Confederate Flag Controversy

Maybe it's just me, but how can anyone still try to justify flying the Confederate flag above any government building?  In the final analysis. it is a symbol of the perppetuation of the institute of slavery.  Those who want to use the flag claim other reasons, but they don't hold water.

One of the reasons that often comes up is that they are honoring those that fought and died during that war.  If this were so, why do they only honor those who fought on the side that was trying to keep slavery in the states.  What about the Union soldiers who were fighting against slavery?  Others will claim that there were complicated economic reasons, but this boils down to: It was more economical to use slave labor to raise and harvest the cotton, which was the main economic staple of the South.  Another reason often given is "states rights", buth this always turns out to be the State's right to perpetuate slavery in their state.

Nowdays, the only real reason to keep trying to fly the "Stars and Bars" over such places as the Anderson County Courthouse last week, is to send the not so subtle message that it is still O.K. in some areas of this country to try to oppress some races or classes of people.

Let us not forget why the war was fought, or which viewpoint lost.

But maybe it's just me....