Petition to Ban Confederate Flag from Walton County Courthouse

[Misty]

 

[Jdarg]

Bless your heart.

 

[mputnal]

This is the excerpt:

~Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.


This is what the Confederacy was based on. This is what the Confederate flag represents.

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!

 

[Jenksy]

Who lives in SoWal is irrelevant. Flying the confederate flag on government property is wrong. Flying it on personal property is offensive to many people. Trying to deflect a losing position as you are doing is desperate.

 

[liz coats]

How much more venom can we expect from you? How many chips are you carrying on those shoulders? #bittermuch?

Let me get this straight. People who don't agree with you spew venom if they see things differently? It seems to me that you refuse to accept that the majority of the residents of Walton County don't share your values and political views. Have you been to Tampa lately? If you have you must have really been offended.

 

[Misty]

Who lives in SoWal is irrelevant. Flying the confederate flag on government property is wrong. Flying it on personal property is offensive to many people. Trying to deflect a losing position as you are doing is desperate.

Actually, you are on the losing end of this argument. The majority of Walton County does not share your view.

 

[Misty]

• Confederate flag press conference sparks Sandestin protest

http://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/20150814/NEWS/st_refDomain=www.facebook.com&st_refQuery=/

The NAACP came here for a conference which ended up an epic failure. I'm all about the NAACP being as free as the rest of us to protest but this was ridiculous.

1.) You (NAACP) tried to hold a press conference on private property against our local government and the private property owners let you know real quick like they didn't give a damn about your personal agenda.

2.) Since your protest involved a decision made locally by our government, your best bet would have been to have held your protest on the Courthouse lawn which is publicly owned land. Not sure that would have worked out any better for you but you would not have been prevented from parking unless you were parked on private property.

3.) Decisions made locally by our government have nothing to do with you if you do not live and pay taxes in our County.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

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!

This is just a bizarre variation of the "some of my best friends are black" defense. You've just spun it into the "none of your best friends are black" offensive. It's equally lame, and very strange on top of that.

 

[Misty]

Who lives in SoWal is irrelevant.

Actually, I think its very relevant. The NAACP tried to hold a press conference on private property which turned into a protest of the Confederate flag flying on public land in Walton County. Were the armchair QB's (jdarg, yourself, Teresa, LOTB, Cuff, the Uhlfelders, LVT, and/or others) who have supported the removal of that flag, the NAACP and local black folks at that ridiculous protest? If not...why not??

If the issue is so important to you and you want the BCC to concede to your demands why wouldn't you show up to support the people who support your views?

How many of you will be there on Hwy 98 when the NAACP comes back to demonstrate?

How many of you will stop the "persecution" of the poor pitiful blacks who tried to stage a protest on private property?

 

[mputnal]

Mputnal3. Kurt it is very offensive and telling that you would remove me from the forum. Good luck to your new and improved forum.