# 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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### Author: ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/confederate-flag-get-rid-of-it/42160/70 "2008-01-22T13:29:37Z")

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> [@JayS](#):
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> +1
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> 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.

I agree the historians make all to be about slavery because it always brings up controversy, but I general I think the flag itself reflects more southern life than anything…they use it sayin the south shall rise again, not hey were going to bring back slavery

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