia8898]

if this flag bothers you than read & learn the real American history

[@stoneybologna1982]

Lol. I've been there. Theres a furniture shop down the road with a sign out front that says " antique tables made daily". Yeah, sperryville is that kind of place.

[@actuallyNo...]

Maybe they're usin antique wood

[@actuallyNo...]

Lol

[@lenblack1462]

Do they have an annual "going out of business sale"?

[@mrbasicgamer69]

For those saying the 'Confederate' Battle flag stands for slavery, you're wrong. Heres the true meaning of each thing on the flag: 1. The red field represents the blood of christ 2. The white border represents the protection of god 3. The blue 'X' represents the cross of Saint Andrews 4. The 13 stars represent the 13 states which seceded from the Union. That flag represents rebellion, god, and heritage. Majority of the Confederacy didn't even own slaves, and majority fought for the Confederacy because its their home. The Union fought for preservation of the Union, ending slavery came last.

[@beatapt5]

Total falsehood.

[@tomymeredith6131]

The left is brainwashed, they will never understand.

[@fwestudios6655]

if you look at the writings of Confederate soldiers, the majority of them knew what they were fighting for when they joined the fight; the right to preserve and expand slavery. As for rebellion, that's just it; the southern states wanted immense power in order to expand slavery, and when things didn't go their way, they seceded. The Civil War was mainly about slavery, and even state declarations of independence stated that. So, sure, the Confederate battle flag doesn't solely mean "slavery", but in modern-day terms, it represents the Confederacy's values; treason and slavery.

[@camrum7445]

And slavery

[@dudemanbroguy5747]

@@tomymeredith6131 sorry the north doesn't speak 2nd place 😄

[@jackiewallace2017]

Keep putting up them Flags I love them Flags

[@texasandpacific610]

I 100% agree with you on that statement

[@humptydumpty9747]

Racists

[@texasandpacific610]

@Southerner Texan i know right. Its sad people are trying to get rid of it. Shame them

[@KapybaraOkiPullUp]

I agree with you but not csa flags n*zi flags and communist flags people will think you are a skinhead if you use the csa or nazi flag

[@caliburghsteeler3018]

Garbage flag

[@luisholguin9690]

As a Hispanic I've always found southerners to be nicer than northerns i don't see anything wrong with the flag

[@tomvernon2123]

@W Follow your own advice before expecting someone else to do so. The South was following the Constitution. All we asked was that the North do the same.

[@oscarlindqvist7976]

@B see how everybody likes the comments that are against you😂😂

[@melanatedone4894]

@@oscarlindqvist7976 look at this and learn something kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2bImX6GitJqmsU

[@evanpavlovec9674]

@@tomvernon2123 1) it’s debatable that it was constitutional to succeed from the union 2) Im pretty sure that the war started when federal property owned by the union was attacked with the intent to keep it 3) do you believe that the war was not necessary

[@Floppedd]

If a flag represents"slavery and oppression" then every single flag in the world should abolish their flags

[@grimmer2005]

I'm a European, never been to US, but I say this... If they take one flag, they will take two flags, etc etc. Be very aware to these kinds of things.

[@Rob774]

Thanks for telling us all that you don't know what you're talking about without actually saying it.

[@grimmer2005]

@@Rob774 Thank you for letting me know that you dont know what I know Im talking about.

[@teddyhaynes9876]

He’s actually right tho , it’s a slippery slope when we start making laws based off of feeling rather than facts . Facts always trump emotions thankfully , who cares if someone’s little fe fe s are hurt they will be okay . Go take a nappy nap and drink some koolaid jammers little lib

[@ferdinandsiegel4470]

It's like the gun thing in the USA. They take one type of gun and then will take another type and on and on. Give them an inch and they will take a mile.@@Rob774

[@ferdinandsiegel4470]

Just like Canada.

[@JohnSmith-zw8vp]

I wish we could go back to the good ol' days of Dukes of Hazzard, Hank Williams, Jr, Charlie Daniels, Alabama (the band, not the state) when the Confederate flag was simply seen as a form of regional patriotism (like Texas' Lone Star Flag) and not just automatically presume racist intent.

[@DMH-bt2zo]

“Just a good old boys, never meanin’ no harm, beats all you never saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born” I like how that part of the song resonates so much with the message and topic of this video.

[@maxmccullough8548]

That references the fact that the dukes.in the TV show were a family of moonshiners, plus the sheriff and boss Hogg (the "elected officials") we're the biggest criminals in Hazzard county anyway.

[@weirdo24-7]

But no one said you couldn't wear your daisy dukes? Lol

[@gmanon1181]

Treason to America is the part of history represented by that flag. That wasn't the flag used by the Confederates.

