# Confederate Flag - Get Rid of it?

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**Created:** [January 20, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/confederate-flag-get-rid-of-it/42160 "2008-01-20T16:43:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/confederate-flag-get-rid-of-it/42160/55 "2008-01-21T12:34:27Z")

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> [@JoesTypeS](#):
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> It should really be taken off any government building. Otherwise, people can do with their own property what they wish so long as it doesn’t put anyone in danger.

+1

And you could argue that the Civil War was more than just slavery. It was about states rights vs the federal government. It just happened that the specific right they disagreed on was slavery.

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