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Is the Confederate Flag a racist and hateful flag?
For many years, we in the Confederate Movement have beenhearing the following,” the Confederate flag is a flag of hateand racism.” The opponents of this flag seem to hit a cordwith the public, convincing them that we in this movement aresome how racists and should be shund. I would like tocounter their charges; I think you will be very surprised tolearn what I have to tell you. For those of us in thismovement, the Confederate flag is not a racist flag. Nor is it aflag of hate, it is the flag of our country, The ConfederateStates of America.Charge # 1: “ The Klan flies the Confederate Flag.” This is not entirely true. The main stream Klan does not fly theConfederate flag, only one or two Chapters fly the flag; andthen they are not in the main stream. These chapters, havebroken away from the regular Klan. By mainstream I mean,the one that has the most members. The flag that the Klanflies on a regular basis is the U.S. flag. The two chapters thatfly the Confederate flag, are in Ohio and New York, both Yankee states. The Leader of the Klan has even sent out amemo not to fly the Confederate flag, it seems they don’twant to be associated with the flag; which is just fine with usConfederates. Charge # 2: the Nazi’s also uses The Confederate Flag.
 
This is almost laughable, in all the Nazi rallies, I have neverseen the Confederate flag used at all. The Nazi’s don’t use theConfederate flag, for the following reasons: 1.
 
The modern day Nazi’s, or Neo-Nazis, still follow theteachings of Adolf Hitler.2.
 
Hitler outlawed the Confederate Flag in 1935; heunderstood what the Confederate Flag meant. HisGovernment was a totalitarian and Centralist Government,The Confederate Flag stands for States rights and a non-Centralist form Government. I was reading a book that afriend gave me, it was the story of a Wilhelm Bucher. Mr.Bucher’s Great, Great Grandfather fought for theConfederacy. After the war, the elder Mr. Bucher wentback to Germany. When Wilhelm Bucher flew hisConfederate flag outside his Berlin House in 1936, the
 
 naz s . ., or orm roopers came an oo own.They informed him that it was illegal for him to fly thatflag. Not to be undaunted, he had two other Confederateflags. He then flew the First National Confederate Flag. This time, the S.S. came for him. He was sent to BergenBelsin, (this was before it became a Concentration Camp)for a period of two years. When he was released, he wenthome flew his third and last Confederate Flag. TheGestapo came for him this time, they took him to GestapoHeadquarters and shot him in Jan. 1939. So if it is the Flagflown by the Nazi’s some one hasn’t told them of the banHitler put on the Confederate flag. Charge #3: The Confederate Flag flew over Slavery. While this is true, the same can be said of the u.S. Flag. Theu.S. Flag flew over slavery a full 70 years before theConfederate States of America came into existence. TheConfederate Flag never flew over the Ships that brought theslaves over here. To top it all off, the Confederate States of  America freed her slaves in 1863; the Federal Union didn’t doit until 1868 with the passage of the 13
th
amendment.
 
The Confederate flag was a more egalitarian flag than theFederal flag, in that it had integrated troops within its army.In the Federal army, the black troops served in their owndivisions and served under white officers. These troopers sawvery little combat; they mostly served in servile roles, servingmostly as laborers and personal servants to the white officers. The Confederate Army used Blacks both as Soldiers andlaborers, there were those white officers in the Confederate Army that had personal servants, but this was not the norm.The Black Soldiers in the Confederate Army were paid thesame rate as the White Soldier, they were paid more If theyserved as laborers. Plus if the Black Confederate soldiers foundany Northern weapons or equipment, they could sell them tothe Confederate Army for about twice what they were worthon the open market.Charge # 4: The Confederate Flag is an anti-Christian Flag.
 
This Charge again is laughable, The Confederate Flag is aChristian Flag.
 
 
 
In the picture above, you will notice the third National Confederate Flag. It isthe last flag that the Confederate Congress voted into existence in 1864.The X that you see in the upper left hand part of the Flag, is called the Crossof St. Andrews. This an off shoot of the Scottish National flag, a non-racialflag. For those who don’t know who St. Andrew was, he was a Follower of our lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To the best of my knowledge, he lived about70 years after Christ was Crucified. He was slated to die by crucifixion by theRomans, for his witness for the Lord. As most early Christians, he did not feelworthy to die on the same cross as our lord. St. Peter, for example, wascrucified on an upside down cross. St. Andrew requested to be Crucified on aperverted cross as well, an X. That is how the Second and Third National,along with the Battle Canton came into existence. Charge # 5: The Confederate Flag is Anti-Jewish.
 
 Again, no it is not. Many Jews served under this flag not only as soldiers, butalso as high officials. One of the most prominent Confederate Jews, wasJudah P. Benjamin. Mr. Benjamin was not only the Secretary of State and theSecretary of War for the Confederate States of America, but also the AttorneyGeneral as well. He also enjoyed the coveted role of person advisor to C.S.A.President Jefferson Davis, a position that any Gentile would love to have.There were other prominent Jews in the Confederate States of America, toomany for me to list in this paper. There is even a Jewish Prayer for theConfederacy, Read it below.
 Shemang Yisroel, Ad-nay El-hainoo, Ad-noy Achod!
 
Oh G-d of the Universe! Although unworthy through my manifestold transgressions, I approach the seat of thymercy, to crave thy favor, and to seek thy protection. I supplicate thy forgiveness, O most merciful Father, forthe many transgressions and the oft repeated disobedience, which cause Thee to command destruction over me.Behold me now, O my Father, supplicating Thy protection! Thou who art near when all other aid faileth! O spareme, guard me from the evil that is impending!
This once happy country is inflamed by the fury of war; a menacing enemy is arrayed against the rights, liberties
and freedom of this, our Confederacy; the ambition of this enemy has dissolved fraternal love, and the hand of 
fraternity has been broken asunder by the hands of those, who sit now in council and meditate our chastisement,
with the chastisement of scorpions. Our firesides are threatened; the foe is before us, with the declared intentionto desecrate our soil, to murder our people, and to deprive us of the glorious inheritance which was left to us bythe immortal fathers of this once great Republic.Here I stand now with many thousands of the sons of the sunny South, to face the foe, to drive him back, and todefend our natural rights. O Lord, G-d of Israel, be with me in the hot season of the contending strife; protectand bless me with health and courage to bear cheerfully the hardships of war.O L-rd, Ruler of Nations, destroy the power of our enemies! "Grant not the longings of the wicked; suffer not hiswicked device to succeed, lest the exalt themselves. Selah. as for the heads of those that encompass me about,let the mischief of their own lips cover them. Let burning coals be cast upon them; let them be thrown into thefire, into deep pits, that they rise not up again." (Psalm 140). Be unto the Army of this confederacy, as thou wereof old, unto us, thy chosen people— Inspire them with patriotism! Give them when marching to meet, or,overtake the enemy, the wings of the eagle— in the camp be Thou their watch and ward— and in the battle,strike for them, O Almighty G-d of Israel, as thou didst strike for thy people on the plains of Canaan—guidethem O L-rd of Battles, into the paths of victory, guard them from the shaft and missile of the enemy. Grant thatthey may ever advance to wage battle, and battle in thy name to win! Grant that not a standard be ever lowered- -
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