[@gmanon1181]

That the countries in the European Union have one of those flags at the top left of their flags. And that the actual Confederate flag used by the soldiers who fought the civil war had a different design.

[@straightoutacopenhagen1672]

Wasn't treason until after the civil war they had a right so g I re educate your self

[@teddyhaynes9876]

The north invaded the south not the other way around so treason is a bad word

[@genekelly8467]

You can get the flag on beach towels, shower curtains, swimsuits, just about everything imaginable.

[@GarrettDaAlien]

Yep

[@chrisk6668]

@Renee Kelly they didnt succede after slavery was abolished to try to preserve slavery. Slavery wasnt abolished until about 2 years into the war. Your facts are wrong.

[@chrisk6668]

@Renee Kelly I think it's ridiculous to state how the civil war started incorrectly while building an argument around that falsehood and then stating that it is ridiculous to point that out instead of just learning from it. This is an all inclusive conversation about everything that has been stated in this thread up until this point. Trying to limit the conversation to one single part of what has been said while writing off the history behind it because you got it wrong doesnt somehow make you more right in any way whatsoever.

[@chrisk6668]

@Renee Kelly lol, all I did was state that slavery wasnt abolished leading to the South's succession as you mentioned. That's all, nothing more to what I was saying. No hidden message. Emancipation wasnt until later in the war. I'm not really sure why you are trying to fight me on that point.

[@HeLLLoKitTTyy69]

What about toilet paper

[@kungfulender8733]

It's not against the law to sell the Confederate flag.

[@Cynna1065]

Exactly. The flag has only been banned from private establishments and federal buildings that don't want it. However, people who want the flag can still buy it and use it as they like. They just shouldn't get upset if they're not allowed into an establishment that has rules against it.

[@dudemanbroguy5747]

But you're still a piece of dog shit for buying it

[@NoobsDudes]

@@dudemanbroguy5747 It's a 1st Amendment right? Lmao

[@dudemanbroguy5747]

@@NoobsDudes freedom of speech means that the government can't punish you for talking out against them or forcing you to express yourself in a certain way, it doesn't mean freedom of consequence.

[@dudemanbroguy5747]

@Лука 310 u think I support BLM just because I was explaining what freedom of speech really means? Ok if you feel that way then I can't stop you

[@mashroob]

People have the right to put up whatever hell flag they want. We're not in North Korea! (YET.)

[@carlalorch8650]

I agree totally! It does not matter what it represents; people should be able to display what they want on their own property.

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Definitely it’s just that it shouldn’t be held by government property.

[@southerngent8162]

@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 Bullshit. That flag represents the States. It belongs on State grounds. It was flown in battles to defend the States. You had better educate yourself and stop helping the destruction of the States. You are treasonous toward the States of you think that flag has no place with govt. You are helping erase history.

[@igriffith456]

No one will take my flag

[@paulbivens1067]

Big rig Fishing yes I agree with you on that long live the confederate flags don't thread on me GOD bless the South will rise again and this is my history I've love it down with the North yu dam Yankees

[@deutshland5210]

Keep it flying ❤️🇨🇱❤️🇺🇲

[@estatico1655]

TEXAS

[@V8Deuce]

I love the South !

[@jalencampbell8807]

Me too. I plan on moving down there when I get older. Ether Florida Texas North Carolina Or Georgia.

[@ezrachang2756]

@@jalencampbell8807 dont go to texas Californians are currently ruining it. north carolina is pretty great tho

[@V8Deuce]

@@meh6502 What did you come on to this KZbin video for? FUCK YOU, PRICK !

[@Immortal_Being1]

@@meh6502 So NOT BLM, FEMINIST, ANTIFA ISN'T 🤔 that they want me Dead because I'm a white man 🤔😠🖕🏻

[@chiefmuddybear5759]

I'm a Boston Yankee but my confederate flag is guarded by a Bushmaster

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Chief Muddy Bear your ancestors fought against that flag.

[@waynesigmon5628]

Thank you Boston Yankee for supporting are Confederate Heritage God bless you some people from the north fought for the South to some people from the South fought for the North I am proud of my ancestors who fought for it

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

Wayne Sigmon Did they fought for the south.

[@freespirittransport5139]

Nothing like a black nascar driver to increase sales! Thanks "Bubbles"!!!

[@thomashallman5436]

agreed bubba is not a bad person just very damn stubborn

[@mmtoss6530]

I’m a northerner, but the flag is cool.

[@WinstonSmith1997]

So is that 1969 Dodge charger!!!! They are so expensive these days...

