The Influence Of The Confederate Flag

Personally, I do not feel this is a fair analogy. While the Confederate Flag is certainly a reminder of a dark period in American History, it should not be compared to the Nazi Flag or a Soviet Flag. Although slavery was one of the major issues involved in the South choosing to secede there were many others as well. At no point was the Confederate Flag’s main purpose to represent only slavery. While slavery was indeed a terrible thing, the slaves at that time ever experienced the mass executions the way the Jews did under Hitler’s dominance. The Confederate Flag represented an attempt by the South to separate itself from the Union. In which today’s society, I feel when the Confederate Flag is beginning displayed one should be reminded a period