I've heard those arguments all my life. Those arguments didn't reflect my personal observations as a kid growing up with segregated schools in my Oklahoma hometown, and they still don't say anything different today. The stars and bars to me is a racist symbol. And the people I know today that fly it in Oklahoma and Texas are some of the most hardcore white supremacists out there.
Yes, it was the battle flag for a failed government. And today it's rallying symbol today for people that haven't got the news that the war is over, and the south lost.
What this has to do with the topic of Shelby's in foreign lands, I really don't know.
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