Re: So I guess some people think symbols/posters should be banned.
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Also, I don't see how the confederate flag represents slavery. The civil war was about states' rights, not slavery. Slavery was a side issue.
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I personally think this is BS. The claim that the war was about "states rights" is a bit of semantic munging to make the southern states sound slightly more noble than they actually were, perhaps as a means of mending fences between the two halves of the country.
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If you search amazon, there are dozens of books talking about the start of the civil war and how it was NOT caused by slavery.
Lincoln even said he had no intention of freeing the slaves at his Inaugural Address.
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