[@dmana3172]

I'm a proud Confederate citizen and my flag! No extreme leftists are going to take away that pride. Confderate flag has nothing to do with hate or slavery. Never was in the beginning. The State Capitol should had still flying the confederate flag. Man, I wished this was still the Confederate States of America and that the Confederate won the Civil War. If they won, they would had abolished slavery.

[@jackthelad6900]

Regards from Bulgaria 💪💪💪

[@FxnkyFresko]

MF need to read a book!

[@WorldChamp12]

Biggest bullshit i read.

[@yaboidustin2447]

@@WorldChamp12 then you ain't raed anything.

[@WorldChamp12]

@@yaboidustin2447 check your spelling before you assume something.

[@davidstill754]

I don't own a rebel flag and I don't advocate the using or the meaning of a Confederate flag as a form of white supremacy. However if I wanted to buy a single flag or a hundred of them I should and do have that legal right and I should have it without persecution from anyone. If it offends you, don't buy one . I get the fact that white nationalists are using the flag in a derogatory and disrespectful way and without question this shows poor judgment and racist attitudes of narrow minded and hateful people. Yet not everyone who owns a Confederate flag owns it for that reason but for whatever reason I defend the right to have it just as much as I defend the right of people having a Black Lives Matter banner or flag. These symbols have different meanings to different people but are nonetheless equal. I despise the fact people use the Confederate flag in a derogatory way aimed at black people. I don't support racism in any form and again not everyone who owns a Confederate flag does. It's a part of American history....right or wrong the civil war happened. That was and is a part of history. I think a lot of younger people value the Confederate flag as just being a southerner or even being rowdy, not as a symbol of racism. I can't stop people for using it as a symbol of bigotry or hate but as a southerner of the new south I wish I could.

[@Jesusfreak20466]

I'm not from the south but my Grandma was born and raised in the south so I support the Confederate flag. I have two confederate flag belt buckles that I wear a s confederate flag license plate that says heritage not hate

[@dinomujkic]

So that always a surname "Goldberg" has something to say on this topic.

[@Bulvan123]

As a Jew I agree. The good news is those liberal Jews are rapidly fading away and the conservative ones are growing rapidly.

[@cliffordpearsonjr.9748]

dinomujkic... Yeah.. Most of them are BAD liberal.... so naturally she had to show how ignorant she was!!

[@MeadeSkeltonMusic]

God bless Dixie !

[@Ehakfkenc903.]

In Dixie land we make our stand

[@paulgonzalez5957]

I’m not from the South but love the Confederate South. Free speech is alive and well in the South😇.

[@jamescarter8699]

Obviously so is the emboldening of death, oppression and murder these symbols of hate heritage cause ALIVE AND WELL. AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T HURT YOU THEN IT'S OK RIGHT!

[@couponnation]

Sorry but Confederate and free don't go together. Like free communist China. It is a oxymoron.

[@couponnation]

@Tom Meadows Yeah, be proud of your hate and oppression of black Americans, that's what it is really all about. That is southern heritage: white supremacy murder and hate.

[@paulgonzalez5957]

Study “real” history if you want to find out how cruel and wrong the North was...remember, the victors write the history😇.

[@Immortal_Being1]

@@couponnation So NOT BLM, FEMINIST, ANTIFA ISN'T 🤔 that they want me Dead because I'm a white man 🤔😠🖕🏻

[@AbyssWRLD999]

I'm flying my flag everywhere there's no debating about it

[@PR4470]

I wipe my ass with it!!!! 😀

[@hunterkendrick4420]

He’ll ye my flags will fly high and proudly

[@ziggymorris8760]

SOUTHERNBOY OUTDOORS you lost

[@joeychitwood6004]

Hells yeah man!

[@kristalfuentes4044]

👍

[@jasonworsham3631]

God bless you, keep up the good work.

[@HavokBlackfyre]

That flag isn't the Confederate flag it's the Confederate army battle flag and has no racial meaning

[@amayajiselle7096]

The Confederate itself tried to keep slavery going- that's the flag that you used to represent yourself during that time-

[@HavokBlackfyre]

@@amayajiselle7096 the Confederate flag itself was only the battle flag but I see your point

[@skeltonslay8er781]

Wasn’t it general lees flag?

[@texasandpacific610]

I wish this debate over the confederate flag would stop. People are acting like little children over something like this. It’s embarrassing, if you like it then that’s awesome. If not sadness

[@tradcat7777]

Go Dixie! I've only been to Cooters once and it's a great shop. It's where me and my uncle got our battle flags from

[@EatAPeach72]

WOW!!! How long have you and your uncle been dating ?

