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 »
"It was fought over States' Rights--over the right of a state to permit people to be beaten, raped, and killed simply on account of their skin color. It was a matter of PRINCIPLE and HONOR!"
"the state flag is a part of our history but the black people look at it as racisim and that's not fair tous they are wanting us to give up our history, we can't help how our ancestors treated them so many years ago."
"this is part of our history ..good or bad !!!"
"I respectfully ask that you preserve our southern heritage."
"Our flag is about our history and nothing more. Please keep it just the way it is for all Mississippians."
"Why should we change it now? If they wanted to change it, they should've done that years ago!"
"I am proud of the fact that I was born and raised in the South as were my ancestors. This is a part of my southern heritage, LEAVE IT ALONE!"
"The disputed flag means one thing to one group with one history, and another thing to another group with a different history."
"I am a Yankee, but I might as well be living in the South. I have great respect and admiration for your heritage and consider myself to be one of you God-fearing, lovers of this great nation. God bless you."
"Dear rod....Did you ever hear about the Emancipation Proclamation down in Mississippi? It wasn't about money....it talked about men being equals. Your economic argument( and the one so frequently used about state's rights) are merely window-dressing for w"
"How many of blacks (I believe the word you use to refer to them is "niggers") did the South kill during the years before and after the Civil War? Do you have those figures handy?"
"It isn't the flag that is prejudice or hateful, it is the people who abuse it. Most of us Southerners look at the flag with Pride not Prejudice. Heritage not Hate. Thanks to whomever came up with this petition, C.S.A are greatful."
"To the author of this petition: I am sorry for the fact that I have turned your petition into a soapbox, but from what I have seen, it has long since been ruined by these self-loving mindless idiots who have nothing better to do but fein superiority and p"
"please do not change the flag"
"Changing the flag wont change the heart."
