The Hypocrisy Of Burning Or Banning The Confederate Battle Flag- Part One

The Civil War was fought over State’s Rights! The Civil War was fought over Slavery! The Civil War was fought cus’ crackas was tryin’ to keep a brotha down! What a load of horseshit!

The Civil War was ignited politically because of the State’s Right to succeed and the preservation of the institution of slavery . It is not a one versus the other debate. They were both the cause of the Civil War but that is not why the war was fought. The Civil War was fought because the North and the South were radically different. The old wounds never completely healed because the North and the South STILL have different cultures and economies.

As Americans we can all have a McDonald’s and Walmart in every  town but different regions of the country will still see the world differently. The division of the North and South is still apparent in every election when half the country votes for the Blue team and the other half votes for the Red team.

As a Southern I hold the Stars and Bars in the same high esteem as the Stars and Stripes. As a resident of Alabama I consider myself a current citizen of Alabama above being a citizen of the United States. As a native Texan I consider myself a citizen of the Lone Star State above being a current citizen of Alabama above being a citizen of the United States.

This is what State’s Rights means to me. Being a citizen of a individual State above being a citizen of the collective States.The United States was originally founded as a confederacy. A confederacy is defined as a collection of states for the common action of similar states.

It wasn’t until after the American Revolution the Articles of Confederation was replaced with the Constitution under a stronger influence of the Federal Government. This changed the country into a Federalist system while many Southern states from the Revolutionary War wanted to remain a Confederation.

The debate of the importance of the Federal Government is still ongoing and creating a new divide. By being a citizen of the United States I am automatically a participant in the Federalist system. The Federal Government rules over every State and the power is concentrated in the hands of 535 people. Considering the United States is inhabited by over 300,0000,000 citizens this concentration of power is going to create a new divide over the role of the Federal Government. Except this time I doubt it is solely the Southern state who want to return to a confederacy and limit the role of the Federal Government.

In Part Two I will be discussing the Articles Of Confederation, Bill of Rights and the Federalist Papers.