Congrats to the Old South for doing something right, albeit 146 years too late. You recall that I've written before about the anti-American Confederate flag, and how it doesn't jibe with latter day Southerners' avowed patriotism for the United States, aka the Union.
But some Southern Tea-Party types just don't get it: "'I am a firm believer in the freedom to express our individual rights, which include flying the flag that we decide to fly,' said Philip Way, a Civil War re-enactor dressed in a Confederate wool uniform despite the summer temperatures. 'That's freedom to me.'"
The ordinance affects only public (municipal) displays of the Confedrate Flag; private displays are unaffected.
So "freedom," it seems, is a relative word. While anti-government conservatives say they want Big Gubument out of their lives, what they really mean -- like the rest of us -- is that they want government to promote their values, while diminishing others'. That's freedom for them.
Those retrograde bumpkins in wool underpants still have the right to fly their treasonous flag; but the People have spoken, and They don't want the rebel flag flown in the victor's halls.
And if you don't like it, look away, Dixieland!
September 2, 2011 | CBS News
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