mputnal3: just to clear things up, I was referring to the people in that photo, the KKK, when I said "you have to be a sad excuse for a human being"... It was the general use of the word "you". You, on the other hand, just seem misguided in this idea that southern pride should be linked to the Confederacy and the Confederate flag. I was born in the South, I was enthralled with the Civil War, when I was a child, and, as I grew more mature, and was able to look at that era of history, I have been increasingly disgusted with the entirely senseless nature of that war, more than any other war that I have ever studied. I just came back from Franklin, Tennessee several weeks ago, and I was simply appalled at a graphic description of the insanity of the Battle of Franklin. To try to attach some honor and pride to this dismal era of American history is perpetuating the insanity. We can read about it in history books, but why try to live it, over and over again, as we try to move forward into the 21st Century. I apologize if you misconstrued my words to mean you harbor hatred, but an overwhelming majority of the people who fly that flag harbor hatred. And you need to understand what that means to your image of the Confederacy.