From the December 21, 2022, Media Matters.
I had to look her up after seeing the video. She is a black woman of a conservative bent. So she definitely is opinionated. However, what she had to say struck a cord with me because people whose ancestors, like mine, fought for the Confederacy, should not be made to feel ashamed of them.
She was incorrect on a few things she said, but overall made her point.
Here is what she said:
"I do not see a problem with people whose family members died fighting for that flag to be able to wave it high. It is historical and the idea that your son or daughter went and marched in a war-- that people are so stupid they think they were fighting for slavery, those people who fought were piss-poor and never had a slave a single day in their life.
"They fought for the south and their sons signed up, went to war, and now they're told that even having a flag or having any pride for their relatives is something wrong and dirty and backwards and racist and associated with slavery.
"People are so ignorant about slavery and the numbers on slavery. I mean, the idea that everyone had slaves in the south is so stupid. It was incredibly uberwealthy. It's be like people believing that everyone today has a yacht.
"I mean, it's just so-- I'm just going to stop ranting about it. The answer is people should be allowed to keep their c(C)onfederate flags and wave them because it represents an element of history."
Like I said, she made some good points. A video accompanies the article.
Tell It Like It Is, Candace. --Old Secesh
