tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789546178605594006.post177543118250445073..comments2016-02-22T09:25:59.604-08:00Comments on Ansarino en Argentina: Dixie Flag in Argentina?Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08166596063639525297noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789546178605594006.post-32783423247595281322016-02-22T09:25:59.604-08:002016-02-22T09:25:59.604-08:00Hi!
As the first comment said, there are many symb...Hi!<br />As the first comment said, there are many symbols that are being taken without knowing the original meaning. I 've just seen the flag in a J.Cook's bag and I was as amazed as you. Do you think it may have a double message? Or is it just a tradition thatt remained? Bc if it has political ideas on it I think people should be awarned of that<br />Finnwillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14227220272354462786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789546178605594006.post-77913005226431689592012-06-30T18:50:26.491-07:002012-06-30T18:50:26.491-07:00Thanks for shedding some more light on this subjec...Thanks for shedding some more light on this subject! Your explanation is way more detailed than my understanding, and very articulate to boot.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166596063639525297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789546178605594006.post-3895985919249847032012-06-30T18:42:28.858-07:002012-06-30T18:42:28.858-07:00Thank you for taking the time to reply- and in Eng...Thank you for taking the time to reply- and in English no less! I think people here don't know that the company logo has anything to do with the Civil War, in fact a friend of mine told me that he thought that the company was a US brand! I wonder if the company is aware of the connection.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08166596063639525297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789546178605594006.post-33950059339058135962012-06-30T08:46:48.789-07:002012-06-30T08:46:48.789-07:00Chris is correct in his historical analysis - ther...Chris is correct in his historical analysis - there were many factors that contributed to the secession of our southern States but slavery was at the epicenter of the debate. The northern States had already abolished slavery and were being supported by the burgeoning industrial revolution in their city centers (mills, factories, etc). The southerners still relied heavily on the agricultural industry to produce revenue and trade. Their slaves were the workforce behind that agrarian society. <br /><br />I would like to add that there have been numerous developments in the 150 years since the war that have complicated the issue beyond an easy answer or label. Following slavery, the Jim Crow laws enacted throughout the south continued to keep African Americans oppressed up to and following the desegregation of the society in the 1950's/60's. In reality, blacks continue to live in substandard conditions when compared with their white counterparts - across the country, not just in the south. Another point - the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), developed in the decades following the war by a group of former Confederate officers, became a terrorizing force amidst the black population that would not hesitate to murder a black person for even the possibility of committing a crime or for a perceived insult to a white citizen. Over the decades, the Confederate flag became a growing symbol of meaning and significance for this group. To the present day, many White Supremacists hold the Confederate flag in high regard as a symbol of their racial superiority. <br /><br />On the other hand, there is little doubt that southerners suffered enormously from the war and its aftermath. Once again, to the present day, the southern states are underdeveloped and poorer than their northern counterparts. Many southerners hold the flag in high regard as a way of demonstrating their pride in their Scots-Irish heritage and in the distinctively southern way of life. In addition, because the southerners were referred to as "rebels" for their attempt to secede, many individuals in all states who feel an affinity for some type of rebellious life - whatever that may mean to them - have taken up the flag as their own personal means of individual expression. As Chris pointed out, however, this symbolism is marred by the reality of slavery as being at the heart of the Confederate secession. <br /><br />In any and all accounts....it is a thorny issue and one that will probably be debated for a long while to come. I applaud Chris for taking a stab at it in a fair and honest account.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824090153750318822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4789546178605594006.post-39114662831165581492012-06-29T21:51:52.540-07:002012-06-29T21:51:52.540-07:00Okey I never like this type of things, I mean, the...Okey I never like this type of things, I mean, the way that companies take flags or simbols of other countries and use them like them logos. Because they may or may not know what thats logos means, but they are sending subliminal messages to the people, make them wear a flag of an other country, for example, and make all of us look like unpatriotic. And that's really an insult for the country we have to represent, which deserves respect. Is realy necessary, for me, that people have to know the meaning and reason of what they are promoting or wearing. I hope this change one day.<br />An argentinian disturbed teenage.SerafinHummingbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155556205167566346noreply@blogger.com