Hating the Confederate Flag

Appalachia has a way of making you hate things that you once thought were good. Like the Confederate flag. Yes, I know, the Confederate States of America never used it as a flag, it was the naval ensign. I've never figured out why they use the flag they do and not the correct one and no one seems to know how using the naval ensign got started.

When I first moved to the southern parts of America, I really liked seeing the Confederate flag flying. It was a sign of small government, local control, take pride in your culture people. It was a good thing. Then I moved to Appalachia, which in general supported the North during the war. Here the flag means illiterate, inbred, meth dealer, who thinks they can do whatever they want because "they have rahts". Here the flag is used to justify poor, often illegal behavior. Interestingly, in other parts of the south, the Confederate flag was accepted by just about everyone, in Appalachia, only the lower classes accept its use. There is nothing good about the Confederate flag as it is used in Appalachia.

Of course, I now feel the same about the Christianity and "rahts", two things I thought were very good before seeing what hillbillies have done to them. I guess the moral of the story is, no matter how good something is, hillbillies will find a way to fuck it up.