A Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gone

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A Confederate statue in North Carolina praises 'faithful slaves.' Some citizens want it gone
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Not surprising. Drive down 40 from Asheville towards Charlotte and you’ll see 3 or 4 huge confederate flags waving right next to the highway. There’s so many homes and vehicles waving it too all over the place. Folks are loud and proud down there, it’s gross.

Proud of what?

"We used to own slaves but now we can't and still bitter about it"?

It should be illegal to fly confederate flags in the US, like it's illegal to fly Nazi flags in Germany.

Ironically, those that proudly fly a traitor's flag due to their proud heritage generally also think of themselves as patriots. Just like, ironically, those that fly the Gasden flag tend to be bootlickers and also tend to be the same people.

NC is so weird. Many whites there will tell you other than 'reverse racism' that racism doesn't really exist anymore all while being explicitly racist in the next sentence.