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Summary: If Y'All Don't Get It!
Review: As a Southerner I was naturally attracted to this book, which makes a real effort to explain the positive connotations of the Confederate Battle Flag. The question the author does not address sufficiently is why such a defense is necessary at all. After all no one criticizes the American flag because it was the symbol of a slave republic for ninety years and also the symbol of the cultural genocide of Native Americans for longer than that, or the British flag because it was a symbol of the slave trade for over one hundred and on and on. That any public symbol of any group of people can be interpreted negatively is self-evident, but rather than exploring this point Don Hinkle limits himself to making clear (and successfully so) that Southerners (like everyone else) have a right to be proud of their heritage and their emblems, and that Confederate symbols are as much an honored part of American history as the Star Spangled Banner or the Martin Luther King memorial. After all, he contends, Southerners are Americans too, who made and continue to make a sizable contribution to this country. And no, the Confederacy was not about perpetuating slavery, every hear of the Corwin Amendment, or Lincoln's myriad statements that the war was about "preserving the Union" with or without slavery folks? It was instead, as Hinkle implies but should explicate more clearly, more about trying to keep the South from becoming the political, social, and economic colony of the North (and West), which is just what happened after 1865. Despite these limitations, this book is a good start towards an objective understanding of an issue that has been unreasonably clouded by misplaced and self-serving emotions.
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Summary: Some Reviews Are More Helpful Than One Might Think
Review: Dear Readers, I write this review in order to try to set the record straight. This book is quite well done. It points out several interesting facts. But you can read those for yourself. It is well worth reading. My review is more in response to the ignorance shown by a couple of the other reviewers. Although I cannot blame them. They were given a public school education, which is fraught with lies and political correctness. I will attempt to make several points. 1) The African slave trade was much older than the United States. That same trade still exist today in Africa. I find it amusing that with all of this trade alive and well that no one is screaming about it. I guess it is because it is black people enslaving black people. To admit this is happening might lose people some of their freebies. 2) Only about 14% of the citizens of the Confederacy were slaveholders; not 80-90% which the schoolbooks would have you believe. 3) Of those people holding slaves, there existed free blacks who held slaves. The census records show over 2,000 slaves were held by those of African descent. 4) If it was a war to end slavery, then why did the "Emancipation Proclamation" not occur until far into the war. 5) That great "abolitionist" Abraham Lincoln once stated, " If I could keep this Union together without freeing one slave, I would do it." 6) The fact is the war was about states rights. The north was taxing the South so highly in order to keep the South from selling their raw goods to France and England, that the South was going broke! 7) Oh, and by the way, there were FREE blacks as well as slaves that formed Confederate troops towards the end of the war. They fought with valour just as the whites did! Just as a sideline. I moved to Oregon a few years ago. When I began meeting my workmates. They noticed that I had a Southern accent. The first things out of thier ignorant mouths was "how many sheets do I have hanging in my closet?" Then they began telling about the South. When I asked them what part they had visited, thier response was " oh, I've never actually been." God Save The South!
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Summary: An inspiring argument over the Battle Flag of the South
Review: Every once in a while the controversy of abolishing the Battle Flag of the Confederacy pops up. To strip a nation of its heritage and the symbols they represent is wrong. Don Hinkle does an outstanding job defending the Flag with a great deal of research and facts.
I thought as an American that you had the right to express yourself as stated in the Constituton. However, it appears that a select group of individuals and organizations wants to strip that right from individuals who have a deep tie with the fallen men of the south.
There are people out there that feel the flag is a symbol of racism and slavery. Hinkle shows that that is far from the truth.
Many states and school districts ban students from wearing or displaying the battle flag while in school or attending school sponsored events. Yet a student can wear the flag of Great Britain a country we fought for our freedom some 200 years ago. So why ban the Battle Flag?
Groups trying to abolish the flag use hate groups like the KKK and others in their effort to ban the displaying of the flag. They state that these groups fly these flags on their marches and demonstrations. Do these groups in favor of ridding the Battle Flag watch current events. I think not for if they did they would see these groups also fly the American Stars and Stripes. So, should we abolish the American Flag. It would seem to make sense to me if they want to continue to use this as their argument.
Don Hinkle has done an excellent job at defending the cause of the Confederate Battle Flag. He provides countless reasons for keeping it and none for abolishing it.
The American People need to read this book and follow it up with others like it. After all we should be looking for the truth and not what others want us to believe.
In sum, Hinkle provides a strong argument for defending the Battle Flag. He changed my view on the flag. I too thought it as a symbol of slavey and racism. I thank Don Hinkle for allowing me to set my own values and not be persuaded by the media and others.
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Summary: A Real Liberal-Gagger!!
Review: If you're a politically correct liberal who can't stand anyone else having their own opinions, you'll quickly suffer a "Maalox Moment" after reading this book. But, if you're in the vast "silent majority" and you wonder what the hell all the hoopla is regarding the confederate battle flag and other symbols that have been around for well over a hundred years, then this is the book for you. The author gives a readable, yet comprehensive account of what that flag meant to the folks who fought for it, and where today's politically correct circus got started. And when you're through, you may just feel like singing "Dixie" again!!
