Arkansas high schoolers defend wearing Confederate flag attire to school: 'it's not hate'

The false narrative of The Lost Cause is what engenders the notion that the Stars and Bars is positive southern heritage. It inoculates one from the facts of history that clearly reveal the war of secession was over the institution of human chattel.

The fact that Arkansas high schoolers defend the Southern flag and do not understand the link to slavery is odd. Little history knowledge should be required of a school. Ashamed

It is hate just as the nazi symbol is hate!

DixieForever

Well, the Democrats owned the slaves. A Republican President gave them the freedom.

The fact is that if these kids had been taught history truthfully and fully they would have no desire to wear the flag of slavery on their clothing.

I’d tell Mr Ballas of Montana to check court decisions about student’s 1st Amendment rights

The Southern Swastika. It flies proudly alongside the original one at every Klan and Neo-nazi rally in the country. It is the symbol of a treasonous group of thugs who wanted to destroy America and got stomped into the mud. How about African-American 'heritage' under that rag?

It’s not hate!! It’s slavery! It’s also a disrespect to the actual American flag. Support of a former rebellion against the union to support the superiority over a race.. is hate!

They think it symbolizes being a rebel. Maybe they are fans of The Dukes of Hazard. They really don’t understand because they have not be taught history or looked at it from the perspective of race.

It’s not fashion either, so..... ?

Luckily, the admin didn't allow them to remain at school while wearing it. Sad thing is, this school is in NW Arkansas, home of Univ of AR, and about 20 miles from Wal Mart Home Office...supposedly a more liberal part of the state.

This was only banned recently. Before then this flag was on tv, in movies etc etc and no one batted an eye lid

This video was published shortly after racist moron Dylann Roof murdered those people in a South Carolina church. To the Confederates themselves, in their own words... it was about slavery... There Is Only One Reason The Civil War Was Fought

No, it is not necessarily a flag symbolizing hate, it just means YOUR A TRAITOR !!! 100% guaranteed TRUTH there !!! Not sure what is worse? A racist or a Traitor to the US Constitution?🤔

Illustrates how most of the racists flipped from Democrats, to Republicans during the 1960s...

It's astonishing how out of touch with reality some white people are. Sad that you were raised with so much hate and ignorance

O M F G .........How utterly stupid can anybody be

Okay... not hate... then it's foolish ignorance. Still bad. Btw, not buying that it's not hate based. The Confederacy was all about maintaining the ugly, hateful, racist, human exploitation that is... slavery.

History:

YOU LOSE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN A PUBLIC EDUCATION SETTING! Can a teacher honor their second amendment rights? Can a student tell a teacher to 'F off'? No. Stop acting like you didn't agree to give up these rights for a free education.

Yay edge-lord troll culture... Our future looks bright.

No, it's not hate, just a reminder of a group of people who tried to destroy the United States as we know it now. Patriotic? Don't think so.

The Confederate flag is no different than the lgbtq rainbow flag.

It's the symbol of traitors to the United States who were motivated by insistence upon the continued enslavement of human beings. What is there to be proud of?

Wait for all the 'heritage not hate' comments...

Just ignore it. If people want to wearing attire of the losing side then let them. I mean it should be treasonous but hey who cares. They lost the Union won move on.

There are just psychopaths who hate that flag.

No,,, it's not hate,, it's shit schools, FOX News, expensive college, and ignorance all in one..

maga country

trump emboldened racists

They are correct. It is a lack of education.

sigh

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