Quote:I wouldn't say "continued", but say erupted.  Again I argue that slavery was never about "hate".

 

What happened during the same and next decade brought about or amplified the KKK and segregation.  During that period of time, then I would call the events "hate" towards blacks in America.  However, events started changing in the 1960's that brought about The Civil Rights movement and changed things.  Prior to that, it was common between the civil war and the time of the Civil Rights movement to have segregation.  There were "whites only" and "blacks only" places which included simple things like water drinking fountains, bathrooms and restaurants.  That was really the era of "hate".  It didn't happen in civil war times (roughly 1859).  It happened in later times.

 

Many people don't understand the issues of slavery and what REALLY happened before the Civil War broke out.  The bottom line is, the Confederate Battle Flag never represented "hate" or bigotry.  It was all about state's rights and their people.

Maybe it wasn't overt hate, but it was a flag created by a band of traitors who believed that their "right" to own slaves, among other things, was going to be taken away if they remained a part of the United States. Those who came along later subverted it into a symbol of true hatred. Interesting question that I honestly don't know the answer to: are Nazi flags flown over the graves of ex-Nazi soldiers in Germany? That would be a good lead to follow, because the Confederate flag, over time, came to be a symbol of those who do overtly hate people of other races, colors and creeds. In fact, I would argue that that is its <i>primary</i> meaning today. "Heritage, not hate," blah blah blah, the "heritage" represented by the Confederate flag is a band of traitors who sought to maintain a nation in which a black slave was only three-fifths of a person.

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