Liberals think the flag is racist because they have been brainwashed by the media. The KKK carried the Confederate Flag, but they also carry the American flag and the Christian flag. The Civil war was not fought over slavery. It was a fight of big government against local government. Big government won, and today we see the socialist effects of this. The government now regulates everything from private business to low flush toilets. The south should have won. Lincoln invented the Emancipation Proclomation to make slavery an issue. In the Emancipation Proclomation, all slaves were freed, in the Confederate States. They were not freed in the neutral border states nor were they in the counties of the south that supported the Yankees. Lincoln's propoganda has worked so well that State's Rights is now thought of as Racist. Look at Strong Thermun. ( Was that right?) He was for states rights, and ran for president. After some politician said that the nation would have been better if he had won, during his retirement party, he was accused of being racist and had to resign. I personally think that the Cause is not gone, but is going to rise again. I am a Confederate. That is the only true patriotism, in the spirit of our Founders. I would also Hazzard a guess that half of America is also Confederate, whether the know it or not. It is also known as Conservatism. Does anybody else agree with me?