The stars and bars flew high when the native men, women, and children of America were massacred, raped, beaten, starved, and run from their homes. It still flies today but represents something much more than a country of child-killing, rapist, and murdering thieves. The stars and bars flew high when the atomic bombs were dropped in Japan killing, men, women, children, even the domesticated animals they cared for in their homes. It still flies today but represents something much more than a barbaric country showing no mercy to even the innocent. Flags with symbols of Royalty and Christianity flew as over 50,000 people were tortured, hung, beheaded, and some even burned alive for suspicions of witchcraft in European countries. Those symbols are still present today representing something much greater than the barbaric slaughter of innocent people. The swastika flew on a flag in the Nazi Germany era while millions of Jewish men, women, and children were experimented on, tortured, raped, and murdered. That symbol is still present today representing something much greater. It represents peace, prosperity, and religious beliefs. The American flag did not do the bad things done in its presence throughout history people did it of their own free will. The Confederate flag did not enslave anyone of any race. Flags with Christian crosses did not kill, torture, and burn alive anyone. The Swastika did not enslave, torture, and murder millions of Jews. Symbols no matter what they are, are just that….. Symbols. Before you blame a symbol, flag, or religion for all the wrong that has taken place, you might want to take a trip back in time first. People are responsible for the actions of people. You can hide behind anything you want, blame anything you want. You can remove flags, symbols, monuments, or whatever you want. Until you change man, you will not see a difference. That gun in your hand will not kill until you pull the trigger. That knife will not cut or stab on its own. That club will not bludgeon without the help of mankind. If everything that represents something evil in our world needs to be removed before we will have peace, then we need to start with the true evil, people. No symbol, no flag, no creature exists that kills so indiscriminately, with no mercy, no remorse like humankind. So if you seriously want to make the world a better place then I suppose we should remove the worst part of it………………………MANKIND.
Simply my thoughts
Dean Butler
