Re:Marine Corps Bans Public Display of Confederate Flag
by joecool1029 on Saturday April 25, 2020 @10:29PM
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> Of course, castigation 1/2 of a nation as 'traitors' for seceding from a union is so problematic I wouldn't know where to begin with that.
How else should they be framed? It's a fact that they were a failed traitorous rebellion and their cause was the defense of the institution of slavery. There's nothing to be proud about.
>'First Nations' flags are flown in various capacities all over the world, sometimes related to the local national forces.
I brought it up because the US conquered native lands and natives serve in the US military today with a semi-autonomous identity (native nations vs. states). They weren't traitors that originally had an obligation to serve in the US military but rather occupied and assimilated as a former foreign power. With that being said: Do they get to fly streamers for their battles from before they were part of the US? It's a legitimate question to which I was asking for a legitimate sourced answer. It's also relevant since there's a large overlap with those later battles and the Civil War.
How else should they be framed? It's a fact that they were a failed traitorous rebellion and their cause was the defense of the institution of slavery. There's nothing to be proud about.
>'First Nations' flags are flown in various capacities all over the world, sometimes related to the local national forces.
I brought it up because the US conquered native lands and natives serve in the US military today with a semi-autonomous identity (native nations vs. states). They weren't traitors that originally had an obligation to serve in the US military but rather occupied and assimilated as a former foreign power. With that being said: Do they get to fly streamers for their battles from before they were part of the US? It's a legitimate question to which I was asking for a legitimate sourced answer. It's also relevant since there's a large overlap with those later battles and the Civil War.