Here are two examples:
Alabama (also discusses other states, such as how Mississippi and Georgia formerly had flags with a confederate flag embedded in the design)
Comment on California city bans non-government flags, angering LGBTQ groups
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months agoI doubt this was an issue in California with the confederate battle flag.
I’ve never seen any state fly the confederate flag.
Government buildings should only fly official government flags. While I support the blue line. It shouldn’t be flown at buildings. It’s not an official flag. Same with the rainbow flag or a plethora of other flags.
horsey@lemm.ee 3 months ago
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Those are battle flags. That isn’t the confederate flag. At least looking at the photos those are just battle flags. Which are less appropriate than flying the flag for a government.
My grandma had a battle flag but she never displayed it. It’s because it’s the battle flag her grandpa had in the civil war. Wish someone had the sense to donate it to a museum but I suspect it was disposed of.
People often confuse the battle flag with the confederate flag. Battle flags were to identify units on the battlefield.
PizzaMane@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Those are battle flags. That isn’t the confederate flag.
colloquial - used in ordinary or familiar conversation; not formal or literary
It is the confederate flag.
HogsTooth@lemmy.world 3 months ago
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months ago
That is accurate.
horsey@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Why would that matter and why would a state house be flying a confederate battle flag either?
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months ago
It’s a historical tradition. They’ve done it for a very long time. It’s to honor their state citizens who died in the war.
I think people don’t get, after the war it was about reconciliation.
The battle flag grew to represent anti-authority. That’s why it became part of the image of the southern outlaw.
I see no need to fly it but then again I live in Oregon. We had no ties to the confederacy. I find it an odd relic myself.
GoddessOfGouda@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Blue line flags are a desecration of our country’s flag. Surprised conservatives aren’t ashamed about that.
Come up with an original design, you know, like a pride flag :)
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months ago
It is a black flag with a blue line. That is an original design.
GoddessOfGouda@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This one?
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2d2730ff-984e-41ee-967a-b7b789dd7d67.jpeg
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 3 months ago
That is a variation. That isn’t the standard thin blue line flag . That also isn’t desecrating a flag.
That is a flag built for a purpose.
Maybe you’re not aware but the American flag isn’t black and white. It’s red, white and blue.