In a message dated 6/12/01 11:53:34 PM, historybuff123@hotmail.com writes: << If you think people fly that flag to show defiance, hatred of Yankees, or to be flat out racist, you have been brainwashed by the media and the poitically "correct" people to think as they do. >> As a born and bred "Yankee" from NY, I am in total agreement with you. After reading several accounts of the Civil War while looking for my paternal ancestors who supposedly rode with Quantrill, I have been enlightened as to the unfair treatment of the people who lived in Missouri and other southern areas.....not to mention the attrocities committed by the Union soldiers and the Jayhawkers. I knew that the war was not entirely about slavery as we were taught and "states rights" was the most important issue and I believe that as a political conservative (a rarity in NY?, not that rare, actually), we are still battling for less "Federalism". Anyway, the usual outcry about "freedom of expression" should also apply to anyone who wants to fly the Confederate flag, in my opinion. Eileen in NY