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Summary: If Y'All Don't Get It!
Review: So said the late and great Ronnie Van Zant in the intro to Sweet Home Alabama, and he was right. It is obscene and a total distortion of reality to describe the Confederate Flag as a "racist symbol". Don Hinkle has certainly done us proud with this much-needed boost for the good people of The South. The supreme irony is that by attempting to ban the Confederate Flag (anti-Flag pedants please note, my capitalization is deliberate) they will turn it into a rallying symbol for every WASP who has had enough of being blamed for all of the evils of the world. Proportionally speaking, very few whites have openly supported the KKK and other Right Wing groups. Yet with a Communist-inspired "Liberal" onslaught on the Confederate Flag, lines are bound to become blurry. Yes, slavery was wrong, we've all figured that out, and if we hadn't been deliberately undermined by reckless and subversive immigration policies, black and white integration would have taken place much more rapidly. The number of lies about The Racist South are equalled only by the pitiful attempts to deify thugs such as Lincoln, whose War Of Northern Aggression only belatedly and incidentally embraced the slavery issue. As another reviewer correctly observed, it was about taxation and the suppression of The South. Good job, Don. It ain't Tolstoy, but it's written from the heart, and The Truth will always get through. Time to give up the Confederate Flag? No, it's time to draw a line in the sand.
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Summary: "Do not remove ancient landmarks."-Proverbs 22:28
Review: There was a time not long ago when there wasn't any real problems concerning the Confederate Battle Flag. Then the NAACP and others of their ilk desiring to be politically correct instead of historical accurate condemned the "Southern Cross" and all hell has broke loose with the flag.
Don Hinkle explains the origin of the flag and why it is beloved in America, over seas and especially in the South. He includes amazing photographs that show the U.S. military proudly flying the banner as a spirit flag and true accounts of the flag being carried by our veterans in recent wars.
He also explains the anti-flaggers mean spirited attacks and use of other tactics against the Embattled Banner. It is interesting to note that recently three scalawag Southern governors against the flag all lost reelections. Mississippi also voted to retain the Confederate flag emblem in their state flag and keep it flying in Biloxi.
This book is a must read for for those who cherish the flag and for those who need to learn the history and truth about it.
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Summary: "Do not remove ancient landmarks."-Proverbs 22:28
Review: There was a time not long ago when there wasn't any real problems concerning the Confederate Battle Flag. Then the NAACP and others of their ilk desiring to be politically correct instead of historical accurate condemned the "Southern Cross" and all hell has broke loose with the flag.
Don Hinkle explains the origin of the flag and why it is beloved in America, over seas and especially in the South. He includes amazing photographs that show the U.S. military proudly flying the banner as a spirit flag and true accounts of the flag being carried by our veterans in recent wars.
He also explains the anti-flaggers mean spirited attacks and use of other tactics against the Embattled Banner. It is interesting to note that recently three scalawag Southern governors against the flag all lost reelections. Mississippi also voted to retain the Confederate flag emblem in their state flag and keep it flying in Biloxi.
This book is a must read for for those who cherish the flag and for those who need to learn the history and truth about it.
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Summary: Finally! Someone has told the truth!
Review: This book puts to shame all of the,"would be" Historians. Hinkle gives a very well researched story about the truth of The Confederate Battle Flag. What most people do not realise is the fact that just because a symbol is not important to you, does not mean it should be done away with. This book puts to shame those who choose only to destroy the flag. They claim the flag reppresents slavery and that was the cause of the war. Well here is a fact for them...The U.S. had slaves longer than the C.S. did. In the South slavery was abolished in 1865, but the high and mighty North did not abolish slavery until 1866. These people think they know that the war was over slavery are funny. They need to do more reading and get out of celebrity book clubs. Don Hinkle's book is very well researched and anyone whom argues with it could probally be seen on the side of the road arguing with a STOP sign.
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Summary: Don did a great job writing this outstanding book!
Review: this is a graet book on a fantastic subject! wow I was amazed on this subject! Great truth at it's best! I am planning to let a friend read this book! I really likeed it a lot!! Great reading is sure to come! don I wanna read another book by you AGAIN!
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Summary: To : "A real Crock"
Review: Your painfully obvious ignorance of American history suggests that the federal guidelines for indoctrination through public schooling were immensely successful with you. We must give credit where credit is due.
HOWEVER, there are those of us who suffered through public "education", {this includes many universities in this present time}, but moved on to discover for ourselves the truth. This truth is provided by period writings both personal and public; e.g. diaries and newspapers from here and overseas, and the great truth found in our founding documents.
You sir, should endeavour to higher education and an objective grasp on the truth before engaging in either opinion or debate.
Signed, An EDUCATED Southerner
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