[quote=@TJByrum]
Some people want to demolish/close all historical plantations in the area, remove the rebel flag from Confederate/Non-Confederate gravestones, and overall just erase the Confederacy from the south altogether.
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That's a terrible idea. The Confederate flag, as has been pointed out many times, stands for more than just slavery and racism. The Confederacy, and it's respective flag, are important aspects of American history. Why should we clear out all historical plantations? Might as well take it out the textbooks and turn the Native American tribal grounds into real estate. No, we shouldn't because they represent what the country has been through; both the good and the bad. And if you wipe our perception of history clean of tragedies like slavery then we don't know history. And those who don't know history are bound to repeat it or otherwise manage to screw everything up.

Most people can't see past the slavery and racism that the South has been known for for the past two centuries, and thus when they see the Confederate flag they scream "Neo-Nazis!" "Racists!" "Inbred redneck shits!" And granted while some people may use it for ill intent that's not the flag's fault, as was stated by somebody earlier.

The flag symbolizes the South in all it's splendor. It's a great place -- it's the soul of America. Without Dixie this country would honestly have next to no set culture. Without the South and it's great dishes, accents, and music there wouldn't be anything too interesting about America, at least not on the East Coast. 

The first colony was founded in Jamestown, Virginia, 1607. The South is the cradle of the American nation.