[@davidjohn438]

GOD' BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS THE SOUTH AND THE CONFEDERATE FLAG

[@macky7482]

lol of course a woman named Goldberg has something to say about it.

[@PR4470]

OK so if people are offended by black players of the NFL kneeling during the national anthem why can't people feel offended and disrespected by the confederate flag??? Reply!!!!!

[@mr.fahrenheit7009]

I would buy one and im black

[@hmm3597]

Young people use have them on their car because it meant rebel and nothing else.

[@MrConrad1950]

It shows you love the South.

[@thomashallman5436]

atta boy bud

[@toddbates444]

i support the rebel flag

[@willisner5836]

Todd Bates me too

[@shannontrainer5857]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_Speech

[@bloodhound2995]

Rusell Shaw it's funny I'm black and I love the Confederate battle flag.

[@bloodhound2995]

Rusell Shaw no it because I know my history like everyone else who knows the flag is not racist unlike you that have no fucking Brains

[@bloodhound2995]

Rusell Shaw so please do us all a favor and do your history or watch this kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHbFm6KgdpeXb6M

[@MoparMan-ff8fb]

Slavery was not an issue until towards the end of the war ! The war was faught over taxation with out representation

[@ramgul2658]

r u like fucking stupid?

[@greyguest1890]

WTF LOL

[@Jside68]

I agree with the comment that they should not take it down because of one guy's action They should take it down because of the real meaning behind it. People should move forward together, the civil war is over and the South lost. End of the story!

[@davidroberts8462]

Not just 1 action, thousands of actions. Lynchings, church bombings, Jim crow, illegal convictions, the KKK. I mean really I can go on and on. The just one action statement, that's just one of the most ridiculous and ignorant statements I've ever heard. Martin luther King, Medgar Evers, Emmit Till, 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, the murder of the 3 civil rights workers Mississippi and on and on. To me that flag represents treason against the USA to keep an economic system based on the enslavement of black Africans, hatred and terrorism against an entire race of people for over a century after the civil war. I mean what are you'll proud of, that your ancestors enslaved millions of human beings and murdered who know how many tens of thousands more or that they fought an illegal war to maintain the enslavement system that led to the loss of almost 700,000 American lives?

[@fordman4962]

Tell the ones wanting respiration’s from people who never owned slaves. Tell them to move on and stop playing the race card.

[@yeehawhomie5749]

I love me some Dukes of Hazzard!

[@manicthecat614]

that show sucks

[@ArmedPatriot]

What do blacks not whine about

[@stvincent4506]

I can fly that flag where ever I want

[@Cynna1065]

That is your right. You can fly it on your property or on your car. However, if you try to bring it into a private establishment where it is not allowed, you will be removed.

[@stvincent4506]

That's what I meant srry didnt make it clear

[@Cynna1065]

@@stvincent4506 No problem. It's just that with all the hysteria, you'd think that confederate flags had been banned completely. It's a personal choice. Nascar decided that they didn't want it.

[@davidweber6213]

They say u can't bring the flag to the races but they didn't say anything about confederate flag tshirts. I'm wearing mine next year to Kentucky speedway.

[@lavascotaylor9567]

No you can't

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Only ignorance makes it racist.

[@jethro1177]

Some people are gonna be very butt hurt about this!

[@richardsalzer8247]

Butt hurt about what? That stupid left wing propaganda about blacks not liking it is tough titties. Let Em move, the one's that don't like it!!

[@ak-488]

Its not a flag thats hurting their butts,

[@Hispandinavian]

It doesn't bother me one bit. In fact I got one. Live and let live. I also got the flag of Spain. That doesn't mean I'm going to kill you and take your gold.

[@jerryprivett7552]

the flag is a part of American history. how do I contact this store to buy a flag

[@toddbates444]

jerry privett you can order them also from a store in keenesaw georgia called wildmans civil war surplus

[@jerryprivett7552]

thank you

[@paulbivens1067]

jerry privett yes I agree with you on that where can I buy raeble flag and hat's

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

jerry privett then put in the museum.

[@Texasmilitarydepartmentvid9654]

My front yard is my museum so everyone can see it on display.

[@goatcheddar9678]

Goldberg says it’s a symbol of hate? Imagine my shock

[@kevyster]

Yet she has no.problem with KKK Margaret Sanger's Planned Parenthood flag.

[@terracebrooks320]

@@kevyster One thing has nothing to do with the other. Stop deflecting.

