mputnal says
"Again, our entire American Government was founded with those same "wrong" ideals. Many of our founders owned slaves and felt that way about the negro. It was a different era and thank the heavens that we have changed for the better. The problem with this thread and many of the posters is that we have confused history with our modern day emotions AND/OR politics. Many people in South Walton want to succeed from North Walton because they want to self govern themselves. It is a fact that there are few African Americans in South Walton (less than 115) with no emotion or politics to increase the numbers. If it is "wrong" to fly the Confederate Flag then it is also "wrong" to allow (or at least not make a stink about) the fact that African Americans are not part of the South Walton Culture. Most of us supporting the flag was okay with things pretty much. Now we are sharply divided. Who is to blame? Was it an agenda or is it pure respect and sympathy for the African American. Sure is hard to prove the respect and sympathy while living in a "paradise" with less than 1% African Americans. God Bless us ALL, Jdarg!"
Worth repeating, there is no one guarding, preventing, checking the color of your skin at any points of entries into Walton County and especially south Walton entry ways, the 331 bridge, or either the Bay County line or the Okaloosa County line. I think you are continuing the symphony you call your own voice. I hear what you are saying but you have taken up another extreme point of view because there are only a small minority of Black people who live in SoWal. I personally oppose the flag for one reason and one reason only, because of those on the extremes who use it as their symbol, nothing to do with the history, nothing to do with who served what side, nothing to do with someone else point of view. I personally don't think it should fly over any government property. You want to wear it, fly it on your car or truck, fly it in front of your business, that is your choice. My opinion
"Again, our entire American Government was founded with those same "wrong" ideals. Many of our founders owned slaves and felt that way about the negro. It was a different era and thank the heavens that we have changed for the better. The problem with this thread and many of the posters is that we have confused history with our modern day emotions AND/OR politics. Many people in South Walton want to succeed from North Walton because they want to self govern themselves. It is a fact that there are few African Americans in South Walton (less than 115) with no emotion or politics to increase the numbers. If it is "wrong" to fly the Confederate Flag then it is also "wrong" to allow (or at least not make a stink about) the fact that African Americans are not part of the South Walton Culture. Most of us supporting the flag was okay with things pretty much. Now we are sharply divided. Who is to blame? Was it an agenda or is it pure respect and sympathy for the African American. Sure is hard to prove the respect and sympathy while living in a "paradise" with less than 1% African Americans. God Bless us ALL, Jdarg!"
Worth repeating, there is no one guarding, preventing, checking the color of your skin at any points of entries into Walton County and especially south Walton entry ways, the 331 bridge, or either the Bay County line or the Okaloosa County line. I think you are continuing the symphony you call your own voice. I hear what you are saying but you have taken up another extreme point of view because there are only a small minority of Black people who live in SoWal. I personally oppose the flag for one reason and one reason only, because of those on the extremes who use it as their symbol, nothing to do with the history, nothing to do with who served what side, nothing to do with someone else point of view. I personally don't think it should fly over any government property. You want to wear it, fly it on your car or truck, fly it in front of your business, that is your choice. My opinion
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