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 Posted: Wed Feb 17th, 2010 12:07 pm
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 "Some of us are old enough to remember the KKK beating and lynching blacks while carrying the flag."

borderuffian wrote:
javal1 wrote: Peruse the footage from the 60's marches in Miss. and Alabama and you see beatings, etc. by those wearing Confederate regalia.

I've seen such footage and I don't recall any Confederate flags or regalia.

Are you sure you are seeing the actual footage?...or the Hollywood re-enactment?

Hollywood has been known to 'flag-up' certain events.

...and it's that sort of fictional imagery which adds to the "symbol of hate" idea.