[@evanpavlovec9674]

I have here the argument that what it stands for is based on your perspective but if your going to rase this flag the people are going to call you racist, if this is a problem for you the don’t fly a flag so commonly associated with confederates, slavery, and white supremacy

[@thomashallman5436]

he is full of crap the rebel flag ain t no symbol of hate

[@rstuv8141]

The war was not about slavery; it doesn't take much reading to learn that. The removal of slavery was a by-product, but had nothing to do with the South's succession or the North's invasion. Mr. Cooter is absolutely right at 2:08. More people need to hear this. Sadly, I think few have an open mind.

[@AbyssWRLD999]

cooters place is awesome

[@joeychitwood6004]

It is man

[@kristalfuentes4044]

Dukes of hazzard was a good show #01

[@pattirouse8671]

Bubba Wallace is NASCARS NEW POSTER CHILD

[@Sappy88]

The south has great culture

[@roywimsett2880]

There is always going to be someone somewhere selling those flags, By shop or online it will never go away. And possibly even produced in China or Japan.

[@evanpavlovec9674]

I know but it annoys me to see this flag being raised all over the place knowing that most of them don’t represent history, heritage, freedom, rebellion, or reform but instead representing white supremacy

[@buster1173]

Fly it on the forth of July!

[@patdeen6648]

We won our Independance from the British on the fourth of July. The Confederates are nearly 100 years later. Why would a State that Seceded from the Union celebrate the Independence of that Union?

[@dindulogic6103]

damn Yankees always messing sht up

[@WayneTwitch]

@Joseph Argibay We pulled out cause we killed so many slant eyes it was a waste of are time simple as that we could have just nuked your ass if we wanted lol.

[@dogdogshelp8467]

Yeah brother

[@kristian8970]

Joseph Argibay We have a liberal snowflake in the comment section

[@rickyallen9672]

Wayne_Twitch Nukes in 1861 ............... yeah that sounds reasonable

[@buster1173]

Learn to spell

[@nighthammerherolp2678]

People make flags racist!!!!!🤦

[@daniellebailey6395]

Take one down we put two up

Lol

Doesn’t it represent the love for slavery lol

[@lisachant5411]

I love Dixie and I love the confederate flag. The confederate flag ROCKS.

[@midnightcamaro2928]

Joseph Argibay Then you must be one of those gay Yankees thinking you have it made, well since I’m southern, my great grandfathers died for this flag so go back to north and go fuck yourself

[@dogdogshelp8467]

Really, you have committed treason against your state. And you country, the Confederate States of America!

[@dungeonsdragons1900]

How many cousins in the house. Or is it brothers and sisters. LoL

[@jjworld1393]

Midnight Camaro oh no u called him gay I’m scared shut up hillbilly

[@GarrettDaAlien]

Yep..HAVE ONE FLYING FROM MY DECK AT MY LAKE HOUSE.

[@michaelrains2268]

This is a beautiful flag , long live the southern cross! I am a son of Confederate veterans and proud of it !

[@BibleSamurai]

good for you. long live the klan

[@qwertyzxcvbn3174]

Proud of what? Taking a huge L? Union won

[@thomashallman5436]

@@BibleSamurai go to hell

[@thomashallman5436]

bye@@BibleSamurai

[@mikehogan3291]

God bless DIXIE 🙏

[@jameswaldo2485]

Amen to our first amendment rights I'm from the south and I fly my Confederate flag and my confederacy state flag very proud of my heritage

[@rebelj3sse992]

Same Brother

[@evanpavlovec9674]

I don’t much like the flag but I have to agree with you here. It’s good that we have our first amendment right

[@thomashallman5436]

i wish nascar would see it that way but they don t i m afraid they are pricks james

[@alexsshorts7414]

The confederate flag is showing heritage not hate.I just bought my first confederate flag.

[@lenblack1462]

If that's your heritage, you don't have much to brag about.

[@adamnesico]

@@lenblack1462 And wich is your heritage? Imperialism and genocide of natives? You cant be proud of your banner and say others not to be of theirs, is pure hipocrisy.

[@Immortal_Being1]

@@lenblack1462 So NOT BLM, FEMINIST, ANTIFA ISN'T 🤔 that they want me Dead because I'm a white man 🤔😠🖕🏻

[@matypeachy7049]

As a Yankee , the Confederate flag was a battle flag , it was adopted by the south as there main flag ! Let it be , it's History ! !

[@williamnapier1516]

It was NOT about slavery

[@winterfellsnow1569]

This is our heritage .

[@amandapyers4870]

This is America. Agree or not people have a right to have it.

[@theflashdunkracin5179]

We have the right of speech so we can sale the confederate flag and the war wasn’t all about slavery because the civil war wasn’t all about slavery it was about states right

[@imperialwolf7872]

As a brit, I say they have every right to sell whatever the hell they want. They’re not breaking any laws and It’s their business, the pc police just want to find new things to ban and complain about because they have nothing else of value in their lives.

