Quote:No, it's not about eradicating history. It's about relegating history to the history books. If someone wants to have a private memorial for Confederate soldiers and fly the rebel flag at full mast above it, I could care less. When a government sanctions the flying of the Confederate flag, that's where I take issue. I won't bother going back through the reasons why, as you'd just resort to calling me a "lib" or a "mafia" or something of that sort, but they're all pretty well enumerated throughout this thread.

 

And yes, it is a silly analogy. Manning's crimes against America were far, far, infinitely less severe that what the traitors in charge of the Confederate states are guilty of.

 

Going back over and reading this thread, this statement jumped out at me.  Bradley Manning purposely and knowingly committed an act of treason against the U.S..  He put lives at risk, not only the lives of U.S. citizens, but those of citizens of countries around the world (think Arab Spring).

 

While you did say that it was a silly analogy, it doesn't even come close to being a similar comparison.

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