The Confederate Flag Controversy

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ious that Barnes retired the Southern Cross without even giving them a chance to vote.
Will Americans one day look back and find that our thoughts, either for or against, the Confederate flag were as similar as the Southerners (and Northerners alike) ensnared in war. Perhaps we have molded the issue into something it wasn’t. Perhaps we had our own agenda. Was it really the flag that we were so concerned about? Or was it that we simply like to try and force our political views on one another. I believe it is the latter of the two. Regardless of the fact, the Confederate flag controversy will be a battle that we will fight for a long time to come.
Which is worse, the Confederate flag, or the political agendas being forced on Americans by those who oppose the flag? The Civil War ended on April 9th 1865. But here in modern day America, a new battle is raging, the battle between the true meaning of the Confederate flag, and the political agendas of those who want to take a piece of heritage away from the south. I am not saying that t...