[@melanatedone4894]

Learn something kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2bImX6GitJqmsU

[@robertfuentes3603]

Dosen't matter what how powerful or rich they are the BANNER will always wave and they have no power over that

[@tadwilson9563]

The confederate flag is a crucial part of our history because it symbolizes heritage

[@dudemanbroguy5747]

Then Why do you have a australian flag?

[@Ryan-kn6xd]

“Our history” you just keep flying that Union Jack

[@dudemanbroguy5747]

@Rick Garvin cool story bro, go cry to someone who gives a fuck because im fresh out of fucks

[@NoobsDudes]

@@dudemanbroguy5747 Who said your pfp matters

[@dudemanbroguy5747]

@@NoobsDudes what's wrong with my profile pic?

[@lestat1591]

I thought the whole argument was to keep the flag off of public property, not private property??

[@geronimopratt7976]

Guns and Confederate flags are at an all time high in sells....

[@brianjones5302]

Confederate lives matter

[@geronimopratt7976]

@@brianjones5302 in the museum

[@drakejdf]

Funny because I purchased a beautiful flag a week ago and a few firearms this year before this shit storm.

[@geronimopratt7976]

@@drakejdf those 2 things are gonna become as rare as Confederate flags flying at nascar......wait til they pass the treason law in all 50 states, certain governors, left and right wing have already started

[@TheGiftof7PRESENTS]

@@brianjones5302 Most Confederate Monuments Weren't Built Until the Rise of Jim Crow They largely symbolize a romanticized version of Antebellum racism, not the Civil War dead. www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544266880/confederate-statues-were-built-to-further-a-white-supremacist-future www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/the-big-idea/2017/8/18/16165160/confederate-monuments-history-charlottesville-white-supremacy www.google.com/amp/www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/amp12015570/confederate-monuments/ Revisionist History: United Daughters of the Confederacy www.thedailybeast.com/how-dixies-history-got-whitewashed cwmemory.com/2017/10/25/how-southern-socialites-rewrote-civil-war-history/ www.salon.com/2013/03/16/the_south_still_lies_about_the_civil_war/ mobile.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/arts/design/museum-of-the-confederacy-and-others-depict-the-lost-cause.html www.amazon.com/Leaders-Lost-Cause-Perspectives-Confederate/dp/0811700879

[@couponnation]

It will be a while to get rid of the hate of the confederacy

[@Polyhedron69]

Look It's just a flag Flags and really anything has no meaning It's just that every person puts meaning into something Nobodies right Nobodies wrong Why can't we all just love each other Instead the world is a cruel place

[@greyguest1890]

The irony

[@jbreymers8346]

Flags have everything to do with meaning. thats their point. What planet do you live on?

[@Polyhedron69]

@@jbreymers8346 earth

[@jbreymers8346]

Polyhedron 69...you said “nobody is right and nobody is wrong”

[@Polyhedron69]

@@jbreymers8346 yes, we all follow our own paths and own morals that we think is right but it may be wrong for someone else, it's confusing really

[@ronaldschwigel2286]

the flag stands for what it is rebel, it is all american

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

The flag stands for traitorous intent against the u.s.

[@robertrichardson9953]

@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 bullshit

[@southerngent8162]

The flag has nothing to do with rebellion. The rebels were the northerners who invaded the States to prevent them from exercising their own Sovereign Rights. Fighting to preserve an existing system is not rebellion, fighting to force change is rebellion.

[@southerngent8162]

@Better Than pac No they didnt. It was the north who wpuldnt leave their State. The north is who was not honoring the Constitution. You are an idiot. They started a war by defending their land from an army that wouldnt leave? The north had no Right to be in the South. They had no Righg to force anything. You are an idoot

[@southerngent8162]

@Better Than pac lmao "Todays America lives off the norths ideals and laws You just proved the north is the traitors. They are the ones who dictated the Union. That's treason you moron! You are truly stupid!

[@billhouser7897]

Good for Cooter. the commentator said lee was the most accomplished general for the south at that time period he was also the north’s most accomplished Officer

[@teddyhaynes9876]

A southern soldier was equivalent to 2 northern men no lie , but the union had overwhelming numbers and supplies . The south was the true victims who got invaded prove me wrong

[@breakfaust]

@@teddyhaynes9876 I'd say the Southern slaves were probably the victims

[@ferdinandsiegel4470]

And you would be wrong.@@breakfaust

[@breakfaust]

@@ferdinandsiegel4470 how 😭😭

[@jbl7092]

Bottom line, no one has the right to tell another man what flag he can fly. That's a line you don't want to cross, especially in the South. I haven't seen feelings this strong in my lifetime.

