Save the Flag of the State of Mississippi
To: Mississippi State LegislatureWe, the below citizens of the United States and the Great State of Mississippi, who have signed this petition, hereby request the Government of the State of Mississipp... continue reading »
"The confederate flag is a symbol of heritage, not hate."
"Keep the flag....keep the heritage"
"...that's exactly what all those white plantation owners did: got rich off the labor of others. Guess slavery was the greatest "welfare system" of them all. Those racist white planters were the greatest WELFARE CHISELERS of them all."
"Protect our Southern Pride, save Our Flag!!! Our flag only has a little confederate flag on the upper left corner, Georgia's flag has the hole right side with the confederate flag. If they take our flag Georgia's flag may be next, If they have not already"
"keep the flag its a symbol of the past if it is erased then people will forget and history will repeat it slef and this time the south would win"
"Keep my flag the way it is."
"kill the niggers and the nigger loving white whores too"
"This flag represents the ideals of democracy and self-determination. If we destroy it, we are ignoring our past and forfeiting our democratic rights and are betraying the Confederacy. We must respect the price of independence and remember our heritage rat"
"...how many "nigras" would I have to lynch? How many black churches would I have to burn down before I'd be a real enough Christian for the Southern Baptist Convention?"
"I LIKE MY STSTES FLAG"
"Don't mess with Mississippi's state flag."
"I WAS RAISED IN THE GREAT STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AND VERY PROUD OF THE SOUTHERN HERITAGE I WAS RAISED WITH. I HOPE WE CAN KEEP THE FLAG AND PASS ON GENERATIONS TO COME. EVEN THOUGH I LIVE OUT OF STATE I AM ALWAYS PROUDE TO SAY I'M FROM THE SOUTH."
"Leave our flag alone it stands fo our heritage . leave us some dignity."
"I want the ORIGINAL state flag: the Bonnie Blue Flag, which flew over the state from 1810-1861. At least give me the Magnolia Flag, the state flag from 1861-1894."
"How do these people have time to waste on such a matter as changing our flag. Our state leaders have wasted enough time and money trying to redesign a flag, that will no doubt, be less of a flag than what we have. Keep the flag and get a job. Be proud to "
"...IT WAS WORTH IT!"
"hey all you black folk and yankees/carpetbaggers trying to change the flag, it stands for people not only working but fighting for what they believe in and any symbole that represents that is surely worthy of displaying on the flag of the noble state of m"
"Don't strip us of our dignity!!! Before it's all over, WE will have to give up out property. The Civil War wasn't started over slavery issues to start with. This confederate symbol should be left alone so that conservatives won't have another reason to li"
"Hate not heritage, uhh I think I men the uther way round. Ma grandaddy dun fot fur ta keep the niggers down so we kin keep the flag."