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Confederate Flags. This issue was brought to my attention before Giggler01's
announcement about the upcoming vote. I first noticed the flags when looking
through face parts with my friend when we found a visor bearing a
confederate flag. When I read Giggler's article, though, I had no idea which side I
would vote for. I've tried to write an article expressing both viewpoints....
After we saw the flag we just stared at it for a little
while. Then, my friend and I both voiced our opinions -- we agreed that it was horrible. I
couldn't believe this was allowed in Whyville, when saying "KKK" is not.
However, first opinions are not always correct.
After
Giggler's article, I started to think about how I will vote. One thing came to
mind -- my social studies teacher scrawling "The most important speech to protect
is that which makes you angriest," on the board. Personally, I dislike the
ideology that seems to go along with confederate flags, but if they are banned,
what will be next? I believe in the Snowball or Slippery Slope theory -- once one
thing happens, more and more related things will happen. Once confederate flags
get banned, what will be next?! I don't eat meat, but after my article, some
people have voiced in the BBS that they thought that it was against God's will
for people to not eat meat. Will my anti-meat sign soon also not be allowed in
Whyville? Will anarchy signs go the way of cover-up? If we want to get the
American constitution involved, Confederate flags are symbolic speech and
therefore protected under the first amendment.
In favor of the other side, Whyville does have a right, and,
in some ways, a necessity of censoring us. With the catching of KKK and Ku Klux
Klan in the filters, hate speech is outlawed in Whyville. Why should confederate
flags be any different? I cannot see how this flag shows pride of your home
state -- it is a mark of the half of the U.S. that believed that people different
than them were not people, but rather possessions. I recall a Times article
where someone talked about someone whose face was a burning Bible.... The Editor
reminded them that they could 911 Report people with offensive faces. The Bible
was expressing that person's opinion, and so are confederate flags. They both
isolate people, and therefore, if the first is outlawed, the second should be
too.
Make an informed decision! =)
Much love,
Vote for what you believe, not what your friends tell you to,
8Dyay8D
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