[@mckinleythomas4018]

Love love love everyone

[@truthwillout2775]

0:52 EVERY. SINGLE. TIME

[@waynesigmon5628]

Leave us alone and my Confederate ancestors if you don't like it don't look at it leave us alone

[@bobowillyp]

Steven C Son, shut your mouth.

[@beauford731]

No book banning, no flag banning. 100% free speech. What we all like or don't like doesn't constitute violating eacothers rights

[@jasonpuckett9547]

And I'll never quit flying mine 😂😂

[@melanatedone4894]

You will kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2bImX6GitJqmsU

[@bwtv147]

What have liberals given up after the Umpqua massacre?

[@joeyhensley9870]

I like how they are all white

[@monky3080]

And

[@Android-cm5gn]

@veteran magz magz but yeah have you not ask yourself why there is no black person there ?

[@Android-cm5gn]

@veteran magz magz that's what I am asking you

[@Android-cm5gn]

@veteran magz magz if the flag represents something good why would not black people also defend it. Black people are part of this history too, so it's their heritage too, but you only see white people defending it and I am just asking you why do you think it is so

[@Android-cm5gn]

@veteran magz magz so it's not a racists flag , even though their founders defended slavery (yeah and I know the civil war was more complicated, but you cannot deny that the confederates defended slavery) and now you expect for black people to see something different just because you say so and ignore hard historical facts? But please go ahead and provide us the REAL meaning of this flag.

[@samuelhanagriff2067]

The war wasn’t over slavery it was over taxes and tariffs, slavery was something we disagreed on but not the cause of the war, plus the north started the war and we just wanted our own country

[@jbreymers8346]

Slavery was directly the cause of secession... Do not repeat your above comment to an actual historian because he/she would laugh at you right before they'd take you to school.

[@amenthegreat3761]

@@jbreymers8346 Considering most historians don't like ACTUAL history and are biased against the South, I'd say their thoughts on the matter are irrelevant

[@orion3706]

If this was a government selling the flag, I'd have a problem with it. But since it's a private business, Ben Jones has every right to sell the flag. Period.

[@TheGiftof7PRESENTS]

Most Confederate Monuments Weren't Built Until the Rise of Jim Crow They largely symbolize a romanticized version of Antebellum racism, not the Civil War dead. www.npr.org/2017/08/20/544266880/confederate-statues-were-built-to-further-a-white-supremacist-future www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/the-big-idea/2017/8/18/16165160/confederate-monuments-history-charlottesville-white-supremacy www.google.com/amp/www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/amp12015570/confederate-monuments/ Revisionist History: United Daughters of the Confederacy www.thedailybeast.com/how-dixies-history-got-whitewashed cwmemory.com/2017/10/25/how-southern-socialites-rewrote-civil-war-history/ www.salon.com/2013/03/16/the_south_still_lies_about_the_civil_war/ mobile.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/arts/design/museum-of-the-confederacy-and-others-depict-the-lost-cause.html www.amazon.com/Leaders-Lost-Cause-Perspectives-Confederate/dp/0811700879

[@TheGiftof7PRESENTS]

Poor whites didn’t enforce, pass legislation and laws of systematic racism.... they’ve been the linchpins/Trojan Horse ...... it’s been a combination of racist whites. I didn’t say ALL white people, I specifically said “racist whites” that feel & believe that non-whites are beneath them and sub-human. Racism in America is purposely systematic empowered by laws and disinformation/misinformation..... look at how the history of slavery continues to be rewritten since 1862 by the revisionist history tellers known as United Daughters of the Confederacy.... www.salon.com/2013/03/16/the_south_still_lies_about_the_civil_war/ www.google.com/amp/amp.thedailybeast.com/its-time-for-the-lost-cause-of-the-south-to-get-lost www.abbevilleinstitute.org/clyde-wilson-library/nolans-myth-of-the-lost-cause/ mobile.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/arts/design/museum-of-the-confederacy-and-others-depict-the-lost-cause.html They speak of slavery as a get together and joyful singing and dancing along with confederate Slave owners being fair and equal, seeing their property as such. Sickening U.S. Army Veteran 12 1/2 years Honorable Service MOS : 97B Counter Intelligence 14J ADA C4I Tactical Operator (PATRIOT) ODS Vet : Support Garrison OEF/OFI Vet : Deployed to Theatre No Political Affiliation

[@orion3706]

@@TheGiftof7PRESENTS I'm aware. Which is why I think taxpayer funded monuments to the Confederacy on public lands should come down. Imagine how people would feel if Trump decided to fly the union Jack above the Capitol building in Washington. After all, we were once part of Great Britain. Let's erect a monument to Lord Cornwallis and King George III right outside Independence Hall so British descendants like myself can honor our British history.

[@stevenpopejr1540]

Slavery wasn’t even a major cause of the war🤦🏻‍♂️

[@ritawilliams8686]

If only people one history. This part of history was written by the winners. I finally read the true story of ft Sumter and was amazed. Had to do some more investigation to accept it. Did you know the shoulder on the fort ran out of food and the confiderates sent food to them?

[@kevinjasper6620]

Anyone that removes any CSA item is ignorant of history ! I will keep my flag and proudly display it !

[@southernmoto5106]

The best flag ever its our heritage its not hate or racism i had family who fought for the confederacy it ain't racist get that threw yalls thick head

[@yourtypicalrebel4354]

People who don’t think the confederate flag should be flying really need a history lesson, also this is America we have the freedom to fly what we want, say what we want, do what we want, express ourselves how we want, and support whatever we want and the confederate flag is included, also the confederate flag is no different than the American flag. Take our flag down or burn it and fifty more will rise. The flag represents inubordination from the Tyranical goverment. And if it really was about slavery why did they still fight the war even though Lincon promised that they could keep their slaves

[@evanpavlovec9674]

They still fight the war because they didn’t believe that Lincoln was telling the truth they all thought that Lincoln was going to take away their slaves even though Lincoln said repeatedly that he would not. Thankfully history would force Lincoln’s hand

[@yourtypicalrebel4354]

@@evanpavlovec9674 The confederacy fought the war over tyrany however the US blamed it on slavery as a way to keep britan and france from getting involved on the souths side, you see they werent at good terms with america since we fought britan for indipendence and never paid france like we promised. They were about to side with the south so america needed a cause to blame it on so slavery it was, in fact west virginia was part of the union and had slaves until after lincon died, why not study the history of the south, slavery was dieing at the time and the south looked down upon it.

[@floydsemlow8253]

My friend just brought me sunglasses and a Confederate keychain from cooters. Up here in Northeast Ohio Confederacy goes a long wayyyyyyy! Not only rich with maple syrup but with heritage

[@floydsemlow8253]

@Duargos I absolutely love it I see every season not to the point where I'm sick of it before the next one comes around and I don't ever have to worry about my house being completely destroyed by a natural disaster other than my roof caving in because I'm too lazy to get out and actually get the snow off it when it piles up three feet or more other than that best location in the nation my friend cost of living is great up here too no complaints from the party boat God bless ❤️🔥💯🍻

[@T1Oracle]

*White guy in a sea of white people* "It has nothing to do with race."

[@sgtbender1335]

Seems like white people get profiled more than any other group. Everyone always assumes we were born with a silver spoon in our mouth, and mein kampf in our hand. It is just assumed that we are wealthy and privileged, and that we see ourselves as superior because of our race. Everything we do or say is just assumed to be racist, derogatory, discriminatory etc etc, and all because of our skin color... Funny thing though, I and most white folks I knew growing up were dirt-floor poor blue collar laborers, and we have been subjected to this racial bias against us our entire lives. Our culture is somehow the only culture in the world that its ok to discriminate against. Our history, our traditions, everything about us is ok to be erased ... just because we're Southern white folk, but that's not condemned as racism or cultural discrimination... because its ok to be racist and discriminatory towards white folks, especially us dirty, low-down, good-for-nothing, Southerners. Go to hell! I'm a Southern white boy, and I'm damned proud of my heritage and who I am. Only ignorant fools believe the War was fought over slavery. I will fly the flag until I die... right alongside my Southern brothers black or white who love their heritage, and fly their Battle Flag of Freedom!

[@carlthornton3076]

Nothing Wrong Here!!!

[@patdeen6648]

Conservatives: "We are the party of Abraham Lincoln!" Also Conservatives: *Waves Confederate flag* Funny people mention Heritage and ancestory, quickly forgetting that the confederates robbed people of their heritage and ancestory. African Americans are called African because they dont know which African country their ancestors were taken from. They could be Sudanese, South African, or Ethiopian. They wil NEVER know their ancestory, and the confederate flag will always be a painful reminder.

[@TheBatugan77]

Tough shit.

[@patdeen6648]

@@TheBatugan77 That's exactly what I say to people upset about Kap taking a knee. The same freedom that protects your right to wave a confederate flag, protects his right to take knee during the national anthem. The hypocricy is thick. The very first line of the first ammendment means that government cannot support a religion, yet he is constantly using the bible as a shield for homophobia. No facts, no logic, just regurgitated bible nonsense.